conservatism

Something I haven’t let y’all in on nearly as much as I should have: I am a die-hard Bulldogs fan. When the girl of your dreams is a grad student at the University of Georgia – the school whose motto should be “Play Football or Die” – you tend to get caught up in the spirit of the place very quickly as you start making regular visits to Athens.

Seriously though: it’s a great university. Even though I’ll always be proud of my alma mater Elon, you can often find me wearing a Georgia Bulldogs t-shirt whenever I’m out. So I was especially glad to find that this very good article about presidential candidate Ron Paul was written by J. Patrick Rhamey for The Red and Black, the student newspaper at UGA …

What are our traditional values? Looking across history, they are most certainly not wire-tapping, secret prisons, and

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I’ve never understood why most churches in this country put an American flag in the sanctuary, practically on par with the cross. As if the apostle Paul had the believers in Corinth prop up a Roman standard emblazoned with S.P.Q.R. in the corner of their meeting place.

A flag is a symbol of temporal power and authority. It has no place in a house of worship… unless what the flag symbolizes IS a focus of worship.

And if it is, then there is a problem.

Jesus called His followers the “salt of the earth”. Only a little salt will preserve the meat. But if the salt loses its saltiness, as Jesus said, then it is worthless. And it does nothing. The meat will deteriorate.

That’s what Christianity in America has become: it’s lost its salt. Because too many of those who boast of Judeo-Christian morals don’t realize the damage they ...

Excellent piece about Ron Paul in The Red and Black

Does America deserve to survive?