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This post may get me into trouble.
Gas prices just aren’t high enough.  They really aren’t.  That is, if we really want justice in the world.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate paying upwards to $4.00/gallon just as much as the next guy and I complain probably twice as much — that just proves that most days [...] Read more »

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“[W]e lack the courage for the truth…[it] will make us stronger just so long as it doesn’t kill us first.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Maybe hypocrisy isn’t the best word. But on a certain level I think it fits. If anything it’s a catchy, provocative title that will hopefully catch the attention of some readers.
Recently I was [...] Read more »

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Part I | Part II | Part III
Jesus and taxes.  
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people defend blind trust and obedience in their government by appealing to Jesus’ statement: “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” (my paraphrase), which seems at the surface to be in support of the [...] Read more »

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Part I | Part II
Enter Jesus. The second section of the book is called “A New Kind of Commander and Chief” and it deals with the story of Jesus. Finally, after growing tried of watching humanity be seduced by power and privilege, God decided to get involved. God got local. God got [...] Read more »

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Part I
So what is this book about? Basically this: we can’t differentiate between what is Christian and what is American anymore. And frankly, when a lot of people say “Christian” they actually mean “American.” The church has been married to the state for quite sometime and as a result, the lust for [...] Read more »

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