More than I ask or imagine. . .

Another YouTube Video of JerryDonald

Some of my Sermons on the Web

Just a post of links for my sermons on from 2009 so far, there are more in the archives at New Life Presbyterians blog:

Center Yourself: A Sermon on Luke 24

Future Joy: A Sermon on John 16

Mercy, Mercy Me: A Reconciliation Sermon for MLK Day

A Love of History, but who's History?

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I do love history, it informs my Biblical Interpretation, my Politics, and even my leadership of the Church.  I do not know when I became a History buff, but it was early.

I memorized the Gettysburg Addressin first grade, and Lincoln was my hero, mostly because we were both tall. I remember asking my mother who were the good guys in the Civil War.  Needless to say, there was no answer.  There are two histories of every history, and I have been more and more convinced that our public schools do not teach us how to investigate.

A friend just gave me a book to read, Whittaker Chambers' Witness. I have never heard of him or the Alger Hiss case. Why?  Because it suggests that our country had been significantly shaped by Communism from the 1920's to the 1950's.  Of course, most of what we get now are stories of Blacklisting and McCarthyism, but now that KGB Documents have been revealed.  It seems that Chambers was right and there were many who were part of the espionage in the major parts of our political and social history of those times.

Why does this book intrigue me?  With our current economic crises, some are calling for another New Deal or a global New Deal. How much did folks like Chambers and Hiss as Communists contribute to the original New Deal? Which history do I believe concerning the New Deal? I grew up thinking that FDR was God's gift to America, but the more I read the more I see a different side to him. Which one is true? I do not know, but I will let you know what I find in my reading.

Is Right versus Left really accurate?

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Here is a video (10 min) that I believe is helpful in discussing political spectrum.  Nazis were not conservative, they were a movement of governmental power.  They were literally the National Socialist German Workers Party.  Any organization with that name today would tell us that it is a movement of the so-called Left side.  Here is a video to clear up this issues that define the real political spectrum.  The reality is that there are two choices, a Republic or an Oligarchy.  I must recommend the educational and historical work Liberal Fascism by Jonas Goldberg that traces the reality of these issues. He traces the history of the progressive movement in the 20th century. Excellent Excellent work. 

Baptism from Augustine and Aquainus

My friend from Westminster Theological Seminary, Taylor Marshall, now a Roman Catholic has a blog that I read from time to time.  He had some interesting quotes from to Church masters on what faith and belief do in Infant Baptism.  Good work, Taylor.

Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall

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