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Change, Change, and then Change Some More

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Do not associate with those who always insist upon change, because disaster will come to them suddenly. Who knows what misery both may bring? Prov 24:21-22 (GW)

The mantra this election year is change. Change the way we do government, change the way we tax our citizenry, change the way we fight our battles, change the way we appoint leaders and judges, change the way we negotiate with enemies, change the way we protect the innocent.

Change can be good as long as the changes are for the betterment of a society. Many perhaps would feel that this year’s campaign slogan for change is just that, a change for the better. Apart from any biblical foundation I guess any change could be considered good but we are warned in scripture to not associate with those who always insist upon change.

There are people who change their minds on every issue depending upon the circumstance. They change their viewpoints depending on the pressure applied by those who oppose those viewpoints. They are like ships without a rudder that change direction every time the winds of public opinion changes. They have no core values, no solid beliefs, nothing to hold them on a steady course. They are like empty clouds that blow in and bring no rain, or like the waves of the ocean tossed about by the wind. They can not be held to one position because they will change their minds if enough people oppose them. They can not be counted on to stick to a position on anything.

These people we are warned to avoid in scripture. Wishy-washy panderers make for bad leaders because you never know where they are going to lead you. One minute you could be headed toward safety and then the next minute you are being led out to sea. I for one would not feel comfortable sailing in a rudderless ship. Nor do I find much comfort in a leader who changes their mind, all the time, on everything.

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Round, Black and Full of Air

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I bet you thought I was going to say Obama right? Well actually in a way I am going to say Obama. But I am referring to his energy policy which this highly educated presidential hopeful feels is our best hope for our domestic oil production problem.

Thursday, July 30th presidential candidate Barak Obama said at a campaign rally in Springfield, MO:

“We could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much,”

Yep you guessed it. The next time you pull into your gas station and ask for a fill-up make sure you are talking about your tires and not your gas tank.

Mr Obama seems to feel that if we all inflate our tires and give our cars tune ups we can save as much gas as is in our own natural oil resources.

And to think he had to go to Harvard to come up with that one!

For this and other ridiculous comments we have officially declared Obama as one who flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

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Pop Goes the Gospel- June 30 2008

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Welcome to the June 30, 2008 edition of pop goes the gospel. I wish to thank everyone who participated in this inaugural edition of Pop Goes the Gospel. If you intended to submit an article for this blog carnival but time just got away from you make sure you do not miss our next edition scheduled for July 30 2008. Submit your articles early to be sure you get them in before the deadline.

Now on with the carnival:

simplyeddie presents The Question Not Asked posted at Simple Life In Christ, Is doing a fine job with this blog there were several articles I would have liked to have seen submitted to this blog carnival but The Question Not Asked is a good one.  Reflecting on the freedom Christ brings to a life bound by sin is truly inspiring.

Michael Snyder presents The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone – How In The World Did The Ten Commandments Get To America Before Columbus Did? posted at Shattered Paradigm.

Very interesting story postulating the thought that perhaps the Phoenicians traveled to North American long before Columbus made the trip.

in Church Life

Kathleen Gage presents Tithing – Fact or Fiction? posted at Daily Awareness, saying, “If you subscribe to virtually any religious or spiritual belief you’ve likely heard about tithing. Whether or not you are actually tithing is another thing.Tithing can be a very emotionally charged activity. It has been said that what you put out your receive back tenfold. Is this true or is it simply a way for a church or spiritual group to strong arm followers to give up their money? Some people believe wholeheartedly in the spiritual practice of tithing while others view it as manipulation.

Find out if tithing blesses or hinders.”

in Culture

Julie Heath – More4kids Inc. presents Living Green – Dominion and Stewardship of God’s Creation posted at More4kids. Julie tackles the environmental issue with scripture. Be sure to check it out.

Crystal Nichols presents You are blessed. Now act like it! posted at Christian in the Corporate World. A gentle kick in the conscience about being thankful for all we have been blessed with as a nation and as a people. Crystal reminds us of the pitfalls of covetousness with the analogy of King David and Bathsheba.

Michael Snyder presents The Picture Of The Hindu God That Barack Obama Carries For Good Luck posted at Shattered Paradigm. Michael addresses the “hidden things” by looking at a Hindu god good luck charm that Barack Obama carries around with him. I wonder how many “secret things” we carry around in our hearts that would make God point a finger and say: “What’s up with that?” This article should make us all think and remember that God said everything hidden will be uncovered and be sure your secret sins will find you out. You can keep nothing secret from God.

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Allen in Fort Worth presents Can The Whos Hear Horton? posted at The Whited Sepulchre, saying, “here’s a parable from Dr. Seuss.” I loved the movie and enjoyed Allen’s post. Dr. Seuss was a childhood favorite and I guess some things just stick with you into adulthood. Nice job Allen.

My own submission for this carnival is: Is there a doctor in the “House”?

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of pop goes the gospel using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Got a Billion Buy a President

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Greeting babies - a traditional campaign activityImage from WikipediaWhat can you buy with a billion dollars? How about the presidency of the United States? Would you consider running for president if you had a spare billion dollars lying around? It would appear from a report on NPR that today’s presidential race is slated to topple the billion dollar mark for the first time in U.S. history. They reported that with more states striving for early primaries candidates are forced to be in more places in much of the same time frame. What once took a whole year to accomplish has now been pushed back to a few months. Having to purchase expensive television advertising in more places requires the candidates to raise larger sums of money than ever before. This year, as previously stated, the amount of money raised in the entire presidential campaign may top $1 billion dollars.

Now I do not know about you but I think I can find much better ways to spend a billion dollars than to spend it on political ads. For the most part these ads are attempts to sell us on a person who is more than likely going to not do anything he or she has stated in these said ads. Face time is what they are after in these advertisements. Trying to get their persona in front of as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time to impact the largest percentage of people. This makes it impossible to keep big money out of politics. It just stands to reason then the person with the most money is more than likely to win their appointed elections. Therefore a billion dollars can buy you the presidency of the United States of America.

When the only criteria used to determine fitness for office is one’s ability to raise huge sums of money, the potential for graft and political corruption increases with the ever increasing budgets. The more money being tossed about the more opportunities there are to buy political favors. Mr Joe Rockerfeller and Big Bucks Daddy’o Grady can purchase any special project or any politico they wish to control. These, bought by large donor purchases, political leaders then cater to special interest and not what is in the the public’s best interest.

I do not know about you but I much prefer electing someone to office who can not be bought. How then can we expect this to happen when the budgets to run political campaigns is running into the billions of dollars? What must we do to get back to the common man being able to run for elected office?

This is just a view from the eagle’s nest.