Today was Earth Day, 2014. For many, it was a day to celebrate the Earth, to give thanks for its fruitfulness, and to express concern about threats to both the planet and we humans that inhabit it. As a Christian, I also rejoice on Earth Day in the Creator, who has graciously placed us both …
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I'm enjoying a good thundersnow (or some call it a snunderstorm); the first blizzard thunderstorm I have experienced in Montana (I have seen it happen in Utah, Colorado, and I think Missouri). The temperature dropped from 59°F to 32° in less than thirty minutes, and it started to snow and blow really hard. I love …
Mitt Romney's Environmental Platform -- Ummm, Mitt Romney doesn't seem to have an environmental platform. The menu at mittromney.com doesn't have "Environment" as an option. There isn't anything substantial about the environment that I could find on the site. I am a conservative, and will vote for Romney in November. But why can't we have …
YEC and Dispensationalism -- The discussion on my 1000th post has been interesting: the relationship between young-Earth creationism and dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is the theological system that divides salvation history into "dispensations" or periods of time in which God relates to humans in distinct ways. Usually, the last dispensation---that is, the End Times---is just around the …
Ronald Reagan was the antichrist. Barack Obama is conducting a war against Christianity. Anyone who believes humans are causing global warming is a left-wing, socialist, environmental wacko. Anyone who doesn't believe humans are causing global warming is an ignoramus. Christians who accept an old Earth or evolution are either dangerous compromisors, or maybe not Christians at …
"I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that States and the Federal Government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development." -- Ronald Reagan The quote is taken from It's conservative to conserve by Rob Sisson, president of Republicans for …
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Arrrrgh. I'm writing about politics again. Or am I writing about religion? Here is a section from "God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck" by Southern Baptist pastor/seminary professor Russell Moore: It’s taken us a long time to get here, in this plummet from Francis Schaeffer to Glenn Beck. In order to be this gullible, American …
I have too many half-read books on my bookshelf (or in some cases stacked in piles in my office). One of them is Crunchy Cons, by Rod Dreher, with the subtitle "How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, ... America (or at least the Republican Party)." I …
A car at work has this bumper sticker: Ummmm... I think it has been over 300 years since anyone was burned at the stake in this country (a very unfortunate event in U.S. history). Since that time, mixing of politics and religion has led to some rather positive historical developments, such as the abolition of …
I go to a Republican church, and I vote almost exclusively Republican. When I lived in St. Louis, I also went to a Republican church, but the church next door was a Democrat church. You could tell by bumper stickers on the cars. This kind of bothers me. Would a Democrat feel comfortable in my …
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I've been involved in a discussion over at Cranach about the battle for the soul of the conservative movement: Conservative civil war. I threw in a few quotes from noted conservatives to point out that there is nothing conservative about allowing pollution and degradation of the Earth. "While I am a great believer in the …
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OK, I said a while back that it was nice to have the election behind us, and that I hoped I wouldn't spend much time on politics until 2012. Well, it's hard to switch gears... I liked this, from Phil Johnson (The Spurgeon Archive Phil Johnson, not the Intelligent Design Phillip Johnson) at Pyromaniacs: I …
Rod Dreher is author of the Crunchy Con (granola conservatism) blog and an editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News, and he wrote in the name of Wendell Berry on his ballot for president of the United States. A week before, he wrote a column about Wendell Berry in his newspaper: Wendell Berry's Time is …
From Christianity Today, a map showing Evangelical Christian voting patterns: You can click on the states for statistics. HT: World Magazine Grace and Peace
A much better county by county 2008 presidential map is found at the New York Times site: It's a little faint, but one nifty feature is the ability to zoom in to see data from any one county: The NYT also has a county bubble map. Blue for Obama, and red for McCain, plus the …
You've all seen the red state/blue state maps on election night. Here's a map showing the 2008 presidential election on a county-by-county basis: The USA looks red after all! There is actually a lot more blue on the map than there was in 2004, when Bush defeated Kerry: This 2004 map is asthetically much more …
A few random thoughts regarding the election: I listened to McCain's concession speech and Obama's victory speech on NPR on the radio. I didn't see the crowds, but the reporter described the McCain crowd as "monochromatic," and the Obama crowd as very diverse. That the party of Lincoln is so predominantly white should tell us …
As you know, I supported John McCain for president. In his concession speech last night, McCain modeled the graciousness and respect that we should have for the president-elect, Barack Obama. The election of an African-American to the presidency is certainly a historic occasion, and a sign that we as a nation are maturing in terms …
1. I'm unemployed. 2. I haven't made enough money to pay federal income taxes since 1999. 3. I'm paying for expensive health insurance out of my own pocket. 4. My retirement account is shrinking, not growing. 5. I'm an environmentalist. So who am I voting for? Why? 1. I'm unemployed. The tax plan of McCain …
The attacks against John McCain by some environmental groups (such as the Sierra Club) are unfair. McCain has a well-integrated energy and environmental policy, that reflects his years of environmental leadership, not only in the Republican Party, but in the senate as a whole. From Republicans for Environmental Protection: The Environmental Case for John McCain …
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