Category Archives: Revisiting Americanism & Christianity
The Boy Scouts Should Have Seen It Coming: The Gay Agenda Certainly Did
Sixty percent of the 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts voted to allow openly gay members, but not leaders yesterday, in a predictable change to the 103 year-old civic organization. What are the possible outcomes? Litagation? Most likely. Defections? … Continue reading
Nancy Pelosi’s Perversion of Piety: “Baby Jesus was a Refugee”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s recent attempts at Biblical proof-texting clearly evidences that she, like many politicians, is a pawn being used in a scheme much larger than American politics. Pelosi’s bizarre political statements are not new. But referencing Biblical … Continue reading
Good News, Fellowship of ‘Differents’ In the Local Church
Good news exists in Christian communities ministering to gay communities. New Testament professor Scot McKnight highlights an approach I’ve experienced in every community I lived in both in America and abroad. In A Fellowship of Differents, McKnight addresses how Christians … Continue reading
‘Redeeming Sex:’ Identifying Hirsch’s False Teachings Is Key to Discernment
Many books about homosexuality are hitting the shelves to coincide with upcoming U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage. Among them I reviewed Scott McKnight’s A Fellowship of Differents and now Debra Hirsch’s Redeeming Sex. Hirsch, a former lesbian-turned-heterosexual-married-self-describing-Christian, exemplifies the … Continue reading
Seminary Distributes Condoms, Compares Christ’s Second Coming to Gay Sex
Much false teaching and false representation of Christianity exists in America today. One recent example is the distribution of free condoms by Chicago Theological Seminary, an affiliate of the United Church of Christ (UCC). At last week’s 2015 Wild Goose … Continue reading
Al Sharpton Is As Much a Reverend As I Am a Black Man
In America many people claim to be something they are not and get away with it, which explains why Al Sharpton continues to use the title Reverend. However, he is as much a reverend as I am a black man. … Continue reading
The only bogus claims are those made by CAIR
The purpose of my Axis Mundi column in The Washington Times is to address issues, problems, solutions and encouragement for Christians about a range of issues that are important to faith and family. In the queue are drafts about ministers, … Continue reading
Christian persecution in Kenya: What Americans should know, do
The more than 145 Christians in Garrisa, Kenya, who were killed on April 2, 2015, were not the first or the last Christians who were marked for death by Muslims. The Al Shabaab Somali Muslims continue to attack villages throughout … Continue reading
The Constitution Emphasizes God-given Limits to “Just” Political Power
America’s constitutional republic lies on the singular belief that the ultimate source for political authority is God, not man, which enables and makes possible democracy and just rule. Contrary to popular assumption, the God of the Bible did not establish … Continue reading
The Cost of Being a Christian in China: Being Buried Alive
China Aid, a Texas-based group, reported that on Monday a house church leader and his wife were buried alive by the Chinese government because they interfered with government officials destroying their church in Zhumadian, Henan province. On April 14, a government-backed … Continue reading