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Sadly, a number of supremely-talented apostolic musicians continue to undergo a sort of "pirates curse," one where the moonlight of secular noteriety wipes away all identifiable origin.Seniors at
Unfortunately, their motto was rejected by school officials.
It wasn’t because of what the motto said. Belief is a generic enough term to be accepted by even the most hardened atheist. It could be belief in oneself, belief in “Eagle Pride,” or belief in any number of non-religious things. The reason behind the rejection of the motto was merely its source. Because it was inspired by the Bible it was not allowed.
Now, any sane person could recognize the fact that using the above motto does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state (see the 1st Amendment which, incidentally, also protects free speech). And this is where I am supposed to go into the rant about how the secular agenda is squeezing God out of our country. Christians are losing the culture war.
Sorry, I just don’t buy that line. This type of censorship comes, not from some evil agenda, but from ignorance and fear. Ignorance of the Constitution and the law and fear of lawsuits and overreacting parents lead people such as this to take the safest course of action—self-censorship. Unfortunately, in trying to take the safest course on one direction, it often steps over the line in another, in this case free speech.
So what should be the Christian response to incidents such as this? I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
Josh R
While our original post on the WPF is continuing to pick up comments, it appears letters are being sent via email from prominent members of the United Pentecostal Church leadership - including General Superintendent Kenneth Haney.Labels: Kenneth Haney, Tulsa, UPCI, WPF
Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday.It occurs to me that in a race to a distant planet, a God-less regime would always prevail against a society that still acknowledges Him (at least in form, anyway). Why? because the latter would have the burden of bringing their traveler back. I, for one believe the Russian space program fusses not about such "trivialities."
"We have something of a head start in this race as we have the most experience in piloted space flight," the director of the prestigious Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony, told Interfax news agency on Tuesday.
The goal of becoming the first country to land a human on Mars is "technically and economically achievable" by 2025, he said.