tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320413292011-05-11T02:53:04.824-05:00Suggestion is a powerful thing. When things turn out to be just as we expected, maybe it just seems that way, because we expected it. Thats the Power Of Suggestion.Charlesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-83839210536770499352008-09-04T02:41:00.002-05:002008-09-04T02:45:15.341-05:00

Check out my new political blog, A New Kind of Politics. It's something that I don't know is out there: a conservative, black, evangelical perspective on this year's election season. For many people, "conservative" and "black" don't go together. If it's too uncomfortable, you don't have to click the link. But if you're conservative or open-minded, scoot on over and let me know what you think.

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162711622123085172006-11-05T01:25:00.000-06:002006-11-05T21:40:56.220-06:00

I don't know if I have enough readers to get my own domain, but I figured I'd take the shot. I imported all of the posts and comments, so this site is just here for posterity's sake. See you there!www.pos51.org

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162595184289794822006-11-03T17:03:00.000-06:002006-11-03T17:28:22.866-06:00

Dan K. Thomasson, Scripps Howard News Service:"Kerry should not be let off the hook easily. ... The senator is enough of a political veteran to have known that his remarks could be easily construed as an attack on those who volunteer for military duty, especially with his history. Even if he meant only to imply that Bush was stupid, he had to have been aware that the president's record at

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162584388400435752006-11-03T13:28:00.000-06:002006-11-03T14:06:28.736-06:00

So, in the new tradition of liberals accidentally speaking the truth that will hurt their cause, the New York Times has now told the world that Saddam Hussein was really pursuing nuclear technology. Their own words: "Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162487024792804992006-11-02T10:13:00.000-06:002006-11-02T11:30:09.163-06:00

So, Ken Mehlman got a lot of bad press recently over the whole Harold Ford, Jr. ad, because he said it wasn't racist, and said he couldn't pull it. I won't quote it, because you've already seen/read/heard it. What you probably haven't seen or read is that in November of 2005 Howard Dean, chairman of the DNC, was asked by Mehlman to condemn and apologize for racist remarks directed at Republican

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162445218813516962006-11-01T23:22:00.000-06:002006-11-01T23:26:58.883-06:00

Thanks to Mahatma Dandhi for this. Apparently it's OK to use racial slurs against black Republicans, but not black Democrats. I guess it's because black Republicans don't like black people either. The double-standard rears its ugly head again.

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162401784113349262006-11-01T11:17:00.000-06:002006-11-01T11:23:04.123-06:00

Ah, Bob. It seems he is so set in the fact that Democrats are right and Republicans are wrong that he can't see what's going on in front of his face. He posts this about the recent Republican campaign happenings.How can you be so scathing against these tactics when employed by the opposition, when your party will use (and has used) them time and again? I had this to say:Bob,I think it's

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162330132305331832006-10-31T14:37:00.000-06:002006-10-31T15:39:35.656-06:00

I don't even have anything to add.Bananas are racist fruits.Eating bananas is racist?Finding racism everywhereOk, I do have something to add. This is what has become of us. A bunch of fools who have become so paranoid we are threatened by the ghost of a slain monster. The specter of racism seems to haunt the black community. We're so ingrained with the idea that it's out there looking for us

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1162092781417703422006-10-28T22:08:00.000-05:002006-10-28T22:40:10.196-05:00

I'm so tired of people playing the race card every dang day. It's like there are people paid to sit in an office and find any thing that they could imply racist intent to and get a press release out immediately. Recently I heard about an ad run against Michael Dukakis in '88 about a man named Willie Horton. Apparently it was considered by some to be racist. Check it out for yourself.I don't

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1161929991103724282006-10-27T00:51:00.000-05:002006-10-27T01:19:51.233-05:00

There are two things I'm getting tired of from the Christian left in this country. No, they are not abortion and gay marriage. But the first is that every time a blogger or columnist editorializes their statements about conservative Christians, they whittle the position down to abortion and gay marriage. They're going for the "if I hear it enough, it must be true" response from their readers.

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1161887472828432862006-10-26T12:51:00.000-05:002006-10-26T13:31:12.956-05:00

I just did a Google search for "limbaugh michael fox", because I wanted to see how the situation was being reported in the media. It's pretty unfair. Not one article (synopsis, at least) takes seriously Rush's criticism. They all say he "attacked" Fox and basically say he was criticizing his personal character. But Fox has admitted that he doesn't take his meds sometimes when he's making an

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1161236848666848962006-10-19T00:30:00.000-05:002006-10-19T00:48:41.283-05:00

Which are busier? I'm not sure. I've been one of them these last 10 or 12 days. I'm trying to set up a major event for a few months from now (which means a website and promo materials which I can't afford to contract out), keep up with the work of the ministry, while coaching a small high school basketball team. It's been great fun, but I'm tired and I haven't been able to write five words in

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1160500974066731422006-10-10T11:36:00.000-05:002006-10-10T12:22:54.366-05:00

I think that the mark of a great teacher of the Word is the ability to teach the whole Gospel in every sermon. Someone who can take any passage of Scripture, and show how it points to our fallen condition, our need for redemption, God's love & Christ's life, his death, his resurrection, and our call to accept his grace and extend it to others. Matt Chandler is one of those people. I had a

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1160067342926120352006-10-05T11:28:00.000-05:002006-10-05T12:19:50.263-05:00

Ok, not really. I just liked how I could make an alphabetical title. Anyway. The Feminarian posted a fantastically written story, the retelling of a Charles Spurgeon story that shows a conversation in heaven between Mercy and Justice. At this point, I'm having the worst time finding the story, so I'll only be telling my position on her version. And, since I don't do novels or short stories,

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159998279828910232006-10-04T16:30:00.000-05:002006-10-04T16:47:11.060-05:00

I came across an old blog from 2004 at Katie's Beer, a Lutheran site. Click the title to see her post.This is the text of a column Rick wrote in the Baptist Press News:During the last presidential election in the United States, there were millions of Christians who didn't vote or weren't even registered to vote! To me, that is inexcusable when you consider what the Bible says about our

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159905268352428062006-10-03T14:47:00.000-05:002006-10-03T14:54:28.363-05:00

I've been doing a lot of reading lately, and I feel convicted to change my stance on war. This isn't direct to the Iraq War, but to all war. I think that a Christian has no place committing any acts of war, period. This is a very new belief for me, so I haven't processed it very much, but am fairly settled in it.As for the Iraq War, I'm torn. I feel that if we leave Iraq the battle will be

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159849151846537992006-10-02T23:05:00.000-05:002006-10-03T00:19:23.530-05:00

Before you burn me at the stake, hear me out. According to the article at A Blog of Mystical Searches, which may or may not be written by a Christian, The term apparently includes a lot more than I thought(to get to the specific article, click the title of this post). The gist of it is this, a quote from an article he was referencing: "one person used the image of Christianity as a circle,

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159703318731836832006-10-01T15:36:00.000-05:002006-10-01T06:51:44.016-05:00

I can't adequately describe the position that the Bible is authoritative but open to allowing us to determine our own morality, because I don't fully understand it. I've been reading quite a bit of articles written from this viewpoint, but I just don't get it. That may be my fault...I might not be smart enough, elite enough, or too entrenched in my fundamentalist, evangelical indoctrination. Or,

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159698249684065742006-10-01T06:44:00.000-05:002006-10-07T09:42:09.060-05:00

I've been reading a lot lately about progressive Christianity. I want to be up to date with what's going on theologically around me. The most disturbing things I've come across are these: The "pliability" of Scripture (and the nature of its authority), and the idea that love makes everything okay.To address the second thing first, love does not make everything ok. Jesus tells us to love

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159604270125408262006-09-30T03:03:00.000-05:002006-10-02T18:11:17.100-05:00

So, according to Bob, if you're a conservative Christian you are an undereducated, southern, white evangelical or black protestant. Oh...and you have no conscience, hate gay people, want women to be subjugated, and hope everyone who believes different gets smited...smoten...smitten...would someone conjugate the word "smite", please?He constantly sets up straw-men to paint a picture of those of us

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1159549385536055152006-09-29T11:36:00.000-05:002006-09-29T12:03:05.733-05:00

Do you ever wonder why people clap at certain things? Like on the last episode of Friend's, when Chandler and Monica find out they're going to have a girl, the audience applauds. Why? Even the cast wasn't sure. And why do people applaud everyone who speaks in public, except preachers? I understand the sentiment, but it's weird, you know?And here's the biggie...why do people applaud every

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1158178862360246502006-09-13T15:08:00.000-05:002006-09-13T15:21:02.376-05:00

I read an article in Details this week about manners. The premise of the article is that manners, for most men, have fallen by the wayside. Deference, courtesy, and awareness of others have been replaced by selfishness, bravado, and the tendency to be oblivious to our surroundings. But the writer challenges the assumption that tough and macho equal "manly".There's another movement forming in

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1158043290480394602006-09-12T01:27:00.000-05:002006-09-12T01:41:30.490-05:00

Who would have ever thought that the simple, obvious, basic things of Christianity would get questioned to the level they are now?Things like whether or not we should refer to God as a "him". It seems so simple. Jesus refers to God as the Father. Is a father anything other than a masculine image? Well, no! So why the recent move by some denominations and progressive movements to eliminate

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1157569565708664592006-09-06T14:01:00.000-05:002006-09-06T14:06:05.720-05:00

I'm working and I really don't have time to be writing this, but I just got back something I wrote and it was edited in a way that allows the removal of "him" in reference to God, and replaces it with "God". It made me so mad that I started looking into why it is so common. I read this fantastic article at The Anchoress. I'm glad there's a woman out there who can see clearly and describe the

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1156390381257704202006-08-23T22:12:00.000-05:002006-08-23T22:33:01.266-05:00

I've been thinking lately about the stretching exercises God puts us through. Street evangelism, working with the handicapped, prison visits, and talking to the "weird" people after Sunday services. I've decided that He must know what He's doing...'cause I sure don't. I'm from a fairly conservative theological background...not quite Pentecostal, but on that side nonetheless. In that

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1155624412964691902006-08-15T01:28:00.000-05:002006-08-15T03:02:53.833-05:00

That's Original God, not gangsta.I've been reading some forums lately that worry me some. Well, they don't so much worry me as make me aware of the depths of human limitations and it's contrasts to the heights of human pride. As a human, I am immune to neither, and have my bouts with both; I just want to share my thoughts on this particular subject, because it's way to important to back off

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1155194106188138752006-08-10T01:47:00.000-05:002006-10-01T07:05:26.686-05:00

I will begin this post with a public service announcement: I had a higher college GPA than the President, and not by a little bit (Sure he was at Yale, but it still disqualifies him for the "Smart Enough To Be Prez list).That being said, he's just a guy--a 70-watt bulb in a 100-watt socket--who is trying to do the best thing for us and for some other people. Because of his drawl and his

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1154928415397760082006-08-06T23:57:00.000-05:002006-08-10T02:22:41.030-05:00

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1154587185038032902006-08-03T01:21:00.000-05:002006-08-03T02:12:21.366-05:00

My wife is a wonderful, intelligent woman, and a very hard worker. Last year she worked with a student from a local college, who we'll call Beth. Beth was a psychology student, and feminist. She wouldn't come right out and say it, but if you talked to her long enough, you'd know. My wife is still in college herself, working towards an education degree. She knows she'll need it, because I

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1154549114134651362006-08-02T14:43:00.000-05:002006-08-03T00:51:36.773-05:00

My wife and I love to sing. Above every kind of singing we love the harmony and the stir of praising God a cappella. I'm from the Church of Christ, and that's just how it was. My first encounter with worship was in a sanctuary with 600 people who all seemed to know their parts. The basses tuned it in and the sopranos carried the melody, while the tenors and altos made it all flutter. I loved

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1154492045921246032006-08-01T23:13:00.000-05:002006-08-01T23:18:21.856-05:00

This isn't me, it's a baby my wife used to take care of. I wish I was that cute.

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32041329.post-1154490867931508902006-08-01T22:40:00.000-05:002006-08-01T23:03:01.143-05:00

Life is strange. Youth ministry is supposed to be one of those things that people get into to serve God, disciple and encourage teenagers, and support families. That's why I did it. Well, I like video games and lock-ins and acting like a 15 year-old, too; but that's just gravy.Looking around at the things that are going on in the sheltered, isolated, bubble-realm of youth work though, I'm

Charlesnoreply@blogger.com0