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"I walk through this sinful world as a 

pilgrim in a foreign country" - CH Spurgeon

I looked at my calendar today and noticed, in horror, that today, the day after Thanksgiving, is now shown as a holiday: Black Friday. It seems not that long ago when I thought the whole thing was a joke, but sadly the whole thing has gained steam. I'm not going on a screed against capitalism, quite the opposite - capitalism is what saved the Plymouth colony. 

The original Pilgrims arrived with a starry-eyed ideal that they could make a socialist utopia here in North America, everyone had an equal share in all possessions of the colony, and an equal share in the fruits of their labors, regardless of their own labor. Soon the Plymouth colony was near starvation a second time, their idealistic society was falling apart. They learned to their horror that slackers abound when socialism rules. William Bradford made a brilliant move that saved the colony: he gave each colonist an equal section of land to do with as they will, and encouraged trade. Soon the colonists were producing lumber, building individual homes rather than a communal hall, and they quickly had food surpluses and were able to trade with each other and with the natives. They took to heart what Paul spoke of in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 - you don't work, you don't eat. So on this blackest of Fridays, say another prayer of thanks, pray that our starry eyed new socialists may be struck with enlightenment  that the Lord gave William Bradford. And maybe pray that we can celebrate our next Thanksgiving the way our ancestors did: in solemn thankful prayer followed with venison, lobster and oysters.

That pope fella never learned the lesson of the Plymouth Colony

Catholic Bishops celebrate trans-gender day of remembrance

A new study suggests the Catholic priest abuse scandal isn't about pedophilia, but about rampant homosexuality within that church.

You Can't Make This Stuff Up Dept. - Brian Murphy, the founder of oxymoronic “Queer Theology”, claims that Jesus is in a “pansexual, polyamorous” relationship with the Church which means that Christians can be polyamorous too. And blames this all or Ephesians 5:32. The Catholic priest that's helping Mr. Murphy - Father Shannon Kerns, she's a transsexual.

All captives that were abducted at a Christian school in Cameroon have been released

Religion of Peace Update #1 - “A Pure Genocide”: extremist persecution of Christians, 2018

Religion of Peace Update #2 - Thirteen Christian converts in Sudan arrested and tortured

Religion of Peace Update #3 - The bad news is that Muslim female genital mutilation is happening in America, and to make it worse, a federal judge is facilitating the perverts who do it

Religion of Peace Update #4 - The arrest of Christian converts shows the close surveillance of Christians in Iran

Religion of Holy Cow Update #1 - Hard-line Sikhs, Hindus persecute Christians in northern India

Religion of Holy Cow Update #2 - Hindu nationalists in Nepal intimidate Christians into shutting down their church

USAF Muslim airman is the first to get a beard waver

Francis Chan invites Christians to become wolf food at conference with dangerous Five-Fold Ministry Heretics

Police are closing in on Hillsong’s Brian Houston

What's next - Temple Prostitutes?

Remember when former Calvary Chapel pastor Bob Coy resigned  in 2014 due to a "moral failing” in his life? It is bad. Really Bad

The number of witches in the US soars

A major Australian wedding magazine has been force to close because they don't feature same-sex couples

I'm not saying that states that legalize marijuana come up with dumb ideas, but...

There is a continued decline in SBC membership

According to Beth Moore, the unofficial first lady of the SBC, the race of a book’s author is theologically relevant

I know this guy's pain