The Life Given

I would recommend viewing this short video to freshen up on your respective party histories.  Video credit to PragerU.

If you have been anywhere near social media in the last couple of weeks, you may have come across the news that Kanye West has become a Christian.  The first thing that I believe that we should remember is to praise the Lord for taking this soldier for His kingdom.  The other thing is to beware the doubt that can creep into our minds when we hear a celebrity or politician profess the name of Christ.  I understand caution, but only God knows the hearts of man: "7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” - 1 Samuel 16:7. What should we do then?  The answer lies in Galatians: "Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so f...

Recently, there has been a developing controversy around the Hong Kong protests that featured LeBron James, Daryl Morey, the NBA, and the Chinese Government.  It is a sticky situation that has the struggle for free speech written all over it.  But, if you look closer, there is a struggle for more than just free speech - it is the struggle for the independence of Hong Kong. The beginning of this struggle dates back to 1842 when the British defeated the Chinese, and won Hong Kong in the Treaty of Nanking.  In 1997, Hong Kong was to return to China, but with a slight twist. Under a special agreement, although they would technically still have Hong Kong, China was to allow Hong Kong to operate under it's own government. This is known as the "one country, two systems." Hong Kong was to be given it's own legal system with many of the rights that we celebrate here in the US.  They had the right to vote, the right to freedom of speech, press, and assembly.  But ther...

A few weeks ago, Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old climate activist, berated politicians for their lack of action in Climate Change policy.  There are a number of things that makes me raise my eyebrows at the speech that she delivered, but there are a couple of things on which I want to hone in on.  The first is her youth.  The second is the message she is touting.   To begin, I am not picking on her for how young she is, but rather how elevated she has become.  Because of how young she is, the left go into an uproar whenever someone criticizes her.  Which is very difficult when trying to have a conversation on such a controversial topic, such as climate change.  The fact that someone is a certain age should not make them invincible to questioning. My second point is that of the rhetoric that she uses .  It is extremely radical: "You are failing us, but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.  The eyes of all future g...