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In Defense of Religion

In recent years religion has become the whipping boy of society. The left says that organized religion is the root of all evil. The right considers religion a bad word insisting that “being a Christian is all about a relationship and not about religion.” Some Christians even go so far as to pray against the [...]

March 4th, 2008 by Thomas

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The Kristi Question

Today is the 3 year anniversary of my run in with an Big Rig truck on I-35. I thought this would be a good time to repost some of my thoughts after that wreck. There are more photos on Facebook. The van after the wreck. Why did God spare me and Mark when He did [...]

February 28th, 2008 by Thomas

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Why I am no longer proud to be an American.

I once saw a sign that read, “Texas proud.” This got me thinking. Can pride ever be a virtue? Am I proud of our nation? The fact is there are a lot of things about this nation I am not proud of. I don’t like how we have one of the most permissive abortion laws [...]

February 12th, 2008 by Thomas

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The Boy and the Pool (parable)

A family once had a pool party at their home. Friends from all over filled their back yard, laughing and talking as they mingled around the grill. While no one was looking, a two year old boy toddled over to the pool and fell in. Soon a lady pointed the child out to the group. [...]

December 17th, 2007 by Thomas

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The Solution to the Jena Six Problem

The “Jenna Six” incident is the sad effect of racial hatred. These six boys assaulted a white boy kicking him repeatedly. But this now national incident is the outcome of months of retaliatory racial hatred on both sides. This hatred is the root problem and it is something laws cannot fix. The question according to [...]

September 25th, 2007 by Thomas

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