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A Conversation between America and Her Government

By Jeff | Published: June 10, 2013

2001 AMERICA: Aaaaargh! Government, please save us from these Bad Guys! GOVERNMENT: Okay, we’ll try. But you do realize we’ll need to expand our powers, right? AMERICA: Whatever it takes! Stop the Bad Guys! GOVERNMENT: So you’re good with giving up some of your civil liberties if it means we can stop more attacks? AMERICA: […]

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Tolerant

By Jeff | Published: May 11, 2012

Now I’m a tolerant person. I believe that everyone is equal and should be treated as such. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. People should be free to make their own choices, to live their own lifestyle, to follow their own star. So long as they don’t try to impose their views on me, […]

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The Curse of Too Much Blessing

By Jeff | Published: November 21, 2009

The most striking thing about the modern world is that our ability to live as we want has far outstripped our ability to live well or wisely. Ours is the most advanced society in history—where technology is concerned. But in our art, architecture, philosophy, public discourse—or even ordinary concerns like romance or happiness—we are infants […]

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Evangelicals in Search of an Enemy

By Jeff | Published: January 14, 2009

When George W. Bush became President, evangelical Christians like myself traded stories about his dramatic conversion. He had been an alcoholic but had found Jesus. He had become one of us. We welcomed his Presidency because he would stand for what we stood for. Family values. Marriage between one man and one woman. The curtailment […]

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Can a President Be Too Decisive?

By Jeff | Published: November 2, 2008

I just watched the Saddleback Forum in which Rick Warren asked Barack Obama and John McCain about their beliefs and policies. Both candidates reminded me again how blessed America is in this election to have two such excellent candidates. Over the twenty years that I’ve followed politics, our elections have consistently featured a pair of […]

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A Timely Prayer

By Jeff | Published: September 26, 2008

At this pivotal time in our nation’s history it seems prudent to offer up fervent prayers to our god. Please join with me. Our Stock Market, which art on Wall Street,Hallowed be Thy Name.Thy tickers tick,Thy whims be met,In Washington as they are in New York. Give us this day our dividends,And lead us not […]

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