Posted on April 27, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Many people accept the concept of “limited resources” and “overpopulation” without much thought–but what are the implications of these ideas–and are these ideas true?
This morning as I listened to the radio on my drive to work, a news clip came on about Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and Pro-Life policies. I turned up the volume to [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Avoiding “The Europe Syndrome”
In my last two blogs, we looked at the essential roles of families, churches and civil government in fostering healthy societies, and how socialist and communist states are defined by the encroachment of the civil government into the roles of both families and churches. The result of this usurpation contributed significantly to [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
A Recipe for Disaster
In my last blog, I talked about the unique role and contribution that families, churches and civil government play in fostering healthy societies.
Social disintegration and disorder occurs when these three institutions do not understand, or fail to fulfill their God-given role. It also happens when one of these institutions assumes the role [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
My wife and I were beyond impressed by the recently released DVD, Fireproof. Only later did I come to discover that all but one of the actors and producers were from the same local church. Then I found out that the movie was created for only $500,000. How much did it gross? A whopping $33 [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
“Wow. This is amazing. We really need to get the word out about this. What surprised me the most was her statement that after fighting this case, she didn’t actually have an abortion. Did I hear that right? Did she really say that?”
-Mandie Miller
Mandie! You did hear her right! Isn’t that amazing?! Can you imagine! [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Style vs. Substance
Here is a powerful reflection by Josh Harris on Obama, style and substance:
My five-year-old son, Joshua Quinn, has been following the presidential election with his dad. To him it’s another sport alongside football and NASCAR. Someone wins. Someone loses. He can understand that. He has seen various candidates on TV and he’s been [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The other day, I was sitting at home when I heard this commercial begin to air on our television. Was I really hearing this right? I couldn’t believe that “Jane Roe” would be speaking out against abortion.
The woman who fought to make abortion legal in the United States is now speaking out against that legislation. [...]
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