Posted in God, Jesus, abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, current events, evil, humanity, jesus christ, poem, poetry, poets, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war, tagged abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, evil, God, humanity, jesus christ, poetry, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
{first published on May 11, 2007 in Necessary Therapy}
The most demonic, destructive people on earth are those who seem to have devised solutions to the world’s problems. Kill the Jews and save the economy. Abort minorities and reduce crime. Engage in “pre-emptive” strikes and end terrorism.
W.H. Auden observes what is appealing about despotic [...]
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Posted in Iraq, abortion, adoption, america, arson, barak obama, capital punishment, debate, economy, life, mike huckabee, money, politics, presidential candidates, taxes, voting, war, tagged abortion, adoption, barak obama, capital punishment, debates, economy, Iraq, life, mike huckabee, money, politics, presidential candidates, presidents, taxes, voting, war on February 2, 2008 | 10 Comments »
After listening to both the Republican and Democratic Presidential debates in California, I have decided to support Mike Huckabee and Barak Obama to become the first co-Presidents of the United States.
I like Huckabee for his no-nonsense approach to the economy. Tax rebates? It’s like borrowing from China to give money to people who will use it to buy [...]
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Posted in Bible, Church, Jesus, abortion, education, homosexuality, inclusive language, jesse jackson, jesus christ, john calvin, language, memories, poverty, speech, theologians, theology, writing, tagged abortion, Bible, Church, education, guilt, homosexuality, inclusive language, jesse jackson, Jesus, jesus christ, john calvin, language, memories, poverty, seminary, sensitivity, speech, writings on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In 1988, in response to the rampant radical feminism on the campus of my seminary, some friends of mine and I formed a club we called the John Calvin’s Men’s Club. Apart from gathering nightly to watch The Andy Griffith Show, and making an occasional evening run to Denny’s to avoid doing school work, [...]
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Posted in Friends, God, Harvard, Jesus, abortion, academia, adoption, birth, books, children, down syndrome, faith, family, grace, jesus christ, life, mothers, prayer, relationships, tagged abortion, academics, adoption, birth, books, children, doctors, down syndrome, expecting adam, family, Friends, God, grace, Harvard, Jesus, jesus christ, life, martha beck, mothers, prayer, professors on January 23, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Every child is a wanted child. Every child is a wanted child.
God, our Abba – our Daddy – wants every child to live and be adopted into the family of faith through Jesus Christ.
When my wife and I were considering adoption, we read a book called Expecting Adam. In it, a woman named Martha Beck was told [...]
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Posted in 746, Church, abortion, anarchy, animals, autism, babies, birth, bloggers, blogging, blogs, bobby kennedy, books, catholics, christians, communism, current affairs, current events, essays, evolution, faith, germany, goodwill, hitler, john prine, kentucky, media, memories, monks, philosophy, plays, poets, politics, rwanda, spirituality, supreme court, the beatles, thomas merton, thoreau, women, tagged abortion, amherst, anarchy, autism, blogging, blogs, bobby kennedy, books, bookstores, catholicism, college, communism, current events, essayists, evolution, genocide, germany, google, hitler, images, john prine, kentucky, Liberals, louisville, massachusetts, media, monks, newspapers, philosopy, plays, poets, radio, rwanda, supreme court, the beatles, thomas merton, thoreau, truth, TV, women on January 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It was the summer of 1988. I was in Amherst, Massachusetts waiting for the woman I mistakenly thought would be my soul-mate. Looking to escape the oppressive air of self-righteous liberalism, I ducked into a used bookstore and, right in the middle of a section on New Age philosophies was a book called -Seeds by Thomas Merton.
I knew Thomas [...]
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Posted in Bible, Church, Creation, God, Jesus, Liberals, Lord, Muslims, Pete Maravich, Savior, abortion, agnostics, anxiety, atheists, blessings, bloggers, blogging, blogs, books, buddhists, career, catholics, christians, country music, crane operators, democrats, devotion, education, environmentalism, evolution, faith, hindus, homeschool, homeschooling, homosexuality, jesus christ, jews, kentucky, mental illness, music, pistol pete, poetry, poets, politics, psychiatrists, quotes, religion, republicans, salvation, school, science, sexuality, shopping, sin, songs, soul, spirituality, sports, theology, tagged abortion, agnostics, anxiety, athiests, Bible, blessings, blogging, blogs, buddhists, catholics, christians, Church, country music, crane operators, Creation, democrats, devotions, educators, environmentalists, evolution, faith, God, hearts, heterosexuals, homeschoolers, homosexuals, intelligence, Jesus, jesus christ, jews, kentuckians, mental illness, Muslims, perseverence, pistol pete, poets, pro-choice, pro-life, protestants, psychologists, republicans, salvation, sin, souls, spirituality, sports, texans, theolgians on December 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
There is method to my madness here at Necessary Therapy. People stumble across us at different times, for very different reasons, looking for different things. At times, I actively recruit readers.
I’ve intentionally tried to attract heterosexuals and homosexuals, Republicans, Democrats and Anarchists, homeschoolers and government educators, athiests, agnostics, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists, sports fans and [...]
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Posted in Bible, God, Jesus, abortion, christians, clarence jordan, devotion, faith, forgiveness, giving, grace, jesus christ, justice, law, love, quotes, religion, rules, sin, society, spirituality on December 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
Our nation is consumed by competing rights:
The Right of Privacy vs. The Right to Life.
The Right of Imminent Domain vs. The Right for Private Property.
The Right for free religious expression vs. the Right to [...]
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Posted in Bible, God, Moses, abortion, babies, children, compassion, current affairs, death, evil, family, heroes, humanity, jews, law, love, mission, mothers, murder, photographs, quotes, religion, salvation, sisters, spirituality, suffering, violence, women on December 2, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Women who pay no attention to the rules often get great things done. Take the story of the baby Moses (Exodus 1:15-2:10).
First, Pharoah issues orders to have all Hebrew baby boys killed at birth. Two midwives refuse to carry out his command, coming up with the flimsy excuse -
“Hebrew women are not like Egyptian [...]
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Amid all the harsh rhetoric of the abortion debate, I found a refreshingly human element. It’s in a recent Supreme Court ruling on the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.” In it, Justice Kennedy writes -
“While we find no reliable data to measure the phenomenon, it seems unexceptionable to conclude some women come to regret their choice to abort [...]
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Posted in God, abortion, anti-Christ, appearance, books, culture, current affairs, evil, humanity, jesus christ, poetry, society, terrorism, w.h. auden, war on May 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The most demonic, destructive people on earth are those who seem to have devised solutions to the world’s problems. Kill the Jews and save the economy. Abort minorities and reduce crime. Engage in “pre-emptive” strikes and end terrorism.
W.H. Auden observes what is appealing about despotic leaders in his poem - “Epitaph on a [...]
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