The Turkey and the Eagle: The Struggle for America’s Global Role, Caleb Stewart Rossiter, Algora Publishing, NY, 2010 In The Turkey and the Eagle: The Struggle for America’s Global Role, Dr. Caleb Rossiter draws on his 30 years experience as a Washington insider (though in many ways an unapologetic outsider) to give his readers an…
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Global Warming – A Careful Look
Global warming,originally uploaded by kevindooley. In his award-winning film, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, Al Gore showed the world some satellite images of Lake Chad in Africa – a once giant lake, and a critical water source for millions of people, that has rapidly shrunk. The movie makes it clear that this loss of water is due…
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The Ten Plagues
Green Frog!, originally uploaded by Hamed Saber. When the Ten Plagues in Exodus are taken literally, as a history of external events, various troubling questions arise: If God is all-powerful, why did He not simply take the children of Israel out of Egypt in one swift stroke? Why did He make them endure so many…
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Repentance
‘Repentance’ is generally understood to mean a sincere feeling of regret and sorrow (not merely a hypocritical claim of regret and sorrow) for a sin against God, as a result of which we hope to procure His forgiveness. But the Greek word that is translated as ‘repentance’ is Metanoia, which actually means to change one’s…
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‘Repentance’ is generally understood to mean a sincere feeling of regret and sorrow (not merely a hypocritical claim of regret and sorrow) for a sin against God, as a result of which we hope to procure His forgiveness. But the Greek word that is translated as ‘repentance’ is Metanoia, which actually means to change one’s…
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Peace
Peace Pie, originally uploaded by NatalieMaynor. It is said that Moses’ brother Aaron was an outstanding mediator who could make peace between angry neighbors and quarrelsome spouses. This made him greatly beloved by the Israelites, and it is the reason for his selection as High Priest, the Mediator between God and Israel. To make peace…
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