The establishment just doesn’t get it. Or, maybe they do, and they just don’t want to publicly admit that they get it. Get what, you ask? The role that new media — Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, etc. — play in keeping the light shining brightly on those who would love to act in secret. It’s not…
Bible Reading, Gay T-Shirts & Jesus’ Message
What does a Calvary Chapel Pastor in California have in common with a gay teenager in Ohio? If your first guess was, “I can’t think of anything that they would have in common,” no one would probably blame you for giving that answer. You see, both the California Pastor, Mark Mackey, of Hemet and Maverick Couch, a…
Conservative Principles & Assaults on Free Speech
With Texas (and a little sliver of Oklahoma) to our east and Arizona to our west, New Mexico is stuck in the middle of those more populous states. That’s okay. As far as geography goes, there’s much to be said for being in the middle. I like to visit Dallas and Phoenix (although the only time…
Absurdity, Petards, & Commenting Policies on SBC Blogs
“People are free to do with their blogs what they want, but when they begin to apply so-called “guidelines” both inconsistently and unfairly, they should not expect it to go unnoticed nor unchallenged. . . . With their new model (or old model or some model) now firmly in place, Voices may find themselves, as…
Power Plays & Moves to Oppress Dissent in the SBC!
“If I see the kind of power plays and moves to oppress dissent that I saw back then, maybe I will go back to war.” (“Why I’m Retiring from (Battle) Blogging,”) by Dave Miller, Editor of SBC Voices) No truer words could be spoken. But, I suppose at the end of the day, when “your…