Insights From The Rocking Chair

I got this via email, but as I always do I did some research to see if the article had been written. I didn't find it a the New York Sun as the email suggested but I did find it Here This man, Ken Blackwell, wrote it and you should go and read it. It will be worth your while.

My mind took me back today. Back to a time when I was a youngster and a teenager. A time when our country was in a war that seemed to never want to end. My first thoughts were about the time when I became eligible for the draft. Yeah, we had to sign up those days. We went to the local selective service office and gave the personal information desired and a few weeks later you received your card. It carried a classification designation of your status. My initial one was 1H which was holding. I was still in high school and that was the usual classification. Later that year it was changed to 1A because I had graduated high school and was now in college. Even though the draft had expired there was still 2 years left that a lottery was drawn. Each January somewhere in DC a person would draw birth dates at random. Depending on the number your date was drawn determined the likely hood that you would drafted(if the draft was still active). My first number was 365 which meant that I was less li...

As for me and my church, we preach the word of the Lord God Almighty. Recently a friend forwarded the old email telling that Obama is a Muslim. I don't know Obama so I cannot vouch for his religious leanings. But someone he sent this email to "replied to all" and wanted to bet that Obama is a "strong" Christian. He offered $1000 as a wager. I didn't take the wager but I did take the challenge. Can we tell what someone believes by the church he attends? In all honesty, NO! But, yes. I will admit that I know very little if anything about the inner workings of African American churches. So, I will not disparage anything they may or may not preach. I do know in the south they are to perceived to be the havens for political activism without much true God fearing spiritual substance. Please note that I used the word perceived. With that said, what should anyone look for in selecting a church? One that the pastor preaches the infallible Word of God. One that nurtu...

The last time I approached this subject, I left the impression that the Antichrist would ride in on a wave of popularity like no one has seen. And again, I am not in the least trying to leave an impression that Obama is the Antichrist. What I would like for you to see is the circus that has surrounded him and remember when the time is right this will be the same way for the appearance of the Antichrist. Then you will have some memory in the back of your head as you see it come to pass. Being a native Mississippian, I watched with some interest as both candidates came here to woo us. The excitement level varied widely between the two. Clinton was a little more subdued and business like. Obama looked like he was the star quarterback of the local standout team. It felt more like a pep rally, which have lots of hype and no substance. The hype was so big that a county democratic committee ran out of ballots in a county that ordered triple the amount of ballots than in the last Presidential ...

In November all of us will go to the polls (or should) to select the next President Of The United States. My feeling is that many do not take this as seriously as they should. They approach it rather carelessly. They do not spend any time researching the facts and depend on motivational speeches and news sound bites to make their choice. But if you will just do a little looking you can really find out a lot about some one's thoughts. A lot of things have been said about Obama, some true, some speculative and I am sure there are some false statements as well, but what he says about himself should be of interest to all of us. For instance, a news article on One News Now , showed how he really feels on the gay rights issue. In his own words from his own blog site, "As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws. I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that...

Larry Norman, widely considered the father of Christian Rock, passed away Sunday at the age of 60. Many people, myself included, really didn't know who he was. Here is an article about his death. He suffered much criticism in the early years and was quoted as saying he had no interest in preaching to the redeemed. He and many that followed, provided those of us that were part of the "Jesus Revolution" a new song to sing instead of the hymns. Many of those songs became staples in the 70's. One of the songs that many may remember was in the very first "Sing and Celebrate" songbook that came out in the 70's, I wish we'd all been ready . Life was filled with guns and wars and everyone got trampled on the floor I wished we'd all been ready Children died the days grew cold a piece of bread would buy a bag of gold I wished we'd all been ready There's no time to change your mind, the Son has come and you've been left behind. Man and wife asl...

With this post and maybe another or two I hope to show a little how the "Anti-Christ will come onto the scene and how so many will be deceived. I am not a Bible scholar and you might take issue with something I say and that will be fine. All you have to do is send a comment and I will consider your opinion in light of scripture. This post will most likely be more of a stage setter than anything else. So, I will now begin my feeble attempt at a comparison. Many movies and books have been produced and written on the end times. Billy Graham's movie section made one that I saw when just a boy. There have been others such as "Left Behind". All show the rise of the Anti-Christ as someone who is very likable, and a "brilliant leader". He will by all standards of human kind be a "STAR". I am not predicting or trying to put his attributes and personalities onto any one person today, but merely show through a rough comparison how easily, when the time is ri...