I watched Rick Warren’s forum with Barack Obama and John McCain the other night. I agreed with both on different issues, and found a lot of their responses telling. When Warren asked Obama how he stood on abortion, he said he was pro-choice, but made the following comment. “One of the things [...]

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It’s been argued that the US invasion of Iraq was all about oil.  I can’t say for sure what our motivations were- and I’m not interested in arguing them now.  What we do know is that there is an oil crunch these days, and oil is the primary source of energy for our military and [...]

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What drives you? What will you do?
“John, by contrast, takes us up the mountain, and says quietly: ‘Look—from here, on a clear day, you can see for ever.’ We beheld his glory, glory as of the Father’s only Son. John does not describe the transfiguration, as the other Gospels do; in a sense, John’s [...]

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