Category: Engel’s Angle

Thinking about Anne Rice’s lack of faith statement

I recently saw an article telling that author Anne Rice has “quit being a Christian”.  After reading the post, it made me think.   “I quit being a Christian.” “I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse…


Can God Lie?

Last Sunday our pastor preached on the commandment “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”  During the message he mentioned that God cannot lie.  He explained that it is not within God’s nature to lie.  But that gave me a thought, which has turned into this theory about why God cannot lie……


A tale of two quotes

I had a very interesting experience this morning while reading World Magazine.   It started when I read a quote from Christopher Dodd (Sen D-CT) stating “No one will know until this is actually in place how it works.” The thought came to me, (not for the first time) “How could such foolishness exist in…


Air Conditioning Hell: How Liberalism Happens by Dr. Albert Mohler

Theological liberals do not intend to destroy Christianity, but to save it. As a matter of fact, theological liberalism is motivated by what might be described as an apologetic motivation. The pattern of theological liberalism is all too clear. Theological liberals are absolutely certain that Christianity must be saved…from itself.   You can read the…


30 Pieces of Silver or $300M

I’m sure you recognize the 30 pieces of silver the Chief Priests paid Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus.  But how many of you recognize the $300M Harry Reid used to get Mary Landrieu to betray her oath of office, her conscience and the American people….


Church of Tradition

I was reading an article in World Magazine about the Apostolic Constitution (called Anglicanorum Coetibus) and I noticed something a tremendous focus on tradition.  Now I have nothing about tradition, but when you are trying to decide what church you are going to attend should tradition be at the top of your list?…


The Manhattan Declaration

NOTE: This is from The Manhattan Declaration website.   Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at…


Adultery Handbook

I was talking to a friend the other day when the conversation turned to the discussion of adultery, specifically the meaning of the work “adultery” in Exodus 20:14.  My friend had a previous conversation with someone who stated that the Hebrew word translated “adultery” really means “a married woman having sex with someone other than…


Health care bill eliminates choice and competition

I know, I know… one of the goals of the health care reform bill is to “provide competition” in the industry.  That just doesn’t make sense to me and I think I finally came up with a way to explain it……


A Neighbor’s view of the NY 23rd Election

I don’t live in New York’s 23rd district, but I live near by and I’ve heard  an awful lot about it.  When the local republican party choose a left-of-center (Dede Scozzafava) candidate over a right-of-center one (Doug Hoffman) to go against the democratic candidate (Bill Owens) in the general election some interesting things started to…