Quotes on gun control
Beating Swords Into Plowshares
Best. Article. Ever. (on gay marriage)
Thoughts from Thomas Sowell
The Bible vs. The Heart
Thoughts on Holocaust Day
Margaret Thatcher, R.I.P.
A Lesson In Economics From Calvin
Ayn Rand Quote
Timely Quote About Our Attitude Towards Government. . .
The Best (Conservative) Case AGAINST impeachment
The Only Truly Revolutionary (Political) Idea
A Public Service Announcement From Brewster Rockit Space Guy
Living Like Kings
Video illustration: Two Lemonade Stands
Dr. Williams on why government planning doesn't work
The Compassionate Case Against the Minimum Wage
A Primer on "Income Inequality"
Anti-Israel vs. Antisemitism
A Fantasy Nomination Speech
Another Homerun by Dr. Williams
"Progressive" vs. "Liberal" by Thomas Sowell
"Race and sex issues that need addressing" by Dr. Williams
Pro-Business or Pro-Free Market? by Jonah Goldberg
Why do we need America to have a strong military?
"Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Do you pass the Israel test?
“Boys, the old flag never touched the ground”
What creates wealth?
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
"Blacks must confront reality"
"I have a dream. . ."
The Youngest Pilot in the U.S. Navy
Lincoln's Bumpy Road
September 11, 2001
The Signing of the Constitution
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
Sergeant York
James Forten, Freedom Fighter
Reagan at Reykjavik
The World Turned Upside Down
Who are the racists: Conservatives or Liberals?
The Rescue of the Lost Batallion
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people”
“They have no right to say they do not care. They must care!”
Benjamin Banneker
The Day It Finally Fell Down
An Illustration From A Space Heater Warning
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Case of John Peter Zenger And The Freedom Of The Press
The Gettysburg Address
Puts it very succinctly...
George Washington's Thanksgiving Prayer
Great wisdom from Hobbes
Rosie The Riveter
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The First Flight
"These are the times that try men's souls"
American Exceptionalism at its finest
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
Haym Salomon: The Revolution Hero You've Never Heard Of
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
John Hancock
Valley Forge
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
Abigail Adams
Audie Murphy
Sit-ins
“The day had passed forever when I could be a slave.”
Ronald Reagan
Lincoln's Birthday
Iwo Jima
Old Man Eloquent and the Amistad
Why the Flag Is Called Old Glory
No shortage of heroes
Sam Houston
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Remember the Alamo!
Bloody Sunday
“Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!”
St. Patrick's Day
The Book That Helped End Slavery
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
"Honey, I forgot to duck"
“I’ve been to the mountaintop”
Mount Vernon
Join or Die
Arlington National Cemetery
Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
The Angel of the Battlefield
Saying No To A Crown
Should America be the world's policeman?
Martha Washington
Lafayette and the sentry
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
The Pied Piper of Saipan
We are all descendants of 1776
America the Beautiful
The Purple Heart
Father of the Constitution
"To bigotry no sanction"
Washington's Farewell Address
Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
The Marine Corps Birthday and Flag
What is an American?
The President pardons a turkey
From ARPAnet to the internet
The Tuskegee Airmen
A Revolution Begins
Samuel Morse Starts a Communications Revolution
Israel Putnam
Alexander Hamilton
The Truman Doctrine
The Great Locomotive Chase (along w/ the 1st Congressional Medal of Honor)
The Shot Heard 'round the World
Butch O’Hare Saves the Lexington
"If any blame. . . "
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
They risked all
Jesse Owens at Berlin
Phillis Wheatley
The Star-Spangled Banner
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
“All the ladies like whiskers”
The Federalist Papers
The Statue of Liberty
“It was this faith that maintained our hope”
Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense
The Freedom Riders
The Patriot who burned her home
“Our Constitution is color-blind”
From Punch Cards to Microchips
John Witherspoon, Parson and Patriot
“The things of the spirit come first”
Elvis Hits the Air Waves
"The Eagle has landed"
PT-109
Invented in America
Apollo 8’s Christmas Eve Broadcast
Washington Crosses the Delaware
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act
Pocahantas
“The only thing to do was keep swinging”
President Washington’s First Official Act
Bob Hope, Honorary Veteran
The Battle of Long Island
The Air Force Birthday and Flag
The Great Awakening
The Navy Birthday and Flag
Welcome to the Intersections Blog, where I try to work out where politics, pop culture, and the Bible meet
So What's This All About?
In case you didn't know, I'm in the multi-year-long process of posting a Christian devotional at the TAWG Blog. The TAWG Blog is, and always will be, mostly apolitical. For the most part, Bible-believing Christians will find little to disagree with there. But I also firmly believe that God's word can--and should--inform everything in life, and this should include politics and popular culture. How should we vote? How should we respond to hot topics such as abortion, capital punishment, taxes, and other issues? Which party, if either, is closer to the Biblical ideal? Tony Campolo and Ron Sider, Evangelicals whose political leanings are on the Left, have made the case in several of their writings that God wants his followers to vote politically on the Left more than on the Right. At times, some of them have gone so far as to equate voting on the Left with obedience to Christ, either subtly or not-so-subtly contending that the converse is true as well: If you vote Republican, you're sinning against the Savior.
I don't agree. I think that to the degree they actually resort to the Bible, they're misinterpreting it. With a whole bunch of caveats, I think politically conservative positions are a lot more compatible with the Scriptures than the Leftist positions.
Just to clarify, I would never accuse people who disagree with me--especially siblings in Christ--of what they accuse me of. I don't judge my own heart, much less anyone else's, and I don't equate political disagreement with theological fidelity to God. I have no reason to doubt their love for the Lord and "for the least of these," but I believe that they're sincerely wrong.
Just to clarify, I would never accuse people who disagree with me--especially siblings in Christ--of what they accuse me of. I don't judge my own heart, much less anyone else's, and I don't equate political disagreement with theological fidelity to God. I have no reason to doubt their love for the Lord and "for the least of these," but I believe that they're sincerely wrong.
So there are two main purposes for this blog. One is to make a case for my political beliefs based on Scripture. The other is a bit more vague, basically to work out my political beliefs and figure out what's based on Scripture and what's based on my own biases. I certainly don't have all the answers. Some of this stuff I'm still figuring out. And I'm certainly open to correction. As long as you make your case civilly and based on Scripture, feel free to make a comment, and I promise I'll post it and consider your arguments thoughtfully and prayerfully. Who knows? Maybe we'll learn a little something from each other.
May God bless our common striving together towards both the "little t" truth and "Big T" Truth. Our watchword here is a line from C. S. Lewis's The Last Battle: "Further up and further in!"
P.S. -- Below on the left is "Topics I've Covered" which lists everything I've posted topically. It's come to my attention that some people would like to see everything just listed for them. If that's you, you can get it here. Thanks to my friend Stephen Young for the tip!
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