Posted on June 1, 2008 by larrytemple
I have been having a conversation with my friend Steve regarding my last few posts and a post that he has on his blog titled “The Kingdom of Christ is at Hand” - for a little context on this converstion his post is found here
I would like to get feedback from others on the issues [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by larrytemple
If some of you don’t know it, I am involved with the American Heritage Party. The Heritage Party is an explicitly and unapologetically Christian Political party. I believe that as a Christian living in a “democracy” governed by “we the people” I have a certain responsibilities before God and my neighbor, a responsibility to bring [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by larrytemple
It is my contention that if you cannot legislate morality then you cannot legislate. All legislation is the codification of someone’s morality.
Case in point:
Swedish prostitution ban successful
It may be the land of blondes and sexual permissiveness, but a ban on prostitution in Sweden may show other nations how to do it [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by larrytemple
I thought this was worthy of an entry…
I always get a reaction when I hear Christians say things like: “The founding fathers were mostly deists, children of Enlightenment philosophy, and liberals”
A gentleman posted this statement on a blog and I responded:
I mean this respectfully - this is pure historical revisionism…
Here is the truth:
“Among the [...]
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by larrytemple
My friend Greg from Church sent this to me, I wanted to share it with you.
It is absolutly hysterical!
TRADITIONAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2008 by larrytemple
This is part of a discussion a friend of mine Silas and I had before the break in December about who is a better candidate, he is Huckabee supporter.
I thought this dialog would make for a great blog post (and knowing Silas I’m sure he doesn’t mind our discussion being a little more public since [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by larrytemple
If you don’t know it already, Sandy, Lucas, and I are Ron Paul supporters. We don’t necessarily agree with everything Ron Paul supports (Lucas disagrees with his position on the war) but Dr. Paul in our opinion is a political breath of fresh air.
Ron Paul is not your typical pandering politician he, as one blogger [...]
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