Lead Sheets

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

I had a request for a lead sheet to the song “Creed” which I recorded and shared recently, and so I thought I would share it here, as well as a lead sheet for the song “Reality (In You I Live)” which I shared here earlier and which we debuted in my church on Easter [...]

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Any Fool Can Honk

April 13, 2013 By 1 Comment

Via Facebook

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Don’t Force Us To Obey The Bible!

January 6, 2013 By 14 Comments

Someone made a point on Facebook that I thought was really insightful and worth turning into a brief post here. Time and again, I have heard conservatives say that taxing the rich to care for the poor is antithetical to Biblical teaching because it is essentially forcing people “at gunpoint” to give, rather than allowing [...]

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More Posters

July 28, 2012 By 3 Comments

The Facebook group “Christians Against the Tea Party” has turned a few more quotes from me into posters. Feel free to share them!    

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The Bible, Barack Obama, and American Business

July 20, 2012 By 21 Comments

First, let’s make sure that the president of the United States is quoted correctly and in full (unlike in Bristol Palin’s recent blog post and so many similar corners of the internet): Now, some thoughts relating to those who have been complaining about what the president said. I can see how all sorts of arrogant [...]

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On Occupying Wall Street and Taxing the Rich

October 12, 2011 By 16 Comments

Two images have come to my attention connected with the current “Occupy Wall Street” movement and everything that connects and intersects with it. One is cynical, one is pointed, and both seem worth sharing. On the one hand, it could be easy to point to the hypocrisy of not merely those taking to the streets [...]

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