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Posts from ‘September, 2009’
The Inseperable Relation of Doctrine to Christian Living
Peculiar Doctrines, Public Morals, and the Political Welfare – Excerpted introduction from a biography on the life of William Wilberforce by John Piper
“If you want to understand and appreciate The Life and Labor of William Wilberforce, one of the wisest things you can do is to read his own book, A Practical View of Christianity [...]
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on the Real Cause of the Crisis
Germany declares economic war
“… Banks did not cause this global crisis. Governments around the world caused the crisis by forcing down the price of credit (Greenspan, Bank of Japan, and ECB on short rates: China et al on long rates, by flooding the global bond market) far too low for many years, encouraging debt. Banks [...]
Police State Watch – FBI Data-Mining Program Expanding
FBI’s Data-Mining System Sifts Airline, Hotel, Car-Rental Records
The government’s ability to sift and sort through massive amounts of data is increasing at an exponential rate. The NSA is even launching a new, massive data-center just outside of Salt Lake City, UT. In the name of security, we now have an FBI and a federal security [...]
Is There Injustice on God’s Part?
Job’s Suffering Under a Sovereign God
In the Book of Job, Job is essentially sifted like flour at the hands of Satan, by the permission of God. Job loses just about everything except his life and his wife. He loses his children, houses, live stock, servants, everything. He even loses his health for a time.
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The Gospel and Idolatry
The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry (Video) – Tim Keller
Once again, I have to be reminded of truths I’ve forgotten. It is so easy to forget things that should constantly be flowing through your mind. One is the fact that the heart (my heart), as Martin Luther said, is an idol factory. I listened [...]
Commercial Real Estate Watch
Exclusive – Wells Fargo’s Commercial Portfolio is a ticking time bomb – BankImplode.com
“In order to sort through the disaster that is Wells Fargo’s commercial loan portfolio, the bank has hired help from outside experts to pour over the books… and they are shocked with what they are seeing. Not only do the bank’s outstanding commercial [...]
Today Show Reports Yet Another Gem – Spanking Makes Your Kid Dumb
Religiously convicted parents’ disciplining techniques make their kids dumber than more “enlightened,” secular parenting techniques, according to “new” analysis; that is, parenting techniques are better for your childs’ intelligence coming from a worldview and presupposition that denies the inherent wickedness of a persons’ heart, or rather, just denies the very existence of sin in general.
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