I Had Almost Forgotten . . .
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 03:21PM 
As you may know, I grew up in the Christian bookstore industry. I have long since repented for all of the Christian trinkets we sold throughout the years. But one of the most vivid memories from my bookselling past was listening to the latest sales pitch from someone trying to hawk a brand new "testimony book" from some current "Christian" celebrity. I can't imagine how the Zondervan sales rep will pitch Kate Gosselin's new book. I truly hope the woman is a believer and that book is of some value . . . But I've seen one too many of these to have very high expectations. Eight was enough! Gosselin Book
Having trouble with self-denial? To help the faithful, Dutch Catholics have identified Lent as "Christian Ramadan." Apparently the average Dutch citizen knows more about Muslim holidays than Roman Catholic practices. Amazing. Christian Ramadan instead of Lent
As if I needed another reason to hate state-sponsored two-kingdom confusions like the National Prayer Breakfast, here's a gem from Obama from this year's gathering. “God’s grace is expressed by Americans of every faith, and no faith, uniting around a common purpose, a higher purpose.” And I thought God's grace is supremely expressed in the cross of Jesus Christ . . . Theologian in Chief?
The 4000 year-old remains of a man who lived in Greenland were recently discovered. His DNA showed he had male pattern baldness. I'll bet he had a 4000 year-old "comb-over" to boot. The only thing worse than being bald is trying to look like you are not. The Old Bald Guy
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Speaking of Obama, here is my two cent's worth on the current state of affairs in politics:
****Politicians like to ask the question: Are you better off today than you were four or eight years ago? Personally, I was making more than double in wages under Bush than I am making now. (Even though I went out and got Life, Health, Property and Casualty insurance licenses, and other licenses in the healthcare industry.)
****I was talking to a checker at Sam's Club the other day, and he said that he was making twice as much money under Bush as he is now.
****A lady that I work with (a loyal democrat) said that she was making $10,000 more a year under Bush than she is now.
****Under Bush, a person could quit a job today, and start working across the street the next morning at 8:00 A.M.
****According to Fox news, since Obama took over, more than four million Americans have lost their jobs.
****The economy would have been much, much better off had Obama done nothing when he took over.
****History will prove that Bush was a far better President than the liberal journos would have Americans to believe.
****With the current spending of the present administration, in about 15 years, $1,000. might only be worth $200. (Our children will be paying the price!)
****China is beginning to get cold feet, in their lending money to the United States.
****Whatever happened to Global warming--or are we entering into another "ice age"? Gore actually says, that the colder it gets, the hotter it will become!
.****Under Obama, we'll soon be living in small houses, taking cold showers, and driving little box cars. (His attempt to control the population growth, because if you get into an accident in one, you'll surely die.)
****Why aren't the tea party folks taking a long hard look at the Libertarian Party?
****If the Republicans can get back to their traditional, conservative, values; things will look good for them. (But, have they learned their lessons?) For me, conservative means; less government, less taxes, less government spending. Tax breaks for small businesses--which some estimate might drive up to 80% of the economy.
****Put me in among those that feel that abortion should be left up to the states to decide.
****Put me among those that thinks that Sarah Palin would be a good President.
OK you're right. But he didn't confuse the Kingdom of Man and Kingdom of God so much as eliminate the Kingdom of God and replace it with this nebulous "higher purpose."
Larry King would never want to have on his show a Lutheran or a Refomed theologian because then folks would think that Christianty is for intelligent people.
The liberals like to think that they are the only ones that read books.
A two Kingdom thought: I really don't care what Hannity, O'Reilly or Rush think about God. Their specialty is politics and world issues (Kingdom of man stuff, not theology; Kingdom of God). Huge, huge problems in mixing the two.
Zondervan did not publish a biography on Dog, however Hyperion Books did one called You Can Run But You Can't Hide.