Britain is waking up to the effects of their complacency as their freedoms erode more and more. When they banned handguns, the government controlled the law-abiding people but not the criminals. Go figure. A crime victim in an isolated location is in jail for using a gun to protect himself while the criminal is already out of jail. This is insane. Will we continue to make the same mistakes?
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You might be an Obamunist if . . . — sad but true. Samples:
You believe the bloated wastefulness of companies like AIG should be punished by putting them under the control of the bloated wastefulness of the buffoons in Congress.
You dislike dealing with large, inefficient, uncaring government bureaucracies like the DMV or the IRS, but hope Obama will give you “free” healthcare provided by a large, inefficient, uncaring government bureaucracy.
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“Christian” denomination says to pass out condoms at church — surprise! It’s the UCC!
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PCUSA Considers Editing Out Biblical Teaching on Gays — shocking.
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Stan nails the problems with business-like marketing of the church:
The first rule of business is “The customer is always right”; the first message of the Gospel is “all have sinned”. In business you tailor your product to meet the customers’ needs; the “product” of the church is God. Or put it this way: Business never asks customers to submit to their product.
What seemed like a good idea may not have been. It just may be that, in our aim to “redeem the culture”, we sold out the Gospel.
I do think many of the things that make one successful in business will help make churches successful: Clear communications, knowing how to manage people, organization skills, efficiency, etc. There is no excuse to run a church in a sloppy manner. We should be good stewards of everything God gives us. But we can’t change the message to win people over.
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Prominent Ugandan AIDS activist Martin Ssempa thanked Pope Benedict for saying that condoms can exacerbate the problem of HIV/AIDS — they are both right.
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The Shameful Lynching of A.I.G. Executives — just do a little research. Obama & Co. are at fault. If not, they’d be blaming Bush like they do for most everything else.