Newspaper Bias

Quiz: Can you find the left leaning liberal newspaper from the headlines below? (Clues: find the words “reject”, “sieze control”, and “agenda”)

Election Results
...followed by the listing of the election results.
(The Emporia Gazette)

State Election Results
....followed by the listing of the State election results.
(Salina Journal)

Voters reject middle ground in Kansas Senate races
Conservative Republicans scored big wins across Kansas on Tuesday as they set themselves up to seize control of the state Senate and clear a path for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s agenda.
(Kansas City Star)

(You may also guess which candidates were endorsed by the liberal newspaper and why this conservative "rejected" their choices so that I could "seize control" of my own preferences and "reject" this particular newspaper's "agenda".)

The Slippery Slope...a Solution

"........ is Mr. Sandusky really that bad? Measured by today's norms and today's blogs, he's a certifiable scumbag. That's today, but what about tomorrow? Given another day and another time, Sandusky could find himself the poster child for moral self-expression. Our dominant cultural ethical paradigm turns such plausibility into likelihood." (read more HERE, "Is Sandusky Really Such a Bad Guy After All?")

Westminster Catechism--Q143

Q143: Which is the ninth commandment?

A143: The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor

Q144: What are the duties required in the ninth commandment?

A144: The duties required in the ninth commandment are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man..unless it’s an e-mail that agrees with your political ideology, whether true or not, it’s OK to forward on to ten people.

Photoshop

"....We are all like pictures that must not be looked at too near.  They that come near us find more faults and badness in us than others at a distance know." (Puritan, Richard Baxter, 1615-1691)

STILL...Not Yours...

Missouri Appellate Court ruled this morning in favor of Colonial Presbyterian. (see links for details)

WD74374: Overview/Summary
The Colonial Presbyterian Church vs. Heartland Presbytery
Author: Karen King Mitchell, Judge Vote: Affirmed. Howard, P.J. and Pfeiffer, JJ., concur

See previous blog HERE

The Origin of Life

Evolutionary View:
Some unknown process operating in an unknown liquid mixture beneath an unknown type of atmosphere somehow generated unknown primitive life forms from unknown chemicals, and that’s how life (man) began. H.M. Morris, Science and the Bible

Christian View:
..God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. Genesis 1:27

Which view requires the greatest faith?

Great Quotes

Quotes:

(On the existence of God)
Take the human body alone---that all the functions of the individual would just happen by chance is a statistical monstrosity. (Geo Gallup)

(On the innate sense of God)
God Himself has implanted this “natural instinct” within man to prevent him from pretending ignorance of His existence. (John Calvin) Rom 1:19-20