Why I No Longer Consider Myself a Democrat

Thank you Tim Keller for blowing up my worldview yet again. From Ministries of Mercy: The call of the Jericho Road (affiliate link):

“While accomplishing this task [loving in word and deed], Francis Schaeffer said, Christians may at times be ‘cobelligerents’ with the Left or the Right, but never allies. ‘If there is social injustice, say there is social injustice. If we need order, say we need order … But do not align yourself as though you are in either of these camps: You are an ally of neither. The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is different from either — totally different.‘”

“The...

Get Angry

I don’t know if you’ve seen this yet. It’s a video of Representative Andrew Weiner from Brooklyn tearing into Republican opponents from the floor of the House of Representatives. It’s been making the rounds on the Internets and I even heard about it on a radio morning show talking about it today.

On the radio they were laughing at how during this impassioned rant he is able to regain enough composure to respect parliamentary protocol. Which, I admit, is quite impressive and comical.

But here’s the thing, Rep. Weiner is reacting to the defeat of a bill that would have provided $7.4 billion for healthcare for the 9/11 first-responders and workers who are now suffering serious health side-effects from spending so much time breathing in the dust from the...

Happy Second of July!!!

In my opinion, July 2nd gets the shaft. Always being overshadowed by his baby brother July 4th.

Sure, the 4th of July is a very important day in this history of our nation.

I’d argue that the 2nd of July marks far greater moments in America’s history than the anniversary of the deaths of America’s 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Presidents.

On July 2, 1776 the Lee Resolution was approved establishing America's independence

July 2nd is the birthday of some of the greatest things we call American.

The birth of America itself.

July 2nd is the day America established its independence. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the