tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117015682009-10-13T06:43:04.425-04:00A globe-trotting follower of Jesus tries to persuade the whole world, one person at a time.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-3154982748981702212008-10-24T09:49:00.002-04:002008-10-24T09:49:56.834-04:00

Snip from Fox News: Palin Calls Self Frugal; Denies Taking $150,000 in Designer Clothes: "Also on Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a private watchdog group in Washington, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Palin, the Republican National Committee and several political operatives alleging that the purchase of clothing for Palin and her family violates

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Here's an excerpt from chapter 15 (The Vow of Praise) of my new book, The Power of Praise and Worship, coauthored with Terry Law:The ride into Baghdad was harrowing. General Sada was behind the wheel, zigzagging along the airport road at breakneck speed. I glanced over at the gauges. The speedometer sat on 100 miles per hour. “Why are you swerving back and forth?” I asked, half-holding my breath.

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Most of the 40 to 50 friends who check this site are far more loyal than a prodigal blogger deserves. So if you wonder why I post so erratically, here's the scoop: I have never loved blogging, but only writing. So I blog when I'm not writing something somewhere else. And for the past six weeks I've been locked away in my tower—okay, the back bedroom—finishing a book that my friend, Terry Law, and

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Barack Obama may not be a racist, but he definitely got his socialist worldview from someone somewhere, and crazy uncle Jeremiah Wright is the most likely candidate by a long shot. Second-tier commentators like Michelle Malkin and Ken Blackwell have hit the rusty red nail on its head, but what about the big mouths, like Hannity, Limbaugh, and O'Reilly? Why don't they harp on it day and night? Why

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Note: Our choices in the 2008 presidential election are no longer between Right and Left, but between Left and Far Left. Hence, I write not in Democrat/Republican terms, but about Socialists and Capitalists. One wishes John McCain would stop trying to be both.If Jesus had been a socialist, He would have:Ended povertyFed every child on earthGiven every one a free educationMade sure they got

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Although not by design, the ampersand (@) in my blog’s name puts me at the very top of several blogrolls, the most prominent being the official website of Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Thus, I’ve been getting about a hundred hits a day from the Governor’s visitors ever since I joined his list a couple of months ago. That’s the primary reason I chose to leave my fundraising article showing

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Update: Now at $46,000. Let's keep going!  Since last Monday a few friends and I have raised more than $22,000 for Mike Huckabee's presidential bid. I have endlessly researched Mr. Huckabee's views, as well as the accusations other candidates have hurled at him, and am satisfied that he will be the best President our nation has had since the Reagan era.If you're a regular reader, or have clicked

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NOTE: Expanded at 4:51 pm ESTI've been away from blogging for this past month (will let you know why after next Tuesday). But an Associated Press story here has me fuming.The article concerns America's current "baby boomlet," which sees our nation with its highest birth rate since 1961. Here's the line that infuriated me:Experts believe there is a mix of reasons: a decline in contraceptive use, a

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-50366835356353049642007-12-20T22:31:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:57:51.776-05:00

As political gaffes go, Hillary Clinton's 30-second "Christmas" commercial has got to be her biggest one yet. Like other candidates from both parties, she was attempting to jump on the bandwagon started by Mike Huckabee, whose own half-minute was a simple and to-the-point "merry Christmas." What she actually accomplished, however, was to reveal her true faith: statism.The ad shows Hillary

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This is going to be fun.

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It’s 4:30 a.m., and the prospect of an Obama presidency is literally keeping me awake at night. As early as March, 2006 I warned my little cadre of readers about the attractiveness of Oprah’s anointed. Three months later, after hearing the freshman senator from Illinois speak for the Democrat’s national convention, I knew I was right: Obama touches all the right notes, not just for liberals, but

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A good friend and brother of mine, "John," has been arrested and unlawfully imprisoned by the Chinese government. Following is a press release about his case. Note that his second daughter is an American citizen. Since China frowns on more than one child per family, she would have had no citizenship had she been born in China. Hence, John and his wife timed their visit to America seven years ago

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-27663073472245966802007-12-06T13:31:00.000-05:002007-12-06T13:42:22.382-05:00

Has it ever occurred to you that the reason liberals tend to blame President Bush for everything from homelessness to global warming is because they think a president should rule in those areas?Every time you hear Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John Edwards blame Mr. Bush for some societal ill, know this: That candidate wants to assume rulership over that area of society.Makes Kucinich even

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-53601086153189804562007-11-28T23:17:00.000-05:002007-11-28T23:33:38.536-05:00

Tonight's YouTube debate on CNN was historic (as was the previous one for the Democrats). The questions were hard-hitting, imaginative, and generally wonderfully stated. And as much as I dislike CNN, they did a great job in hosting it, especially Anderson Cooper.Several of the candidates seemed to do better tonight, although Romney and Giuliani hurt themselves by going at each other after the

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Nearly 80 French policemen have been injured in Paris in riots over the past few hours, and they complain that, unlike 2005, this time the "youthful" rioters possess combat weapons and hunting rifles.What amazes me is how the news media are so faithful in leaving out the near certainty that the rioters are Muslims. Political correctness has the European media, as well as mainstream American

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-58794514316316765442007-11-21T08:54:00.000-05:002007-11-21T09:04:06.497-05:00

I had the opportunity to meet Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee last evening at a reception in Tampa, and to hear him speak for about 20 minutes. I have not been so impressed with a politician since—yes—the days of Ronald Reagan. Political "handlers" just cannot teach a man to communicate as genuinely, effectively, and easily as Huckabee does.Newsweek Magazine hits the nail on the

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Christianity Today reports that Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R) has decided to investigate the ministry finances of Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Eddie Long, Joyce Meyer, and divorcing pastors Randy and Paula White. In fact, it appears that Grassley is conducting a complete audit, because the IRS hasn't been able to keep up with the "exponential growth of all tax-exempt

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Dear Mr. Hannity,Last evening I heard you speak at the fifth annual Ronald Reagan Black Tie & Blue Jeans dinner here in north Florida. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed, because you devoted so much time to bashing Hillary Clinton, a dead giveaway that your career currently is motivated more by fear of losing than by vision for winning. It is a huge mistake to define yourself by what you're

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Last evening I had the opportunity to attend the Republican Party presidential debate in Orlando. I also got to hear three and a half candidates (explanation to follow) make speeches on Saturday afternoon. Here are my impressions of all eight candidates, based upon the past couple of days' exposure to them, listed in no particular order. One caveat: The frequent "best little whorehouse in Florida

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-78504880583724022162007-10-22T10:17:00.000-04:002007-10-23T17:20:04.393-04:00

Until now I have refrained from commenting on whether, as a Christian, I would approve of my young daughter watching or reading a Harry Potter story. To be honest, the witch element has never bothered me any more than a Ghostbusters movie: I wouldn't want a steady diet of it, but one movie/book every couple of years is no big deal.Now, however, with billionaire author J. K. Rowling's revelation

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Some months ago, while reading Meic Pearse's,"Why the Rest Hates the West," which among other things details the demographic suicide of Western Europe, I thought back to the Rosie O'Donnell-Elizabeth Hassellbeck feud that all the TV news channels had played so incessantly for a month or so. And it dawned on me that those two women perfectly portray one of Pearse's observations. The author points

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Iran's President Ahmadinejad claims that his nation isn't interested in making a nuclear bomb, because that device has outlived its usefulness and is no longer effective. For proof he points to the downfall of the Soviet Union, saying that if the bomb could have prevented the meltdown of Russian communism they would have used it.That might sound a bit kooky, like so much else of what this man

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John McCain, who has long claimed to be an Episcopalian, said this weekend that he and his family have actually been members of a Baptist church in Arizona for the past 15 years. His remarks take him DOWN a couple of notches on my list of potential presidential nominees.First, he's been a Baptist for 15 years, but consistently claimed to be an Episcopalian, much the same way that I lived in

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Regardless of whether or not Idaho Senator Larry Craig should resign, I'm appalled at the cowardly way the Republican leadership has abandoned him. They need to seize what really is a golden opportunity, and issue a statement along the following lines:"If our investigation makes it appear likely that Senator Craig is guilty of the charges, then the Party will do everything within its power to

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