I’m no shill for Governor Sarah Palin, but the new trailer for the movie Game Change has me scratching my head. This is the third of three teasers, and all three trailers make it look like the entire story is about Palin and her incompetence. I read Game Change when it came out (I couldn’t put it down). The book has three parts. Part one focuses on the Democratic primary, part two on the GOP primary, and part three on the general election. Palin doesn’t enter the story until the middle of part three. The book does not cast a good light on Palin, but neither does it do so…
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President Obama’s War on Religion
While many people were distracted by the GOP primary in South Carolina and by the death of Joe Paterno, President Obama issued an order that in effect declares war on religious liberty in the United States. The President rolled out a regulation that will force religious organizations to pay for abortions. The regulation is all a part of Obamacare, and it requires faith-based hospitals and universities to provide birth-control without a co-pay. Many Christian groups (especially Roman Catholics) have religious objections to birth control, but those groups will now have to pay for it. What is worse is that some of the birth control methods that will be covered are…
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Tony Perkins Gives an Update on Bella Santorum
Tony Perkins appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss Bella Santorum. He gives an update on her condition and discusses the role that Bella and the rest of the family play in Rick Santorum’s public life.
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Ferris Bueller Returns!
Warning: If you are not a child of the 80’s, the video above is likely to make no sense to you at all. If you are a child of the 80’s, this is going to be the best thing that happens to you today. (HT: Josh Philpot)
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Why John Piper Isn’t a Millionaire
John Piper preached a sermon yesterday on giving that I hope everyone will listen to. It is the only time I have ever heard him talk with specificity about how he spends his own money. He acknowledges the risk of sharing his own story but rightly concludes it is worth the risk to share. Piper says that he gives away all of the copyrights to the books that he writes to the Desiring God Foundation. So he gets none of the royalties from his books. Why does he do this? Because he knows he would be a millionaire if he didn’t, and he doesn’t trust his own heart with those…
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Voddie Baucham Explains His Absence from The Elephant Room and Beyond
Voddie Baucham explains why he declined the invitation to participate in The Elephant Room 2 and why James MacDonald cancelled Baucham’s appearance at men’s conference this past weekend. I really appreciate Voddie’s heart in this, and I think it would be well worth your time to read his take. He writes:
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D. A. Carson on the State of the Church in England
D. A. Carson offers a counterpoint to Mark Driscoll’s remarks about the state of the church in England. D. A. Carson is responding to an interview that you can download here or listen to below. [audio:http://media.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/a2f28d73-4770-4e0b-b255-7ac5ef1ec0e0.mp3] Driscoll’s response to the interview is here.
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Would You Have Aborted Her?
Ashley McMillan grew up in my hometown. When she was born, the doctor informed her parents that “there’s something wrong with her.” She was missing an arm. Ashley is now grown, married, and the mother of four children. Reflecting on her life and pondering Psalm 139:13-18, she asks a simple question:
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Update from Rick Santorum about His Daughter Bella
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who scaled back campaign appearances to be with his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said Sunday night the little girl was getting better and should be able to go home in a few days. Speaking to Florida supporters by phone from Bella’s hospital room, Santorum said she’d had a rough 36 hours with pneumonia, but was awake, alert and back to being a “beautiful, happy girl.” Read the rest here.
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Bella Santorum Has Pneumonia in Both Lungs
Here is a follow-up from my last post. From ABC News: The reason Bella Santorum was admitted to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Saturday night is because she has pneumonia in both of her lungs, a campaign aide told ABC News.