Confronting Arab Old Men with Guns By Rami G. Khouri Released: 9 Feb 2011 BOSTON — The historic developments on the streets of Egypt in the past two weeks appeared in the last few days to reflect the modern Arab tradition of the enduring incumbency of men with guns. In the face of unprecedented challenges …
Category: Christianity
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Feb 06 2011
Village voices
The following is in response to a guest editorial by [name deleted], in today’s “In my opinion” section of the Sentinel Record. The full text of his “Without doubt, a Christian nation” is included in the comments section below. There is also a passing reference to a short letter, also in today’s paper (and also in …
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Feb 05 2011
Pray for Egypt
John Sagherian, Regional Director for YFCI/MENA, sent an email from Beirut night before last. Attached was an earlier version of the report that follows, from his friend Nabeel Jabbour. Dr. Jabbour has just sent me an update, along with his permission to share it here on “Blues for Levantium Lost.” Regardless of the particulars (and …
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Feb 02 2011
Matthew 23 woes
Huckabee: Israel can build in West Bank, Jerusalem THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Potential 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says preventing Jewish settlers from building in east Jerusalem is as outrageous as discriminating against Americans because of their race, language or religion. Huckabee spoke at the dedication of a new Jewish neighborhood in east …
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Jan 17 2011
Preaching to the choir
This is the excellent post-Christmas sermon, titled “Eight Days Later” (taken from Luke 2: 21-40), that Reverend Rich Lang preached on Sunday, December 26, 2010, to his Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington. – Monsieur d’Nalgar Have you ever had to pick someone up that you don’t know? They give you a description of what they look …
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Jan 09 2011
When dead birds fly
“O all ye exorcizers come and exorcize now, and ye clergymen draw nigh and clerge, For I wish to be purged of an urge.” – Ogden Nash, from “So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much” Sweet, sweet surrender to a rising, raging reflex against the inanity of these pretentious, portentous times, these zany …
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Jan 07 2011
The Mooslims are coming!!
Another letter to the editor, titled “Force creeping into America,” in today’s Sentinel Record, from a reliably regular hater of all things Muslim… Monsieur d’Nalgar Dear editor: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right …
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