States rushed last year to move up their primary dates so they could be meaningful instead of a candidate having already being decided before March or later when their primary was normally held. But in doing so, they would be penalized, for example Florida lost half of their delegates, and Missouri had already passed a [...]
Thanks to Nicholas Hardesty at phat catholic apologetics The Polycarp Research Institute (TPRI). According to their website, “The Polycarp Research Institute is a non-profit organization (501 C3) dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of high-quality research designed to enhance the physical, psychological and spiritual condition of mankind.” Its website is sub-par, to say the least, but [...]
““And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.” – President Obama hailing the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Elizabeth Scalia the managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos explains [...]
I haven’t posted in a long time, but I shared this phrase last night and it still makes me laugh decades later. I was staying at my Grandparents and Grandpa offered to take me to Kroger to get a movie to watch, Kroger being the optimal spot to rent movies in Bartonville. Being the pre-teen [...]
Highway to Hell: The Bullpen Responds from Harvest Bible Chapel on Vimeo.
“Jesus said, ‘You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.’ If that’s true much of the church doesn’t know the truth, since it is often a place of bondage.”- A South African missionary. The abusive spiritual leaders of Jesus’ day loaded the common people down with multiple religious rules and regulations. [...]
There is no way to disarm any man except through guilt….If there’s not enough guilt in the world, we must create it…But save us from the man of clean conscience.- Ayn Rand The abusive spiritual leaders of Jesus’ day loaded the common people down with multiple religious rules and regulations. Universally, the dominant trait of [...]
It was not just the Pharisees’ false authority that made them dangerous but also their false teaching. They taught a false view of God and a false way of serving him. They pictured God as a legalistic judge, favoring those who kept his religious rules and despising those who did not. Modern preachers who make [...]
I began reading Healing Spiritual Abuse. How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences by Ken Blue initially for personal reasons but as I got into it, I found it useful for my final seminary paper on Leadership Perspectives on the Jurisdiction of the Home, Church, and Civic Government. So as I go, I thought [...]