Category Archives: Thoughts on the News

Applying Scriptural principles to things in the news

Thoughts on the Olympics — “Not Something We’ve Been Too Concerned About”

“One minute, elation, the next minute, despair.  What happened?” “Well, um, it was just, we, we didn’t change over in the right zone on the track.  It’s really hard, when you’re going that speed, and I’m just focusing on Jess’s … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Olympics — He Wanted to Get Caught

The best you can hope for is that you’ll get caught before you get too far down that path. Then, if God is gracious enough to you to let someone catch you, all you’ll have to deal with is a whole lot of unpleasant consequences. If you don’t get caught, it will be even worse. Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Olympics — Faith, Focus, Finish

I didn’t want to let those three guys down, or the team down, so I just ran on it. It hurt so bad. Continue reading

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A Chocolate Bar

From the BBC Olympics coverage (scroll down to 2326): Heard the one about how a chocolate bar cost someone a gold medal? Head over to the weightlifting where Poland’s Adrian Edward Zielinski emerged triumphant by virtue of just 130 grams … Continue reading

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Correction on Homosexual Marriage in Denmark

The state church in Denmark is being forced by government to adopt the state’s preferred religion of LGBT acceptance. Continue reading

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Contrasting Prayers

Some Muslim prayers, including some recited by those who were murdering a young Christian recently (I won’t include the link, too graphic).

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Gay Marriage in Denmark

When you are trying to solve your internal need for acceptance by imposing laws on society, you can only take freedom so far, and then it goes to restrictions on those who disagree with you. Continue reading

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