Mossy’s Blog

No matter who wins Tuesday America is going to be a different country.

When the sun rises on November 5, regardless of who the president-elect is, a more un-United States than has existed since the Civil War will wake to dispute the results of the disgusting campaign that has mercifully come to an end.

Whoever the losers, they will believe they were cheated, and will point fingers at those they believe responsible. Almost half the nation will view the winner as illegitimate, and will do everything in their power to undermine his authority as long as he’s in the White House.

With this animosity will come a new level of hatred between those of differing political persuasions like nothing our country has experienced in the modern era.   [Read more...]

While I grant that what Mr. Sheppard is saying is plausible, I would turn matters around for the sake of illustration. 

If McCain wins, there will be blood in the street (according to democrats).  I believe people will die.  The left could scarce contain their hatred over these past 4 years; losing now would be the last straw for some of them.  Suicide?  Murder?  Yeah, it’s conceivable.

If Obama wins, what will republicans do?  I think we’ll go back to work on Wednesday, probably read the sports section of the newspaper more often, pray for our country (and new president), and carry on the way we have for 230+ years.  That is the fundamental difference between the left and the right.

I keep trying to say it clearly, then people come along and say it better than I ever could.

No, really, he is.

Have you wondered, as I have, what Barak Obama really wants to do as president?

Investor’s Business Daily put together a 20-part series on Wonderhope, the Candidate of Change(TM).  You may learn a thing or two about our favorite candidate with a messianic fixation that you didn’t know yesterday.

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Will it be the end of the world?  No.

Will the result be bad for the United States?  Maybe.

I trust that God will make all things work together for all those that are called according to His purpose.  That is why I’m not worried about the long-term.  God takes care of it.

On the other hand, if you think the economy is bad now, just wait until Barak Obama is the president.  This guy is a real, live socialist.  He wants to take more money away from people that earn it, and give it to people who are not working, will not work, or are too uneducated to have a decent job.  Shades of Jimmy Carter, except that he’ll be inheriting a difficult economy (a bit of charity is in order).

Barak Obama believes in a concept called “economic justice”, which basically is…socialism.

(If you want to read a really good, long series of articles about Obama and his background, check it out over at Investor’s Business Daily.  Click here.)

Barak Obama wants to end poverty and ensure that every child has clean water, a decent house, and enough food to eat every day.  That is a wonderful idea.  But his vision is global.  He wants to tax US to do all of this.  It does not matter that many countries have the resources to do these things themselves.  We have to do it for them.

I spent a week with some wonderful people Honduras this year.  Honduras is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.  In our own small way we are doing something special for some of the kindest people there.  But, in speaking with our local church planter, it is clear that their biggest problem is not a lack of money, but rather, corruption that taints everything the government touches.

So we’re left with this thought.  If Barak is elected, we will be eliminating poverty around the world.  We will either have to give our hard earned money to corrupt governments, or insert ourselves into the affairs of those nations.  In one case we’ll be making a bad investment; in the other we’ll basically become the de facto world government.

We’ll see how this works out.  I’m going to try to do a running commentary on the first presidential debate.

I’m watching the talking heads on FNC and it’s 8:53.  Carl Cameron, who my cousin-in-law says is a really super nice guy, is talking, and the noise is coming out of his head.  So far, about as expected.

The format may be McCain’s ace-in-the hole as it gives him a chance to show that he can think on his feet.

The Kennedy medical issue will be mentioned early on, no doubt.  I bet McCain tries to mention it first.  He gets 3 points if he does.

It kinda stinks, don’t you think, that these thinks are defined more by who is funnier?

Okay, time to kick off.

Two podiums.  Where are the candidates?

9:01…”Good evening…”

9 minute segments.

I say a prayer: God, may Your will be done.

First response come from Obama.  Wall Street…Main Street…trying to connect with the common man.  “I’ve put together several proposals”.  [I wonder what they are?]  Gotta make sure the money doesn’t pad the pockets of blah blah blah.   Failure of 8 years of Bush years.

McCain…YES, mentioned Kennedy right away.  [Maybe I should be a political consultant.]  Establishing himself as bi-partisan.  Where is he going?   I’m confused… “This is not the beginning of the end, this is the end of the beginning.”

You know, I can’t watch & type at the same time.  I hope you like my analysis of the first 9 1/2 minutes of the debate.

How should Christians respond when a public “Christian” takes a position that is at odds with Scripture?

We all know about Christian musicians that have endured high profile marital disasters, notably Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, and Michael English. I would observe from the start that we cannot know the full reasons behind such things.

In the cases where the person divorced, the cause may or may not have been “biblical” (infidelity), and it is certainly possible that genuine repentance may restore such a person to the body of Christ. Indeed, we should pray for such an outcome.

But, what do we do with Ray Boltz, whose songs were Christian anthems, since he has now disclosed his homosexuality? Indeed, adding perversity to perversity, Boltz is now taking his ministry into the gay “church”.

What do we do with his songs? We all are broken, fallen people. If Boltz is no different now than we was then (with the exception of his public proclaimation of a lifestyle antithetical to historic biblical Christianity), are his songs appropriate for use in the church?

It is informative to note that God used many sinful people to do great things for His kingdom, but that does not mean that He accepts their sin.  Indeed, we should listen to and enjoy Boltz’ songs, but I would encourage you, when you hear one, stop and pray that Boltz will repent and be restored to his family.

May God be glorified.

News that they powered up the big “ring-o-subatomic-particles” today arrived in my email box just after lunch. I was glad to hear that the world didn’t end, though a little disappointed that I’m going to have to finish a big project at work now that we haven’t been blasted to another dimension of reality.

My sons and I watched a piece on the Discovery Channel last night about the LHC. The boys seemed to think it was pretty cool, and I casually mentioned that the world might collapse into a black hole if they forgot to carry the one in one of their calculations.

You know, in retrospect I should have considered the effect such a possibility might have on a 10-year-old who has, on occasion, forgotten to carry the one. After a short pep talk, and a reminder that many of these scientists believe in evolution, he was happily off to sleep.

I’m glad we have a living, risen Savior that knows more than these physicists.

A little commentary on the MSM here:

Yes, they have a liberal bias.

Yes, if they have a chance to tell us bad news, they’ll do that before they tell us good news.

Yes, most of them want Barack Obama to be our president.

Yes, they use funny camera angles, choose unrepresentative spokesmen, and edit answers to people’s questions to make them look strange and say things that fit their storyline.

On the other hand, they are people, and they are occasionally stunned by the Truth.  That is to say, they sometimes get it right.  Like when you speak with someone raised from the dead.  And his doctor.

The missing doctor is the most common reason people are skeptical.  That, and a lack of names, dates, and locations.  In this video, you’re not hearing a second-hand account.  The doctor is Dr. Chauncey Crandall, the patient is Jeff Markin.  The only vague detail is that it took place in South Florida.

In my book, this video gives me enough reason to believe that God raised a man (someone other than Jesus) from the dead.  Enjoy.