I have been away for a week to the spring meeting of the South Central Classis of the Reformed Church in the U. S. Two significant decisions were made concerning my family, for which I praise God. My youngest son, Matthew, was licensed to preach the gospel. We look forward to his ordination which should take place pretty soon now. My second son Samuel, who still has three years of seminary left, was given a limited license to preach at Calhan and he was made stated supply there for three years, at which time he will be finished with seminary and eligible for regular ordination. Both sons have served as elders in the RCUS, Sam for about 15 years. Needless to say, I am very proud of both of them.

FOXNews.com - Top Stories - University Says Blood Drive Biased Against Gays: "'There may be less blood in the blood supply, or we can continue to have a world full of hate and discrimination,' said Shauna Bates (search), student senator at WOU. "
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Can you believe this. So now love means that you don't have blood to treat sickness and disease because sodomites want to be legitimatized. Dirt means clean and clean means dirty. Good is evil and evil is good. Long live Hegel, irrationalism, and man's desire to do as he pleases and the results be damned!

New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Editorials: Oil-for-graft at the UN: "Kofi Annan has some explaining to do, and he knows it. Now that it's no longer possible to maintain with half a straight face that the United Nations' humanitarian oil-for-food program in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was not mercilessly looted, Secretary General Annan concedes that 'it is highly possible there has been quite a lot of wrongdoing.'"
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See, this blog has maintained that the the true greed-for-oil movement in the world was the European/UN anti-Iraq War movement. Any Halburton overcharge for oil during the war is peanuts compared to the rip off of the Oil for Food program. And Secretary Kofi Annan was one of the main beneficiaries. But have you seen that on your TV screen?

An eye-opener from Blix - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED: "Hans Blix has pounded the final nail in the coffin of left-wing bilge that has despicably charged President Bush and his administration with lying about intelligence on WMD in Iraq. In fact, in his new book, 'Disarming Iraq,' Mr. Blix acknowledges that he also believed that Iraq had failed for years to comply with its post-Gulf War (1991) obligation to destroy its WMD. "
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Well, then. I hope he sells a lot of books, in spite of one of my recent blogs. [See, Calvinists can admit to error.]

Social Studies (03/19/2004): "'United Nations' is an oxymoron. Democracies and dictatorships are mongoose and cobra, with no real hope of uniting except opportunistically. But a community of democracies -- that might just work. It already works in NATO and the E.U. The new community is a fledgling, but many readers of this article may live to see it soar. "
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Intriging. But can one humanist idolatry really be better than another one? But we do not find perfection in the world, and certainly Casto is not the moral equivilent of, say, Tony Blair. Why should two-bid murderers and thugs have a disproportionate voice in the world?

baltimoresun.com - Don't equate black, gay struggles: "The black civil rights movement was a fight for the basic right to live or to walk down the street without the fear of being humbled, beaten or killed by any white person who got it into his or head to do so.

"The current attempts by gays to have their marriages recognized by state authorities does not compare with that effort.
Look at the fearful faces of black boys and girls who first integrated schools and compare them with the faces at Rosie O'Donnell's wedding in San Francisco, and talk to me about that comparison. "
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Finally. I wondered how long it would be before people began to see that being a sodomite and being black are not comparable conditions. To think so is to greatly cheapen the black race. God never sent down fire and brimstone upon a black city; He did on Sodom and Gomorrah. It is no sin to be black; sodomy is a war against the image of God. If black leaders endorse sodomites to gain support for their agenda, both will be lost.

Christianity is at a low ebb right now, and seems to be losing the conflict on many fronts. But that is one "seeming" that will never translate into reality, because the resurrection of Christ gurarantees the continual revival of the faith and robust Christianity, as history shows. Christ was put into the grave, and His church has been relegated to the dust heap many, many times. The future does not belong to Sodom and Lesbos. You can count on it. The things on this earth cannot affect the heavenly rule of Jesus Christ.

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.... Ephesians 1.

Bush-friendly 'news' flashes controversial: "'This concerns me that we didn't see this for what it was. This was a one-sided story,' Veazey said. 'It was clearly labeled. Our people screwed up. This is where the editorial gate was wide open - and we gave them the key. We're not a conduit or pass-through for public relations firms.'"
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Nope, not unless the PR firm is the Democratic National Convention. What a terrible shock for a TV station, to think that their news is unbalanced! My! My! My! How can they live with themselves!

Bush's Campaign Emphasizes Role of Leader in War: "'I'm not going to worry about them misleading because we're going to just keep pounding away at the truth,' Mr. Kerry told the crowd of veterans, "
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But don't worry. Mr. Kerry will continue to pound away at the truth, but the truth can take it.

Bush's Campaign Emphasizes Role of Leader in War: "Mr. Kerry added, 'I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,' referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war."
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An Hegelian, speaking Hegelian, to Hegelians, making Hegelian sense only to Hegelians. However, there are still plenty of Americans who know when someone is throwing dust in their eyes.

Church Jury Acquits Gay Methodist Pastor - EarthLink - U.S. News: "BOTHELL, Wash. - A lesbian Methodist pastor was acquitted Saturday in a church trial over her sexual orientation, and will be allowed to continue her ministry.
After about 10 hours of deliberations, a jury of 13 pastors ruled in favor of the Rev. Karen Dammann, 47, who disclosed three years ago that she was in a homosexual relationship. Eleven pastors found her not guilty and two were undecided. "
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Of course. If the words of the Bible are not binding upon the conscience of one who professes to be a Christian, then why should church law, or civil law, make any difference? Why doesn't everyone just do what is right in his own eyes? Why does anything make any difference at all? "I mean well" is the greatest purgative for destructive behavior in the history of the world, greater than any of the religious potions sold in the indulgence markets of the papacy. Furthermore, the purgative is free, requiring no bishops, no priests, no penance, and no accountability, but unilaterally absolves us of any accountability. We descend into a stew of moral and spiritual decadence of chaos and ruin, unable to make moral decisions at all. God gives us over to a reprobate mind, all the while affirming that unlike us, His mind is not decadent, which does not bode well for our future. It should be abundantly clear now that the Methodist Church is apostate and anyone with decency and love for God should renounce their membership and withhold every dime. The candle is out.

HoustonChronicle.com - Krauthammer: This has gone beyond appeasement: "When confronting an existential enemy -- an enemy that wants to terminate your very existence -- there are only two choices: appeasement or war.
In the 1930s, Europe chose appeasement. Today Spain has done so again. Europe may follow. "
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Appeasement did not avoid WWII but made it inevitable. If other nations follow the "lead" of Spain, then World War will again visit us in the night. Obviously, Europe was not going to submit to Hitler in that other war, and neither will the West submit to Islam. But as Hitler gained strength and took courage at the lack of moral force in Chamberlain and others, so Islam will take courage from the weakness of the socialist wimps of Europe and the United States.

Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online: "An exiled Mr. Aristide was restored by the United States in 1996, on the pretext that he probably won the 1994 election. But since then he has engaged in criminality, censorship, blackmail, and violence to ensure that both the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2000 were engineered to his own satisfaction. For all his priestly past, New York sojourns, and professed sympathy for the poor, he too is a one-vote, one-time thug."
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There is a lot of fiction in the world. "Democracies" or "republics" especially in the Middle East are polite fictions. So also in Haiti. The good and wise statesman does not lend credence to fictions or support "legitimate" thugs.

Telegraph | News | Reporter following trail of corruption in EU arrested: "Police arrested a leading investigative journalist yesterday on the orders of the European Union, seizing his computers, address books and archive of files in a move that stunned Euro-MPs."
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Not all the evil in the world is in Iraq. Hmmm... I wonder why there are those in Europe who have trouble recognizing totalitarianism when they see it?

RealClear Politics - Commentary: "Clearly, the terrorist attack changed the outcome of the election. But that's really the point, isn't it? It was terror, not hatred of George Bush, that was responsible for the vote in Spain. No bombs, no Socialists, no convenient but erroneous arguments about 'referendums.'"
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fyi

Newsday.com: French Official: War Made World Dangerous: "'Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before,' de Villepin said. 'Today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism.' "
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Wonder what he's been smoking; or if he has a book to sell like Blix. The logical error is post hoc ergo propter hoc, which means that because there are more terror incidents after the invasion, the incidents are because of the invasion. When will these idiots learn that Islamic terrorists do not need the excuse of an invasion--they hate us because we are not Muslims. Simple as that. But the little girlie French men are afraid of the Muslim population in their own state, and are afraid of getting them mad. Won't help, though. Appeasement of evil never does help.

But of course, Newsday, and other pieces of the liberal media accomplices of terror can be expected to publish every bit of trivia that will give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. Its in their blood.

Daily Press: Teen's right to wear sweatshirt is restored: "An assistant principal told Daniel Goergen on Feb. 18 to remove the sweatshirt or turn it inside-out. Printed in white letters on the front of the black, hooded sweatshirt are the words 'Abortion is homicide.' The back reads 'You will not silence my message / You will not mock my God / You will stop killing my generation.' "
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FYI

A man in France was arrested today for using his car to run down a pedestrian he thought was Osama bin Laden. Even though it was a mistake, it still ranks as France’s biggest military victory ever. -Jay Leno

My Way News: "USA Today said Friday that an examination of the work of journalist Jack Kelley found strong evidence that the newspaper's former star foreign correspondent had fabricated substantial portions of at least eight major stories."
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These are the guys that we are supposed to trust with political coverage, religious news, and opinions of Bible believers.

Welcome to WGOP - DC Radio 700: "So Kerry knows his own record and knows his vulnerability. His response is to create out of whole cloth mythical 'foreign leaders' who support his election. Like Harvey the Rabbit, John Kerry has Harvey the 'foreign leader' whispering encouragement to him.

"That's troubling. Very troubling, and the press doesn't quite know what to do with this odd duck from Massachusetts, but are reluctant to see him implode the week after locking up the nomination. So they aren't pressing very hard.

"Here's a suggestion: Just track the 'foreign leaders' story with half the energy you tracked the 'yellowcake' story. That'll do.

"Scary John Kerry. Next thing you know he'll be making up defective voting processes in Florida and hiring lawyers to stake out the Sunshine State."
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FYI

Welcome to WGOP - DC Radio 700: "This picture of the statue was made by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades."
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Go to this site to see a picture of the statue. A very moving scene.