Entries Tagged as ‘Patriotism’

May 25, 2009

Lest We Forget — THANK YOU!

Through almost 223 years of America’s history, boys (and in more recent years girls also) have said goodbye to parents and with heads held high have marched off to serve their country. Many of those years have actually been years of peace and a great number of those brave soldiers have never been required [...]

January 20, 2009

Emotional, relevant, and ALL-inclusive Inauguration Prayer

The following is the prayer given by Rick Warren at the Inauguration of President-Elect Obama. I will add my comments in italics below a few sections. However, I first want to say that I wondered what he would say and whether it was even a good idea for him to be offered the [...]

December 29, 2008

Attacks on Gaza – The Facts!

The world is closing in on a little country struggling for its own continued existence!  I am NOT referring to Gaza or the West Bank for they (nor their people) were EVER owners of the land of Israel.  I am speaking of the land of Israel.  In this post, I want to share a [...]

November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving America!

How far has America fallen? Even worse, how far the evangelical church has fallen in seeking to be like the gods she seems to prefer over the One True God she claims. Sadly, the celebration of Thanksgiving for many Americans seems to be another classic example of this downward spiral.
Most schoolchildren could give a basic [...]

May 26, 2008

Are You a Christian Soldier??

2 Tim. 2:3-4 – “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.”
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“I am a soldier in the Army of my God
I promise to support and defend the [...]

May 22, 2008

What Makes a Soldier?

Earlier this month, Sgt. William Bee, an Ohio native and member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit made news while deployed in the country of Afghanistan.

A Reuters photographer took a series of photographs showing his close brush with death during a firefight with the Taliban. To [...]

May 17, 2008

Fighting for Freedom??!!

Tonight, I am not a very happy camper! I have come across some news that makes me very upset. Ask anybody who knows me and they will tell you that I am a very, very patriotic person! However, when I read the news I share in this blog, it infuriates me!

A fundamental [...]