The CommonMan CommentariesThe CommonMan CommentariesThis website is filled with stuff. Most of it is me trying to figure out God and His plan. Sometimes through bad poetry, sometimes through rants in my blog, sometimes through what I read. Most of the time, though, it is through my studies of scriptur
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common-man.net will be shutting down
2007-09-03 16:46:00 In an effort to save a few coins, I will be moving this site permanently to a free hosting service. This site will be shut down in February 2008. All my musings can now be found at http://cmcommentaries.wordpress.com Bible studies will now be posted at http://cmbiblenotes.wordpress.com More About: Random Thoughts , Common
An Army of God?
2007-08-09 16:48:00 I just ran across a very disturbing bit of news. According to Max Blumenthal at TheNation.com, the Pentagon, through its America Supports You program, is promoting a video game based on the Left Behind series of books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins called Left Behind: Eternal Forces to its troops. If this is ... More About: Government , Spirituality , Army
Campaign ?08: Abortion and Roe v Wade
2007-08-08 23:08:00 All of the candidates from the Democratic party running for president support the continuation of Roe v Wade , which provides for a right of privacy, specifically reproductive privacy. This in turn, prohibits any state from enforcing a law that prohibits abortion. There are two general principles that drive the Democrats? position. First ... More About: Government , Abortion , Campaign
What is a Jew?
2007-08-06 17:25:00 Caveat: I am unabashedly a follower of Christ. I do have ancestors that claimed to be Polish Jews, but my faith is Christian. With this disclaimer… What is a Jew? Jew is a loaded label for a person. On one hand it is a description of genealogy. On the other is is ... More About: Spirituality
Campaign ?08: Health Insurance
2007-08-03 14:38:00 A couple of days ago I wrote about Health Care as an issue in the presidential campaign. In that post I wrote, ??Giuliani wants to allow health insurance policies to be sold across state lines. ? Among all the proposals for reforming the health care system in America, this proposal will likely have the most dramatic ... More About: Government , Insurance , Campaign , Health Insurance
Hindu Prayers in Congress
2007-08-02 15:36:00 The Washington Post posed the following: Last month, a Hindu chaplain opened the U.S. Senate with prayer. Some critics say that violated ?One Nation Under God,? others church-state separation. What do you think? We could argue about what these principles mean, but regardless of their meaning, I think a Hindu prayer in Congress violates neither principle. Continue Reading ... More About: Government , Spirituality , Prayers
Campaign ?08: Health Care
2007-08-01 16:52:00 Universal health care is being promoted by all of the presidential candidates from the Democratic party. The Democratic candidates are just plain wrong on this issue. The major flaw of any universal health care proposal is the underlying assumption that resources are infinite. While the health care system resources are vast in this country (expected ... More About: Health , Government , Health Care , Campaign , Care
Ned Flanders - The Two Faces of Modern Christianity
2007-07-30 17:31:00 I went to The Simpson?s Movie with my two boys this past weekend. For those thinking of taking their young children, there is a scene that includes frontal nudity. You are forewarned. I have never been a big fan of The Simpson?s, but my boys discovered the show recently and wanted to go see the ... More About: Christianity , Culture , Spirituality , Faces , Modern
Free Will or Predestination?
2007-07-27 18:30:00 John Shore has solved the theological problem of Free Will or Predestination in his blog. Well, he didn’t solve it, he just explained it in the best way possible, that cannot be proven wrong by properly understood scripture. “When we’re outside of God’s grace–when we’ve chosen to be Fallen Independent Types–we have free will, because ... More About: Spirituality , Free will , Rede
Radical Honesty
2007-07-25 23:29:00 Parableman posted a brief critical comment about a program called Radical Honesty . The basic premise of the program is that you tell no more lies. Not even little white lies and not even withholding information, no matter how menial. The concept is black and white. You are either telling the ... More About: Philosophy , Culture
A Modern Hercules
2007-07-19 18:26:00 Homer has been painted on the ground next to the Cerne Abbas Giant in Ireland. Some people are upset. Some people are like me, LMAOROTF. I think Homer is funny, in that sophomoric humor way. The man sure likes his donut and proudly holds it high proclaiming its power and importance in his world. The ... More About: Culture , Hercules , Modern
links for 2007-07-18
2007-07-18 15:20:00 The CommonMan Commentaries Homer Simpson, the modern-day Hercules (tags: “Homer Simpson” “Cerne Abbas Giant” Ireland satire) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
The Presidency as Spiritual Career Path
2007-07-12 18:18:00 With the campaign for POTUS well underway, the political pollsters, pundits and reporters are dominating the news. A Time magazine article published today, TIME Poll: Faith of the Candidates slipped into absurdity. One of the questions reported in the consumer poll asked, “Do you think that a president should or should not allow his own personal ... More About: Government , Spirituality , Random Thoughts , Spiritual , Career
links for 2007-07-11
2007-07-11 15:20:00 Move to cut methane emissions by changing cows’ diet | Climate change | Guardian Unlimited Environment Umm….. (tags: environment livestock global warming) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
links for 2007-07-09
2007-07-09 15:20:00 And God Made Woman - Genesis 2:21-25 « Bible Studies for the CommonMan A new addition to my Bible commentaries and notes (tags: Bible study Genesis marriage) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
links for 2007-06-27
2007-06-27 15:19:00 Bowling With Our Own by John Leo If this research or researcher is not demonized by politicos and media types, it really could change the immigration debate, but more importantly, it could rock the concepts upon which our nation was built. (tags: politics immigration) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
links for 2007-06-23
2007-06-23 15:21:00 Marriage and Divorce pt.2 - 1 Corinthians 7:12-24 « Bible Studies for the CommonMan (tags: Bible study Christianity religion) McKissic resigns from Baptist seminary board | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Religion Speaking in tongues may be tearing the Southern Baptists apart. (tags: tongues Baptist religion Christianity) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
Questions from a former Christian #1
2007-06-22 21:00:00 What difference does it make for Matthew and Luke to show us Jesus family connections from Mary and Joseph back to King David and Adam, when God was his real Father? The genealogy of Jesus is important to demonstrating that Jesus could meet that aspect of the OT prophecies. For the Jews of the 1st ... More About: Christian , Questions , Random Thoughts , Form
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2007-06-22 15:19:00 Rival camps take aim at Romney’s religion - The Boston Globe I am really starting to tire of the focus on Mitt Romney’s religion. We do not live in a theocracy, and the Mormon religion is not much different from the self-help religion that permeates modern Christianity (tags: Mormonism politics religion Christianity) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
Serving Two Masters
2007-06-22 14:36:00 The Reverend Ann Holmes Redding, an Episcopal priest for 20 year, says she became a Muslim last year, but still considers herself a Christian as well. Redding, who says she accepted Islam after being profoundly moved by Muslim prayers, is to begin teaching the New Testament at Seattle University this fall. - from http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx? storyid=29247 Clearly this lady ... More About: Spirituality , Random Thoughts , Masters , Ving , Mast
links for 2007-06-21
2007-06-21 15:19:00 Marriage and Divorce - 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 « Bible Studies for the CommonMan Part of a continuing series on sex…. (tags: Bible Christianity sex “1 Corinthians 7:10-11″) More About: Links
links for 2007-06-20
2007-06-20 15:20:00 Vatican issues 10 Commandments for good motorists | International | Reuters More laws for the theologically inclined. Just what we need (tags: Catholic church commandments Christianity) BBC NEWS | Magazine | So what colour was Jesus? As though this matters, anyone with half a brain will understand that Jesus had to look much like the other Semitic people of ... More About: Random Thoughts , Links
Christian Censorship
2007-06-15 23:33:00 Here’s a wonderful example of the letter of the law getting in the way of the spirit of the law. According to the folks at Monday Morning Insight, Chuck Swindoll has been dropped from the VCY radio network. He was dropped for language unbecoming Christian radio programming. In case you don’t know ... More About: Culture , Censorship , Random Thoughts , Ship
Balance of Power
2007-06-15 23:03:00 What happens when the power in a system shifts to a new center? The first thing is the original power center tries to do something to prevent the shift. We have witnessed some dramatic power shifts in political systems throughout the world over the past few weeks and months. In the Palestinian Territories, we ... More About: Government , Power , Random Thoughts , Balance , Alan
links for 2007-06-13
2007-06-13 15:23:00 cbs5.com - Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A ‘Gay Bomb’ That’s certainly one way to eliminate our enemies, eliminate the desire for procreation (tags: “gay bomb” military homosexuality politics sex war) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
What Are We Looking For?
2007-06-10 15:08:00 I ran across an article in Modern Reformation that says something that is the key to the health of the church: Christ. I know this sounds silly, but how often do we go to church and not hear Christ preached? I will admit that I do not go to the regular church services very often, but ... More About: Spirituality , Random Thoughts , Look
links for 2007-06-09
2007-06-09 15:19:00 My Way News - Some See Dead Mayor’s Likeness in Tree I’ve heard of seeing Jesus or Mary or even Buddha, but the former mayor? (tags: Jesus image Rosemont Illinois ghost Donald Stephens) More About: Random Thoughts , Links
Christian Cruising
2007-06-08 22:58:00 Christian-themed luxury cruises was the subject of a post today on Locusts & Honey. It seems that anything that takes on the moniker of Christian has to be questioned. What makes music, Christian music? What makes a book a Christian book? What exactly is Christian counseling? One of the Ten Commandments that God gave ... More About: Christian , Spirituality , Random Thoughts
The Problem of Penance
2007-06-07 17:49:00 Why my mind wanders where it does is beyond even my ability to provide a rationale. Perhaps it was seeing the lady in my neighborhood carrying a rosary. Perhaps it was an overheard conversation. Whatever the case, here is some background and a few of my thoughts about the concept and practice of penance. While penance ... More About: Spirituality , Random Thoughts , Problem , Pena
links for 2007-06-07
More articles from this author:2007-06-07 15:20:00 Baptist poll finds some support for speaking in tongues | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Religion Speaking in tongues as a private prayer language is one of the things I have never experienced or witnessed, but how can I deny it’s possibility when all things are possible with God (tags: speaking tongues Christianity ... More About: Random Thoughts , Links 1, 2 |
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