To the Pro-Lifers (An Internal Memo)

While it is not required to be pro-life to read the following message, it will be far more relevant to you if you are.  While there are very sincere Christians that are “pro-choice” (as remarkable as that sounds), this message is intended mostly for those of the church and the more politically conservative among us who are pro-life.  Since I assume people in both camps read this blog or stumble across it, this becomes a very necessary post. 

Why Christology?

In school we are currently taking a Christology course.  It is this course that is currently inspiring my thoughtflow.

When we look at Christology, it should be apparent that there is a lack of revelation on the identity of Christ.  This may seem like a foreign idea to many in the western church because the church is designed to be the guardian and purveryor of the knowledge of Christ.  However, when you see the havoc being wrecked in the church by the “Liberal Tradition”, it becomes obvious that there is something wrong.

Congratulations… you are a punk…

Go figure…  In case you were not yet convinced that the Nobel Prize is little more than a political stunt, I am here to shatter all your previously happy thoughts.  Now, some of the Nobel Prizes are legit.  Sure, let’s give a couple hundred thousand dollars to the dude who can invent the cure for cancer.  However, the peace prize is a joke… and it isn’t even one of those fun jokes that gets funnier every time you hear it because it gets “campy”.  Unfortunately, it is a tired and old joke that I don’t think anyone in their right mind is laughing at. 

BEWARE!

I’m usually not one for scare tactics (when I can avoid it), and I’m certainly not one for abject paranoia… but I do have a warning for those who think they are safe from the Government on the internet.  Those days of safety from the governing machine may be coming to a close.  What would make me say something so rediculous?  The New York Times. 

It isn’t that bad…

I know this is kind of beating a horse into the ground to talk about this again, but whatever.  I now have 100% proof positive that our various crises are not really that bad.  For all the political huff-and-guff related to the economy and the healthcare “reform” bill, Washington just doesn’t care that much because it really isn’t that bad. 

There’s a Reason…

… that people hate the News Media and the politicians they prop up for us to throw eggs at.  If you dig back a little ways into the 1980’s, you will find that newspapers have been steadily losing readers since the Regan era.  The common wisdom to this point has been to blame this loss of patronage on the easy access of free news coverage due to the advent of 24/7 cable news networks and the internet.  However, as the various news services continue to lose readers and viewers, I can say with absolute confidence that for this individual consumer, there is a far more logical and obvious reason…

Justly injust.

I have been doing a lot of thinking since my recent trip to Colombia.  Going out of the country for two weeks will do that to you.  The question being asked of me by my school program during the last two weeks has been “what is Justice?”  The most basic of answers to this question would seem to be everyone getting what they have earned.  However, the real answer has to be more complex than this to allow for things like salvation.  So I have been thinking about Justice, and since I love a good hot-button issue, I was thinking about Justice in the Middle East.

In Hindsight.

I’m back like Disco!  Uh… or something like that.  Anyway.  I’m back from Colombia, and I’m sure that I will have a number of stories to talk about in the coming weeks.  However, that is going to require that I be able to think and recollect the thoughts from the blur that has been the last two weeks.  Since those two things are relatively low on my list of things to do during re-entry to America, it will have to wait for now.  But, since I’m not a fan of leaving people with huge cliffhangers, I’ll give you a brief overview of some of the major things I learned while out of the country.

1. God loves the church and God loves Justice.  More specifically, God loves when the Church does Justice.
2. Unless it includes the Gospel, the Social Justice movement is in no way actually social justice.
3. Being a North American is “cool”.
4. God is bigger than Michael Jackson (PTL).
5. Always fart in a well-ventilated room… as opposed to a tomb of a classroom.

All of these points have stories that go with them.  Some of those stories are happy and some are not as much.  Rest assured that these two weeks have done a lot to change my attitude towards many things, and I’m sure that I will find much to talk about in the next couple of weeks.  Thanks for checking in again!

Adam

Greetings from Columbia!

Hey all!  If you have been following my blog at all, you know that I am out of the country right now.  As surreal as that is to say, I´m having a great time.  The skyline (even for dirty, run down buildings) is absolutely amazing.  Between the slightly-less-than-average housing developements, the mountains, and the mostly overcast sky, this has to be one of the prettiest places I have ever visited.

Ephesians 3:16-19 Part Four

The name pretty much says it all.  If you want to go back to part one, you can do so here.  That being said, I’m going to plow ahead with part four.