By Stan A Moody
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| Oct. 06, 08 11:38 |
It is a form of optimism that focuses on appearance rather than reality
- the spin rather than the facts.
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By Jessica Kawamura
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| Sep. 30, 08 20:09 |
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America, we have always believed in religious freedom and in the potential of
everyone to serve our country.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Sep. 23, 08 08:19 |
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The
Church is locked into a mindset of Israel
as the Promised Land acquired by the parting of the Red Sea and the Jordan River and rightfully entitled to whatever it wants
wherever it wants it.
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By David Gushee
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| Sep. 16, 08 20:13 |
The best way to love America, defend
our nation, and support our troops is to pivot sharply away from "the dark
side" and back to our most cherished moral values.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Sep. 16, 08 09:15 |
| The election of John
McCain may well condemn us all to the war ethic he and his supporters cannot
seem to leave behind.
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By Rachel Noel Johnson
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| Sep. 12, 08 13:27 |
Below is the summary for the session:
Healing the
(American) Christian Relationship with the Muslim World
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By Rachel Noel Johnson
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| Sep. 12, 08 08:22 |
Below is a summary of the session:
What the
Torture Debate Reveals about American Christianity
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By Stan A Moody
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| Sep. 01, 08 07:48 |
| What has been gnawing at me is the sense that
I have encountered numerous Sarah Palins in the past - hard driving, positive,
narrowly-focused "Hockey Moms" set on
conquering America
for God, skipping the inconvenience of credentials and experience.
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By Robert Tice Lalka
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| Aug. 21, 08 20:10 |
Discussing the McCain campaign's latest attacks
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By Robert Tice Lalka
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| Aug. 05, 08 06:20 |
| Exploring How The McCain Campaign's Recent Lies Attempt To Undermine Obama Where He Is Strongest -- His Poised Leadership -- While Distracting The Public From The GOP's Greatest Weakness, Its Hubris.
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By Rachel Noel Johnson
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| Jul. 22, 08 10:30 |
If we as a nation need to respond to a world in
crisis, even more so do people of faith need to protect a despoiled creation.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jul. 15, 08 00:25 |
Today, there are
shepherds of Christian flocks in America for whom even the appearance of angels
would not persuade them that the returning Christ will not set His brogans
right down on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem - and soon.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jul. 08, 08 01:00 |
| Colonialism and
imperialism triumph over tribalism because their histories can be chronicled in
blood and borders.
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By Robert Tice Lalka
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| Jul. 02, 08 06:06 |
| Here is some perspective on the new Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 30, 08 18:41 |
Patriotism rears its ugly head as the
righteous umbrella of oil and Zionism.
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By Robert Tice Lalka
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| Jun. 24, 08 23:12 |
This addresses the need to renew Senator Obama's call for A Deeper, Fuller Conversation About Religion In This Country.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 04, 08 11:40 |
| "I would not rule becoming his (Obama's) running mate if it will help the Party win in November."
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By Stan A Moody
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| May. 19, 08 09:14 |
The righteousness of the free enterprise system masking occasional greed, our President may well enjoy the family fruits of appeasement.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Apr. 29, 08 11:53 |
| Hillary's strategy is to appeal to establishment Democrats by urging Superdelegates either to vote for her on the first ballot or to abstain, thereby throwing open the Convention.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Apr. 14, 08 19:36 |
In light of that, let's bump Obama up to a B on the Iococca index...
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By Stan A Moody
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| Apr. 08, 08 09:24 |
| In Hagee's telling, Israel has no choice but to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, with or without America's help.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Mar. 24, 08 09:28 |
In a word, they don't like Jeremiah Wright because he forces us to face our sin.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Mar. 05, 08 16:34 |
| We have become a nation addicted to reality TV, and it's now spilling dangerously over into real life.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Feb. 10, 08 18:38 |
In the spirit of "It's My Turn" Bob Dole, Republicans once again choose fear over progress; tradition over hope; stay-the-course over humility.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jan. 30, 08 05:32 |
Nostalgia runs wild this week in the seeming vapidity of our
current Presidential wannabees. But
then, who would have given Harry Truman a chance for greatness?
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jan. 19, 08 19:03 |
| The mere exercise of
superimposing Burt Lancaster will instantly translate Elmer Gantry into South Carolina or Mike
Huckabee into Gritzmaker Springs, KA....
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jan. 05, 08 13:58 |
Not bad, I will have to say! Do we dare dream of morning in America? On the other hand, I'll have another helping of that crow, if you don't mind.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Dec. 31, 07 14:41 |
| Somehow there is an awfully big disconnect between an exploding
bus in India and baby powder at a Saratoga
County office building.
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By Linda Sue Seger
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| Dec. 29, 07 00:28 |
| Bill O’Reilly has been saying that there’s a war on Christmas going on. This has made me very tense, as I’ve tried to find weapons to prepare for the battle.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Dec. 19, 07 14:23 |
Huckabee's answer to the "two state solution" is the ethnic cleansing of Palestine:
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By Stan A Moody
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| Dec. 10, 07 11:32 |
Is there any thinking person left out there who still wonders about that wild look in Huckabee's eyes?
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By Eric Sapp
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| Dec. 07, 07 10:36 |
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Romney began his discussion of how religious views will play in his candidacy by citing Kennedy's famous speech. I can't help but paraphrase Bentsen here, "Governor, you are no Jack Kennedy." And I don't think this speech will accomplish the same thing either.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Nov. 16, 07 11:15 |
The Christian worldview being one of humility and service, no Bible-thumping candidate could possibly be on Jesus' side. Heck, even the Church, the "Bride of Christ," is not on Jesus' side these days.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Nov. 05, 07 20:01 |
| Ultimately, walls imprison only their builders by restricting the spirit and vision of a people to the territory they possess.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Oct. 21, 07 16:34 |
To curse Palestinian Christians by rendering them faceless and through policies intended to push them out of their homes and across the Jordan River is to curse Abraham.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Oct. 15, 07 18:46 |
The "good" are those who believe in their unchallenged ideologies and little else; the "evil" are the rest of us to varying degrees.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Oct. 07, 07 14:03 |
One blogger had a bit of fun. "I've had a vision of a 900-foot Jewish guy who wants me to build a center to find a cure for clergy corruption," he said.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Sep. 24, 07 07:33 |
| Blackwater is well-named: You cannot see beyond its surface. What lies beneath the surface, however, can be fatal.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Aug. 28, 07 12:58 |
Come to think of it,
I recall hearing some foot-tapping during my sermon last Sunday. Looks like I’m good to go for another term!
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By Stan A Moody
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| Aug. 27, 07 11:39 |
| By its profound coarsening of both theology and politics, it may already have departed, leaving the rest of us to pick up the pieces.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Aug. 12, 07 17:00 |
| At the end of the day, there is no such thing
as a homosexual corpse -- only dead corpses and, of course, spiritual ones, like
the church in question.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Aug. 10, 07 10:55 |
| The notion that punishment of the
hate-mongering right will accomplish anything but entertainment for the
hate-mongering left is fantasy land.
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By Cindy Catlett
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| Jul. 24, 07 17:05 |
Recently, I did a television interview about the Iraq Memorial Quilt. When asked what inspired me, I said, "well, I believe, God inspired me to make this quilt," and then went on to tell why I believed that.
When the news piece came out on TV, it began as ".......doesn't know why she made the quilt". See video clip at www.iraqmemorialquilt.com.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 22, 07 09:10 |
Extremists are everywhere. In the past week the world has
witnessed the extremism of Hamas in Gaza,
knowing that every act of extremism places resolution further away.
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By Jesse Lava
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| Jun. 17, 07 23:43 |
There are so many things wrong with Bauer's latest article that I’m not sure where to start. I’ll go through a few of his more egregious comments one by one.
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 09, 07 20:31 |
| As for calamities, what God could and should do to His
people who are living the American Dream life of prosperity and success while
claiming the cross of Jesus Christ ought to shake these Tele-Zionists in their
boots...
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 09, 07 08:21 |
According to the polling
information, the people of America perceive themselves to be awakening to a
foundation crumbling from moral decay...Whether this will lead to another "Great Awakening" of real faith remains
to be seen...
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By Stan A Moody
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| Jun. 05, 07 08:30 |
Lead by example, yes; lead by self-sacrificing love, yes;
lead by apartheid, no!
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By Stan A Moody
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| May. 31, 07 07:30 |
| Leadership in the arts, business, medicine, politics and religion comes not from training at Harvard, Messiah College or Regent University, but from a keen sense of timing and mission.
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By Stan A Moody
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| May. 30, 07 08:42 |
I am sick to death of this running debate over whether homosexuality is a sin. Who cares? Isn't there enough sin to go around for everybody?
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