The Current Healthcare Debate and the Failure of the Church

I have avoided posting on this issue because I try to avoid talking politics on this blog. This issue, however, butts up against some convictions I have about the church which makes it fair game on this blog. Unless you live in a cave somewhere, you have undoubtedly heard something of the current debate over [...]

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Traditional vs. Personal Wedding Vows

I was laying in bed last night flipping through the ‘Opinion’ section of the Wall Street Journal app on my Ipod Touch when I stumbled upon a very well written and thought out commentary on marriage vows. I think the article is definitely worth spending a few minutes reading over. It will give you some [...]

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Designer Babies: Premise of Gattaca coming true

Have you seen the movie Gattaca? It’s a movie from 1997 based around the idea that in the future genetic manipulation and DNA selection have become the norm. Designer babies are not a novelty, they are accepted and expected. Those who are not fortunate enough to have been born with superior genes chosen by their [...]

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Dr. Thomas White Responds to Controversial Birth Control Statements

I hope this will be my last post on this issue, as I believe that I have made my position known and I would like to get back to more boring blog posts. Dr. White issued a response yesterday to the media coverage of his statements.
Here is an excerpt of his statement:
To clarify, I do [...]

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SBC Responds to Dr. Thomas White Birth Control Controversy

WFAA, the local news outlet that broke this story, has posted a reaction by the SBC to the birth control controversy started by a sermon Dr. Thomas White delivered at Southwestern Baptist Theological Serminary chapel service.
Here is the WFAA report by Chris Hawes:
FORT WORTH – The Southern Baptist Convention is reacting after News 8 showed [...]

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More Southern Baptist Birth Control Controversy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I confess, I haven’t gone to chapel this semester. If I would have gone to chapel, I would have heard Dr. Thomas White deliver a sermon on Psalm 127. Here is a link to the full sermon. The controversial comments start at about 19:00.
Unfortunately, this is something that I have addressed before on this blog. [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 40 “Ethics and Observations”

Today all the platoons gathered in the main classroom to discuss an ethical quandry that actually took place in Iraq a few of years ago. Here is a story from 2003 about the issue if you are not familiar with it. It was an interesting discussion with decisions ranging from outright support for LTC West [...]

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Go to the Mall…Get an Abortion

I find this story disgusting. It is appalling how they talk about killing babies in terms of dollars, competition, and profit margins. How much lower can we stoop?
From Al Mohler’s blog:
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Coming to a Mall Near You — Planned Parenthood’s New Strategy
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 5:29 am ET
“It is indeed a new look…a new [...]

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(Teenage) Girls Gone Wild

I know, the title is awful, but bear with me. It is late and I have an early morning tomorrow so I will post this story with no commentary. Hopefully, I will have a chance to comment on it later in the week. I find the following story incredibly sad and incredibly telling about many [...]

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Is ‘Sex and the City’ Reality?

First of all, let me say that I’ve never seen a single episode of the show, nor do I plan to. I stumbled upon this article from the New York Daily News when it was near the top of my Google news page. So, I was curious if life imitated art (if it can be [...]

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