preachers

Weird.

It's definitely predictable. Nashville has been clamoring for "affordable housing" options for years and now, when plans to bring a boatload of homes into an area materialize, neighbors come out in force to NIMBY the project.

Who said?

"On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.

Chris Sanders argues that exposing politician’s hypocrisy on matters of sex and marriage isn’t necessarily the best course to achieve certain policy goals:

I was asked one time why anyone would want to be a Christian. I thought about it for along time , like years and I have my answer finally, or at least the answer that suits me. A lot of preachers teach that once you get saved that life is a bed of roses, this is the biggest lie ever told...

The new PEW poll (pdf) is out which shows Barack Obama has an eight point lead over the senior Senator from Arizona, John McCain.

Zero time to do a serious blog today. GAH!!!!

So a question and advance apologies to you preachers (and soon-to-be) preachers out there: How much value do people find in sermons? What is your definition of a good sermon? A bad one?

I'm just curious about people's thoughts on it.

The editor of the Memphis Flyer asserts that impounding the vehicles of men soliciting prostitution is not going to solve any problems:

Just watched Rev. Jeremiah Wright on CNN speaking at the NAACP dinner. I don't know how this will play to the average white guy (I'm not sure what I have to do to get into this coveted club), but personally I thought he was great.

I was talking about the Colson article with my mom on the phone and it set me on a mental tangent.