tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117015682011-10-26T15:53:35.510-04:00A globe-trotting follower of Jesus tries to persuade the whole world, one person at a time.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.comBlogger3061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-3154982748981702212008-10-24T09:49:00.002-04:002008-10-24T09:49:56.834-04:00

Snip from Fox News: Palin Calls Self Frugal; Denies Taking $150,000 in Designer Clothes: "Also on Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a private watchdog group in Washington, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Palin, the Republican National Committee and several political operatives alleging that the purchase of clothing for Palin and her family violates

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Here's an excerpt from chapter 15 (The Vow of Praise) of my new book, The Power of Praise and Worship, coauthored with Terry Law:The ride into Baghdad was harrowing. General Sada was behind the wheel, zigzagging along the airport road at breakneck speed. I glanced over at the gauges. The speedometer sat on 100 miles per hour. “Why are you swerving back and forth?” I asked, half-holding my breath.

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Most of the 40 to 50 friends who check this site are far more loyal than a prodigal blogger deserves. So if you wonder why I post so erratically, here's the scoop: I have never loved blogging, but only writing. So I blog when I'm not writing something somewhere else. And for the past six weeks I've been locked away in my tower—okay, the back bedroom—finishing a book that my friend, Terry Law, and

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Barack Obama may not be a racist, but he definitely got his socialist worldview from someone somewhere, and crazy uncle Jeremiah Wright is the most likely candidate by a long shot. Second-tier commentators like Michelle Malkin and Ken Blackwell have hit the rusty red nail on its head, but what about the big mouths, like Hannity, Limbaugh, and O'Reilly? Why don't they harp on it day and night? Why

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-17509267651769352262008-03-06T13:29:00.003-05:002008-12-11T07:05:52.754-05:00

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Note: Our choices in the 2008 presidential election are no longer between Right and Left, but between Left and Far Left. Hence, I write not in Democrat/Republican terms, but about Socialists and Capitalists. One wishes John McCain would stop trying to be both.If Jesus had been a socialist, He would have:Ended povertyFed every child on earthGiven every one a free educationMade sure they got

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Although not by design, the ampersand (@) in my blog’s name puts me at the very top of several blogrolls, the most prominent being the official website of Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Thus, I’ve been getting about a hundred hits a day from the Governor’s visitors ever since I joined his list a couple of months ago. That’s the primary reason I chose to leave my fundraising article showing

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Update: Now at $46,000. Let's keep going!  Since last Monday a few friends and I have raised more than $22,000 for Mike Huckabee's presidential bid. I have endlessly researched Mr. Huckabee's views, as well as the accusations other candidates have hurled at him, and am satisfied that he will be the best President our nation has had since the Reagan era.If you're a regular reader, or have clicked

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NOTE: Expanded at 4:51 pm ESTI've been away from blogging for this past month (will let you know why after next Tuesday). But an Associated Press story here has me fuming.The article concerns America's current "baby boomlet," which sees our nation with its highest birth rate since 1961. Here's the line that infuriated me:Experts believe there is a mix of reasons: a decline in contraceptive use, a

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As political gaffes go, Hillary Clinton's 30-second "Christmas" commercial has got to be her biggest one yet. Like other candidates from both parties, she was attempting to jump on the bandwagon started by Mike Huckabee, whose own half-minute was a simple and to-the-point "merry Christmas." What she actually accomplished, however, was to reveal her true faith: statism.The ad shows Hillary

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This is going to be fun.

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It’s 4:30 a.m., and the prospect of an Obama presidency is literally keeping me awake at night. As early as March, 2006 I warned my little cadre of readers about the attractiveness of Oprah’s anointed. Three months later, after hearing the freshman senator from Illinois speak for the Democrat’s national convention, I knew I was right: Obama touches all the right notes, not just for liberals, but

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A good friend and brother of mine, "John," has been arrested and unlawfully imprisoned by the Chinese government. Following is a press release about his case. Note that his second daughter is an American citizen. Since China frowns on more than one child per family, she would have had no citizenship had she been born in China. Hence, John and his wife timed their visit to America seven years ago

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-27663073472245966802007-12-06T13:31:00.000-05:002007-12-06T13:42:22.382-05:00

Has it ever occurred to you that the reason liberals tend to blame President Bush for everything from homelessness to global warming is because they think a president should rule in those areas?Every time you hear Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John Edwards blame Mr. Bush for some societal ill, know this: That candidate wants to assume rulership over that area of society.Makes Kucinich even

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-53601086153189804562007-11-28T23:17:00.000-05:002007-11-28T23:33:38.536-05:00

Tonight's YouTube debate on CNN was historic (as was the previous one for the Democrats). The questions were hard-hitting, imaginative, and generally wonderfully stated. And as much as I dislike CNN, they did a great job in hosting it, especially Anderson Cooper.Several of the candidates seemed to do better tonight, although Romney and Giuliani hurt themselves by going at each other after the

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-27743964044393140972007-11-27T06:30:00.001-05:002007-11-27T06:34:44.259-05:00

Nearly 80 French policemen have been injured in Paris in riots over the past few hours, and they complain that, unlike 2005, this time the "youthful" rioters possess combat weapons and hunting rifles.What amazes me is how the news media are so faithful in leaving out the near certainty that the rioters are Muslims. Political correctness has the European media, as well as mainstream American

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-58794514316316765442007-11-21T08:54:00.000-05:002007-11-21T09:04:06.497-05:00

I had the opportunity to meet Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee last evening at a reception in Tampa, and to hear him speak for about 20 minutes. I have not been so impressed with a politician since—yes—the days of Ronald Reagan. Political "handlers" just cannot teach a man to communicate as genuinely, effectively, and easily as Huckabee does.Newsweek Magazine hits the nail on the

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Christianity Today reports that Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R) has decided to investigate the ministry finances of Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Eddie Long, Joyce Meyer, and divorcing pastors Randy and Paula White. In fact, it appears that Grassley is conducting a complete audit, because the IRS hasn't been able to keep up with the "exponential growth of all tax-exempt

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Dear Mr. Hannity,Last evening I heard you speak at the fifth annual Ronald Reagan Black Tie & Blue Jeans dinner here in north Florida. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed, because you devoted so much time to bashing Hillary Clinton, a dead giveaway that your career currently is motivated more by fear of losing than by vision for winning. It is a huge mistake to define yourself by what you're

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-54496116783506760122007-10-22T12:07:00.000-04:002007-11-09T06:40:49.625-05:00

Last evening I had the opportunity to attend the Republican Party presidential debate in Orlando. I also got to hear three and a half candidates (explanation to follow) make speeches on Saturday afternoon. Here are my impressions of all eight candidates, based upon the past couple of days' exposure to them, listed in no particular order. One caveat: The frequent "best little whorehouse in Florida

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-78504880583724022162007-10-22T10:17:00.000-04:002007-10-23T17:20:04.393-04:00

Until now I have refrained from commenting on whether, as a Christian, I would approve of my young daughter watching or reading a Harry Potter story. To be honest, the witch element has never bothered me any more than a Ghostbusters movie: I wouldn't want a steady diet of it, but one movie/book every couple of years is no big deal.Now, however, with billionaire author J. K. Rowling's revelation

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-47240482443982479192007-10-03T07:49:00.001-04:002007-10-03T08:11:01.254-04:00

Some months ago, while reading Meic Pearse's,"Why the Rest Hates the West," which among other things details the demographic suicide of Western Europe, I thought back to the Rosie O'Donnell-Elizabeth Hassellbeck feud that all the TV news channels had played so incessantly for a month or so. And it dawned on me that those two women perfectly portray one of Pearse's observations. The author points

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Iran's President Ahmadinejad claims that his nation isn't interested in making a nuclear bomb, because that device has outlived its usefulness and is no longer effective. For proof he points to the downfall of the Soviet Union, saying that if the bomb could have prevented the meltdown of Russian communism they would have used it.That might sound a bit kooky, like so much else of what this man

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-18139199690291204042007-09-17T11:50:00.000-04:002007-09-17T20:21:20.858-04:00

John McCain, who has long claimed to be an Episcopalian, said this weekend that he and his family have actually been members of a Baptist church in Arizona for the past 15 years. His remarks take him DOWN a couple of notches on my list of potential presidential nominees.First, he's been a Baptist for 15 years, but consistently claimed to be an Episcopalian, much the same way that I lived in

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-53997943896411447262007-09-05T19:29:00.000-04:002007-09-05T19:53:03.138-04:00

Regardless of whether or not Idaho Senator Larry Craig should resign, I'm appalled at the cowardly way the Republican leadership has abandoned him. They need to seize what really is a golden opportunity, and issue a statement along the following lines:"If our investigation makes it appear likely that Senator Craig is guilty of the charges, then the Party will do everything within its power to

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-77628891463706721862007-08-18T17:02:00.000-04:002007-08-18T17:07:37.992-04:00

I have been on the road for a couple of weeks without my laptop for the first time in years. And wouldn't you know it, I couldn't remember my log-in information, in order to post from Internet cafes, etc.Anyway, I'll be posting several items over the next few days, from a motorcycle trip I complete today. My pastor invited me to join him and two other friends in shipping our bikes to Los Angeles,

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-24803894312525146442007-07-21T01:03:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:05:53.609-05:00

I'm reading Mark Steyn's book, America Alone, which I touted this past Sunday in my sermon, "The Real Jihad," (which, if you've got room for 13.5 megabytes, you can download here). Steyn makes this point:"[People] who send me e-mails headed 'Nuke Mecca!' might like to ponder the bigger strategic impact on a billion Muslims from Indonesia to Yorkshire, for whom any fallout will be psychological

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-46683701466054904322007-06-19T23:36:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:05:54.421-05:00

I have realized of late that the rest of my life and ministry must, of necessity, be devoted to some extent to the issue of Islam vs. the Gospel. I suppose the greatest realization of this has come in thinking about my 5 year-old daughter's future. In this regard, I want to recommend some books, some a little old but still relevant, and others hot off the presses.First, there's Ron Boehme's

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I have just been given a most extraordinary, 55-year old gift at the close of this Father's Day, 2007: A letter, dated May 14, 1952, to me from my Father when I was a toddler. Seems my mother found it recently when rummaging through the mountains of clobber she has saved precisely for times like this. Since Dolly, Lexi, and I are here in Maryland for a visit, she presented it to me in person.

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My blogging friend Kabayashi Maru lives in that part of the American Northeast that is more Left Coast than even the Left Coast. He's worth reading anytime, but this paragraph from his Thursday column actually curled my shorts:The other side of town isn't much better than my 10:1 Kerry:Bush zip code. The school administrators there thought it de rigeur to invite Noam Chomsky to talk at the high

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-52663230539246713132007-06-13T14:08:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:05:55.391-05:00

I have inwardly debated taking the time to blog my reasons for supporting the possible/probable candidacy of Fred Thompson for President, but my friend Stephen Mansfield has saved me the trouble, and hit the nail squarely on the head for both of us.

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One of my heroes, Jon Karner, was laid to rest on Saturday in a verdant little cemetery outside tiny Milaca, Minnesota. When my wife and I first encountered him in 1980, Jon was Jaanus Karner, a leader in the underground church in the Soviet republic of Estonia.We met in August on a street corner in Tallinn, where the highway crossed Looga Street, the dirt lane leading to his house. Jaanus had

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-89781027280374994632007-05-31T20:53:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:05:56.002-05:00

A True Hero Has Died

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I already pay more than $5k per year in taxes for schools my daughter will never attend, and "contribute" to Social Security retirement insurance I'll never get back. Yet Barack Obama claims that, "the only thing that will change for you under [his universal health care] plan is that the amount of money you will spend on premiums will be less."This is about like a cannibal inviting you to climb

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-572777402987590312007-05-27T23:05:00.000-04:002008-12-11T07:05:56.281-05:00

Those of you who are used to checking this blog for social commentary are in for a surprise with this post.My family history is chock full of exceptional and eccentric people (and I use the two adjectives synonymously in this case). Yet our experiences are just that—experiences, things that have happened to us without inclination on our part. So, call me crazy, but don't label me “occult.” I have

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-55060564351641097342007-05-18T10:05:00.000-04:002007-05-18T10:08:49.231-04:00

To my amazingly persistent regular readers,This has been my longest layoff from blogging since @ Large was started two years ago. So sorry for that, but my book, "The Power of Hope," has been my one and only writing priority for several weeks now.I'm off to Cali, Colombia today, returning home a week from tomorrow.Thanks for your patience. I'll post something worthwhile again soon!

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BULGARIA: I'm off to Sofia until the first of May. I'll be ministering in several churches and consulting with a pastor whose weekly television program is introducing a biblical worldview to a land that has been dominated by a socialist mindset for decades. (It's sort of like a chance to sit down with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.) Might post from over there if the wi-fi is right.BLISS: Was out

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I've had frequent bones to pick with public education officials in the past, but there is a private "aftercare" facility in Seattle that just about takes my breath away with what they've done to some little kids. An article in their own words (read it all, but hold your nose), Why We Banned Legos, explains how the "teachers" discovered evil capitalist tendencies being manifested in the kids'

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Names changed for safety's sake. Conversation paraphrased, but essentially accurate.An Arabic friend of mine, "Ali," traveled to Baghdad last autumn, taking with him several Children's Bibles in Arabic. The Bibles are actually picture Bible stories, not the entire Scriptures, that present the story of creation, the Old Testament fathers, and the Gospel. They were commissioned by my writing

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I had the opportunity to hear and meet Colonel Oliver North a couple of nights ago in Phoenix. I had actually hosted him briefly back in 1987, when he was a speaker at an outdoor festival I was emceeing in Front Royal, Virginia.North was terrific, and very outspoken about his faith in Christ. But there was one remark that he made during a question and answer time that astounded me."This is the

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-38193723810617913982007-03-01T02:25:00.000-05:002007-03-01T02:26:14.633-05:00

If I were to rank this season's top ten idol contestants, the top five would all be girls, with the possible exception of one versatile little guy who sings, raps, and dresses like he's trying to give Antonella a run for her money in cute.Frankly, there are two things that make me want to watch this year: First, I find Simon Cowell utterly amazing in his ability not just to assess a performance,

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Al Gore would stop exhaling so much hot air.Kiefer Sutherland would find true inner peace, but not as Jack BauerAnna Nicole Smith news stories would rest in peaceBritney Spears would take ten years off just to be a momSupreme Court Justices Souter and Breyer would lose their homes to eminent domain claimsFox News would quit being the National InquirerCNN would do what Fox News used to do: Report

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My mom decided to watch NBC's hit "Heroes" with me the other night. She's 76 and coming up on her first wedding anniversary with husband, Wilkey, who is 82. Mom's never been much for sci-fi—Walker, Texas Ranger is more her speed—so I knew that flying politicians and time-bending Japanese tourists would be a stretch for her.Heroes is typical of today's television: violent, dark, and definitely

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-7761746996244778132007-02-01T15:40:00.000-05:002007-02-01T20:12:40.506-05:00

My blogging buddy, Kobayashi Maru, has begun a wonderful series fraught with his usual keen insights. Here's something I wrote to him in a letter earlier today…Bravo Buddy! Here's a little more grist for your mill:The various schemes of Liberalism (aka American socialism) are invariably based on feeling and—ostensibly—noble intent, rather than logic. If they are examined logically they fall apart

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1167886516688409702007-01-03T23:54:00.000-05:002007-01-03T23:55:53.893-05:00

One of my favorite people (and a friend for the past few years), 88-year old Harald Bredesen died last Friday in Escondido, California. CBNNews.com has published an affectionate obituary of the Lutheran pastor known as "Mr. Charismatic" for his foundational role in helping the fledgling Charismatic Renewal to flourish in the 1960s. Harald was best known as Pat Robertson's early mentor, but he was

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1166726068217299972006-12-21T13:28:00.000-05:002006-12-21T13:35:54.510-05:00

Lots of theologians and commentators believe Jesus was actually born sometime in the spring, probably in 2 or 3 B.C. But several others believe the nativity happened in September, basing their calculations on—brace yourself—the constellations. In 1987, one theologian, the late David Chilton, pinpointed an exact date, down to the hour, based on his interpretation of Revelation 12:1-6:"And a great

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I told you so.

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1165944955319659632006-12-12T12:32:00.000-05:002007-02-19T15:51:34.086-05:00

Jon Karner's cancer treatment will total about $33,000 of uninsured costs, owing to the fact that it is classified as "alternative medicine." $25,000 must be paid up front, and right away. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please scroll down the screen until you see the small credit card icon in the righthand column. You may then give either through PayPal, or via one of

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This post began as a note to a few friends already familiar with the back story. Hence it is not complete, and I don't have time to finish it. But I thought you might want to read it too.The SciFi Channel's "Heroes" is my favorite new show, but its comic-book characters, like the time-bending Japanese kid, Hiro, pale in comparison to a few people I have known, true heroes in a world woefully

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Star Parker is a Christian single mom ("of color" as they say) who writes a column for the Washington Times. You'll understand why I pointed out her race when you read what she wrote this week:Every major institution -- business, government, educational -- one way or another keeps track of how many blacks it has on board. Every major corporation has a diversity officer to make sure the colors of

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Pelosi & Co. fans beware: This is where socialistic leadership takes a society. It will soon cost sports car and SUV drivers $47 to enter the city of London, every time they enter therein. Thank London's anti-Bush, anti-everything-decent-in-life mayor, Ken Livingston, for the scheme.Shows why swing voters (who voted like idiots last week) need to stop swinging and start thinking. (Hat Tip to

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Cal Thomas' column in today's Washington Times casts next Tuesday's elections as more about the nomination of judges than anything else:One issue should trump all others for conservatives: judges. As Manuel Miranda of Third Branch writes in Human Events, "If the GOP loses the Senate, precedent shows that more than 60 Bush judicial nominees will never get a Judiciary Committee hearing under the

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Three "dreams" have come true for me during the past two weeks.First, I took a 5-day motorcycle vacation with a few brothers from church. I've had my BMW R1200C cruiser for four years and only managed to drive it 1,800 miles a year, but this time we did 1,600 miles in five days, cruising the hairpins on North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway (the leaves were incredible), driving across southern

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I'll post an update from my Cuba trip soon. For now, here's an excerpt from Chapter 2 of "The Power of Praise and Worship," by Terry Law with Jim Gilbert. Copyright © 2006 by Terry Law and Jim Gilbert.We arrived in Krakow on the appointed October evening and made contact with our sponsors. The venue was not on campus after all, but in a nightclub near the old town square. We were booked for two

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I'm off to Cuba tomorrow for the second time this year, and will return the following Friday. You'll understand why I cannot tell you much about the trip.I'm glad the so-called "non-aligned" nations summit is finished. That would have made immigration and customs a very long process.Please pray for me, and thanks in advance.

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My dad brought home a Toyota Corona one weekend in 1968 on a "tryout." (Having moonlighted as a car salesman, he was on good terms with the dealer.) I drove the little Corona from Baltimore to Springfield, Virginia and was an instant convert to Japanese automobiles. The boxy, light blue compact, smaller even than today's Yaris, struck me as a miniature grown-up's sedan. It was automatic, neatly

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This has been the first true hiatus I've taken from blogging since I started a year and a half ago. I've also been on a "news fast," trying to come to grips with just how much information my sense of civic responsibility rightly demands. The answer, I think, is a lot less.If news is information that holds meaning and consequences for our lives—and I think that's a pretty accurate definition—then

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1154961303654847732006-08-07T10:33:00.000-04:002006-08-07T10:36:20.296-04:00

My biggest gripe about the Mel Gibson brouhaha is that he's being crucified for saying something drunk that much of the rest of the world is saying sober: That Jews start wars, like the one in Lebanon. Of course it was awful for him to say those things, but I do not necessarily believe that a drunken state makes people say what's really in their hearts. Drunkards often say foolish things that

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1154531573139504122006-08-02T11:12:00.000-04:002006-08-02T11:22:09.670-04:00

For the first time ever in monthly sales, Toyota has outsold Ford. That fact marks the true coming of age of Japanese car makers in America. Amazing. For the record, I drive two Hondas, but am starting to be tempted by Pontiac's G6 Convertible and Buick's upcoming Crossover Utility Vehicle, the Enclave.Lord, shoot me, I'm not even 60 and actually thinking Buick.

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1154400014210116422006-07-31T22:40:00.000-04:002006-07-31T22:40:14.370-04:00

USATODAY.com is reporting that Fidel Castro has "temporarily" relinquished power to his 75 year-old brother Raul. The reason is that Fidel had to undergo serious surgery.I think he's beginning the inevitable transition of power to Raul, which is sort of like putting a washed up relief pitcher in for a washed up starter.WMD Update: The Israel/Hezbollah story owns the airwaves, so I doubt General

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Watch for General Sada on national news outlets over the next few days, especially Fox News. Iraq WMD proof has been declassified.

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LEFT: My friends Terry Law and Georges SadaI spoke with my friend, former Iraqi General Georges Sada this morning shortly after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. He made a very interesting observation.When General Sada served as spokesman for the Iraqi government a couple of years ago, al-Maliki was his boss, so he got to know him well.

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I wrote and posted this piece three days ago, and for the first time ever Blogger lost it. Here it is again, a little late, but still timely.Earlier this summer I wrote that I view the war on terror as the beginning of World War 3. Now my friend Stephen Mansfield, best known for his bestseller, "The Faith of George W. Bush," has one-upped me both analytically and logically:Those of us who study

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Gianna Jessen (Left) was born on April 6, 1977. She was aborted via saline injection and miraculously survived.Gianna was permanently adopted at four years of age, and today credits the Lord Jesus with saving her life. A sufferer of cerebral palsy, she nonetheless has become an accomplished recording artist.A couple of months ago, at the invitation of Colorado State Representative Ted Harvey,

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The Sunday morning news told me awhile ago that French President Jacques Chirac rebuked his fellow G8 leaders today at the summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, saying that the world faces an "inferno" if the leading nations do not begin dealing with global warming more aggressively.The motive behind Chirac's statement has nothing to do with global warming, of course. His main reason for making it

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1152994626501233382006-07-15T16:16:00.000-04:002006-07-15T16:17:06.506-04:00

Following is an excerpt from my first draft of "The Power of Praise and Worship" by Terry Law with Jim Gilbert. It's from chapter six, which is about the blood of Jesus, by which we overcome Satan, whom Revelation calls "the accuser of the brothers." This section is the top of the chapter, dealing with the spiritual stronghold of guilt.The San Francisco Bay area of California is known for its

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This is my first post in eleven days. I have been buried up to my eyeballs in finishing the first draft of The Power of Praise and Worship, the Terry Law book I am coauthoring. (Finished it this morning!)But I've also been trying something new: a news fast. What triggered me to go cold turkey on my addiction?I discovered a book called "How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an

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Illinois Democrat Senator Barack Obama delivered a provocative, if not politically seductive, speech last Wednesday that tells me he's the Dem's man to watch for 2012, if not 2008. The guy is so talented a speaker (easily America's best talker since Reagan) that I think if Hillary were to choose him as her running mate, he could be the winning factor against almost any Republican opponent. He's

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1151590748716898442006-06-29T10:13:00.000-04:002006-06-29T10:19:08.776-04:00

At Left: North Korean Cabinet Meeting (Kim Jong Il at lower right)According to this page at HolyCoast.com, Rick Warren will be speaking in North Korea very soon to a crowd (I guarantee it) of 15,000 "Christians."Of course the people in attendance will be there simply because they are ordered to; if any of them are Christians, they dare not ever make it known. Being a Christian, or a member of any

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Bel Air, Maryland: This evening we played the DVD of my mother's February wedding to my new stepdad, Mr. Wilkey Lowe, 80 years old, of Dover, Delaware. It was a sparsely attended affair, not because no one cared, but because most people, including my brother Joe, and his wife, Sharon, couldn't get there, eighteen inches of snow having blanketed the area on the previous evening. (More…)I had

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The American Film Institute has published its list of 100 Most Inspiring Movies of the past 100 years, and none of the three Lord of the Rings masterpieces made the list. How they could snub The Return of the King in favor of the 1979 bicycling movie Breaking Away (which even made the top 10), I cannot fathom.It's understandable that Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" was omitted, since

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My wife, Dolly, is back from two weeks in China, and this morning is safely ensconced in Grandma's bed in Bel Air, Maryland. Lexi and I picked her up at the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday evening. We'll stay here a couple of days and then head home, 875 miles to the south. On the way she and Lexi will drop me off at the Jacksonville airport, so I can fly to South

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1150132100019755752006-06-12T12:51:00.000-04:002006-06-12T13:08:23.023-04:00

Nearly 20 years ago I adopted a postmillennialist view of the future, meaning that I expect Christ Jesus to return after the thousand years described in Revelation 20. (I could further confuse my friends and alienate pastors by discussing "partial preterism," but why ruin my life all at once!) This makes me a long-term optimist in historical terms. I expect that most of the nations (people-groups

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1149784407192012102006-06-08T12:27:00.000-04:002006-06-08T12:33:27.256-04:00

Today's report about the killing of al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi might or might not be good news, depending upon how one reads the official al-Qaeda reaction, which says in part: "'The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme.'" The terrorist group has long claimed they are leading all of the

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1149349574341065732006-06-03T11:42:00.000-04:002006-06-03T11:46:14.366-04:00

My wife, Dolly, leaves for a two-week mission to China tomorrow morning, along with a team of about 40 folks from our church. Our four-year old, Lexi, and I are halfway to Richmond, Virginia, where I'm speaking tomorrow morning and evening, while Dolly is in the air somewhere between Orlando and Beijing.This will be our family's sixth trip to China: Two for me without Dolly, two for Dolly without

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Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address reminded everyone that America is a "nation that has a government, not the other way around." Mark Steyn has written this lament about today's Democrats and Republicans, who no longer have any idea how to win one for the Gipper.I am ready to go third party and not look back.

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Toccoa Falls, GAToday we heard from Herb Titus, expert in Constitutional law and former dean of the Regent University law school. He spoke of the Declaration of Independence as the nation's charter and the Constitution as its bylaws, based on the charter. He also tackled the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, and I promise you, would have rankled Supreme Court Justice Breyer to no end (

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I'm at Gary DeMar's big worldview conference, "From Creation to Revelation," in Toccoa, GA. Last night BIll Federer debated a GA self-professed atheist professor on the separation of church and state issue.The next two days hold a killer schedule. I hope to post some short response to the sessions, if I get in before midnight.You know, I started this blog to get the rust off my writing chops. Now

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1148140699381672492006-05-20T11:52:00.000-04:002006-05-20T11:58:19.403-04:00

A friend sent these photos from England. If anyone can verify their source, please let me know.

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FOXNews.com and other news outlets are reporting that President Bush this evening will "use a prime time speech…to call for thousands of National Guard troops to be deployed along the Mexican border to help back up the U.S. Border Patrol." Let's see if he is as frank as The Shadow President: On Immigration Reform.UPDATE, Monday evening: Yes, apparently either the President read my blog, or I

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1147541786084368122006-05-13T13:35:00.000-04:002006-05-13T13:36:26.106-04:00

Have you ever wished you could tell the President of the United States what you would say if you were he? So have I, and I have decided to do just that, at least this once, as "The Shadow President." Whether or not this idea becomes a semi-regular feature is still undecided. But for today, anyway, I greet you from the Oval Office.My fellow Americans,Many of you recently have expressed your

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Here's a peek at our upcoming newsletter.During 37 years of missions work Dolly and I have ministered in well over 50 nations, but this year we’ve added two more: Cuba and Cambodia.I used to work closely with a missionary who lived in Cambodia until it fell to the Khmer Rouge in 1975, so I knew something of the history of the sad land made famous by the movie, “Killing Fields.” Now, thirty years

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1147198955266908182006-05-09T14:16:00.000-04:002006-05-09T21:53:07.546-04:00

My father died twenty years ago at about 4:30 a.m. on this very morning in Cleveland, Tennessee. He would have been 57 in nine more days. I'm writing this because I distinctly remember wondering that morning if the time without him would pass quickly, and what I'd be doing twenty years later.Here we are.

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Herbert London has written what, in my opinion, is the most insightful article yet about the Islamic world's real attitude towards the West.In my judgment, Islamic clerics have decided "the final solution," the triumph of Islam over Christendom is near. Here is the contemporary Crusades fought on a new stage. There will be many battles fought over trifling issues, an insult or perceived incident,

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Mark Steyn does his usual brilliant skewer in a Washington Times article, pointing out John Kerry's quote of a fictitious Thomas Jefferson line:This is not the first time in American history when patriotism has been distorted to deflect criticism and mislead the nation," warned Sen. Kerry, placing his courage in the broader historical context. "No wonder Thomas Jefferson himself said: 'Dissent is

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The Jerusalem Post is now publishing a Christian Edition, although it would have been more accurate to title it the "Dispensationalist Christian Edition," since that is the position it plainly takes, at least in the complimentary issue I received in the mail this week. This is not all bad, but I would have preferred something with a bit broader view.For example, the very first article, on page 4,

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Thanks to commenter, Hampton Stephens, for this fresh link to yesterday's story from TCS Daily concerning Chinese Premier Hu Jintao's visit to Bill Gates' home. The writer does a good job of summing up China's motives:In a delicate balancing act between economic liberalization and the maintenance of political authority, China's leaders want to harness the Internet's potential as a propaganda tool

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Another Hat Tip to my NetRanger, LR: Techdirt dishes out dirt on Skype In China:[I]t should come as no surprise at all to find out Skype has a text filter in place to censor Skype text chat conversations in China. Where this becomes questionable is that Skype has always touted how its conversations are entirely encrypted -- and thus they shouldn't be able to filter anything. It also could raise

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I'm amending the meme suggestion I made earlier. It is now:Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, & Skype: DotCommies of the CyberGulag

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The Boston Globe posted this article by Frida Ghitis a few weeks back. Hat tip to my friend LR, aka NetRanger, who also pointed me to a TIME Asia Magazine article from last October.When liberal rags like the Globe and TIME condemn such companies, you know the DotCommers (Dot Commies?) are scraping the bottom of the ethics barrel.If you have a Gmail account, maybe it's time to ditch it and let

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Wired News reports that Yahoo has, for the third time, helped the Chinese government to put a Chinese Internet user in prison.I've never asked readers, via my blog or email, to help spread a story, but I'm asking now. See if you can smear Yahoo's dirty deeds all over cyberspace. These guys deserve to repent or go broke.

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Much ado has been made lately about Microsoft's, Yahoo's, and other companies' cooperation with the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive Internet content. Microsoft's MSN, in the latest sad example, went so far as to shut down a Chinese blogger's site, by "request" from the government. Microsoft maintains it had no choice. "We only remove content if the order comes from the

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Both FOXNews.com and the World Magazine Blog are reporting about Comedy Central's censoring of its reprehensible cartoon, South Park. Seems the suits at CC are afraid of Moslem reprisals, so they won't let the show skewer Islam by depicting Mohammed. They're just fine, however, with a scenario showing Jesus defecating on President Bush and the American flag. But of course there's no religious

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Thousands of young people have looted and rioted throughout France for several months now, and the French authorities seem powerless to stop it. Of course they are reaping the fruit of decades of planting bad seed, having Balkanized their society with millions of Moslems who have immigrated but not integrated.Of course there is one danger to society that the French are quite brave about

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131858335452314103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11701568.post-1144848838284512862006-04-12T09:30:00.000-04:002006-04-12T09:33:58.306-04:00

I've always measured odd little milestones in my life: My first bathroom that was bigger than a previous bedroom; my first car that cost more than my first house; paying more in tithes than I once earned in a whole year—oh wait, I'm still looking forward to that one.Lately Dolly and I have passed a few more milestones. For one thing, our property taxes are more than our house payment used to be.

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Today I'm in Rogers, Arkansas, one of the "boomingest" boom towns I've ever seen. The Rogers/Fayetteville area is predicted to surpass Tulsa, Oklahoma in population in another ten years or so.I awoke early this morning and flipped on the television for a few minutes, looking for news and Masters Tournament coverage before prepping for today's service. As I surfed I passed several preachers and

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Here's another sneak preview from the book, "The Power of Praise and Worship," by Terry Law with Jim Gilbert. This is the end of Chapter 8: "Thanksgiving, Praise, and Worship." Unlike the biographical excerpt I printed a few weeks back, this section is simple teaching.Worship is the ultimate act of submission. Our nature demands that we worship, and in fact everything within us longs to bow down.

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You probably saw the news on Sunday about all those tornados twisting their way across the Midwestern USA. Well, Dolly, Lexi and I were in Decatur, Illinois, and I had as close an encounter as I ever want to have.We lived in Tulsa for 25 years, and had twisters touch down within a mile of two of our homes. But we never saw one, until…Sunday evening, we were in the middle of a church service when

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Congratulations to our Florida Gators, NCAA basketball champions for 2006! Coach Billy Donovan's sister is my next-door neighbor, so I imagine there's celebration going on there tonight. Dolly and I heard the second half of the game as we drove home from the Jacksonville airport tonight. Got into Gainesville just as the buzzer sounded, and there were fireworks going off right across 34th Street,

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Today I came across one of the most fascinating websites I've ever seen (Hat tip to CNET News.com). It's a "place" called Urville, and it exists only in the mind of a 28 year-old autistic genius named Gilles Trehin, inn Nice, France.(More…)Trehin says he may have a variant of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, and I think he's right. I've met a couple of Asperger savants, one of them the daughter

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