The Wandering Heretic

This was my hardest election ever to vote. As I noted before, I do not think it is an option not to vote; however, this election was the first to temp me in that non-direction. I voted against rather than for a candidate. McCain ran a sloppy campaign because frankly even [...]

Theocracy is the latest scare word among society today. It sparks a bigger negative reaction than “jihad” and “terrorist” and has become associated with those same words. When those few (and I do mean few) Christians who dare utter that same word in association with their political theory, then they become “Christian terrorists” on [...]

I have been exploring the implications that the overriding government of the world is a monarchy. God is set as King of the world. He started being an active monarch during the ministry, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus of Nazareth. This monarchy continues to be active in our own day [...]

I attended the first Sunday service of NEOchurch this weekend. The name is a clever play on words, NEO standing for North East Ohio as well as from the Greek, neos, for “new.” As a whole, the church bills itself as being “new” in that it “penetrates culture with existing media, new media, [...]

And don’t think I am protected since I don’t live in Canada. After all, Mark Stein is living in America and he was charged via the Canadian Human Rights Commission with publishing “hate speech” in a Canadian magazine. Also, many Canadians are being charged even if Americans post supposedly “hate filled” comments on [...]

I am finally picking up the gauntlet from my previous post, Dancing To Heaven, Pt. 1. Since it has been awhile, my readers may be advised to review that post before moving on to this one.
I am taking up the topic of the Christian over-emphasis—if not complete limitation—on the Gospel as “going to Heaven [...]

I have examined the evidence in the Old Covenant relating to interest rates. There I found that Israelites, when making charity loans to poor Israelites, if they were Jewish or otherwise a long term resident in the Land, were restricted to an interest rate of zero. If the lender was not Jewish and the [...]

The current, if you excuse the expression, interest in Ohio’s proposed legislation to limit the rates charged by Payday Lenders has been taken up by area pastors. The Payday Lenders reportedly charge up to rates equaling 391% APR in some cases, and the pastors are behind legislation that will limit this rate to 36%. [...]

 
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Michael Spencer has had an interesting blog series on Heaven. Michael does not disbelieve in heaven but he does note the paradox of our modern definition of the Gospel being about “going to heaven when you die” and the absence of this emphasis in the Scriptures themselves. He titles this series “Too Much Heaven” [...]