Politics

Lost in the debate over Obamacare and its Constitutionality is the basic question: What is the commerce clause, and what powers does it give the Federal government, and what remains with the states?

The administration recently changed the phrase “freedom of religion” to “freedom of worship” in speeches. Is it a big deal indicating a policy shift?

If you watch the news, you’ve likely heard the name Jim Wallis and the issue of “social justice” pop up as Mr Wallis argues social justice lies at the core of the Gospel, while others disagree. Fortunately the issue of social justice and the Gospel can be quickly and easily settled with facts so obvious disagreement isn’t possible. In the dispute over social justice, just who is right? Does social justice lay at the core of the Gospel, as Jim Wallis claims, or not?

Freedom of Religion has become twisted to become freedom from religion, which is not what the Founders intended, as a simple reading of the Amendment makes clear.

Only a few months after the Healthcare bill passed (aka Obamacare) and the President signed an executive order “guaranteeing” taxpayer money won’t fund abortion, we find out (surprise!) it will, and does. How long did that promise last? As long as an ice-cube in Hell.

Perhaps you’ve heard the “Cloward and Piven strategy” mentioned. What exactly is it? And how does it play into the wildly increasing Federal debt, failure to act on a number of issues, and general political philosophy (“Never let a crisis go to waste”)?

Reverend Jim Wallis’ article “How Christian is Tea Party Libertarianism” contains several errors. Our previous article examined Mr. Wallis’ error understanding both the Tea Party and Libertarianism. In this article, we’ll examine his other major error—using Romans 13 to support his brand of government, and its forced use of “social justice” (to use his term). Does Romans 13 imply Christians must unconditionally support government actions? The answer (not surprisingly) has been answered long ago, and remains amazingly simple when considered in context.

A White House adviser compares the Tea Party to libertarian philosophy, declaring it as “Un-Christian” while he supports his brand of “social justice”. Is the Tea Party libertarian? Is it Un-Christian as the adviser claims? And the big question, in view of Romans 13, how should Christians view the government and its actions?

Deficit-deniers are back at it again with the sequel “Myth of the Stimulus” as they tout a CBO report claiming millions of jobs created from the (in)famous “Stimulus” package. But does the report have any relevance to reality at all? Read the report for yourself and see what the CBO director says about it to find out. The answer will surprise you after you’ve heard what politicians claimed for it.

Christians (and it’s good advice for everyone else) are called to be skeptical—several places in the Bible it states check things out for yourself and don’t believe something just because it came from an “authoritative” source; many of those sources turn out to be false.

When something can’t continue forever, it will end. In the case of the increasing Federal deficit, at some point it has to stop — the only questions are when and how (as in how painful will it be).

With all the debate over health-care, what’s really going on behind the scenes? You sure won’t find out watching CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN. One of the sticking issues remains abortion — should the Federal government pay for it? The two sides have been arguing back and forth, but recently the mask has come off the pro-abortion side, revealing what they really want.

In Justice by Alan Sears describes a story similar to Orwell’s “1984”, but relating to first amendment freedoms, specifically religious freedoms. This issue remains at the forefront today, whether it’s speaking on your beliefs, religious displays, so-called “hate speech”, and more. The book considers what might happen if today’s politically correct movement continues to grow.

Different news stores which appear unrelated often yield connections when placed next to each other. What do wild rants from a Congressman in Florida have to do with an attack and rape on a high school student across the country?

As huge numbers are thrown around during discussions, just how much are they talking about? More importantly, what advice did Solomon have concerning financial matters we should consider when speaking of trillion dollar deficits.

July 4 isn’t just about NASCAR, hot dogs and soda. How many people take the time to remember those events over 200 years ago? The founding document of the country?

With all the economic uncertainty in the news, many people ask a simple question - how did the country get into this mess? And can $800 billion get us out? Most importantly, what lessons should be learned for the future?

It’s not AIG, Lehman, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It’s not the national debt or budget deficits. They’re only symptoms of the real disease, the cancer eating away at our society — that cancer is “A Deficit of Decency” — more specifically, a lack of ethics.

All the recent flap over the comments of pastor Jeremiah Wright illustrates an important point. It’s not really about his comments, or if Obama himself supported them (or heard them at all), it’s not even about racism — those are all political issues and have been discussed elsewhere ad nauseum without resolution. But one issue hasn’t been discussed much and missed entirely by the media …

By now, everyone should have heard the story – the up and coming Democrat Governor of New York wasted tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes and resigned. But beyond the basic case itself (similar stores being repeated among Presidents, Congressmen, and Senators), what does this mean for the Christian? What lessons should (must) we learn from Spitzer’s downfall?