9/29/08 WHAT SUFFERING DOES MOUW TAKE UPON HIMSELF? HE LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN LA CANADA, DOESN'T DO ANY MANUAL LABOR, HAS A 6-FIGURE INCOME, DOESN'T DO STREET EVANGELISM, HAS STAFF & OFFICE ASSISTANTS, GETS TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY (MAYBE EVEN 1ST CLASS?), "...to accept that lot when it comes our way. More importantly, we should actively take on the suffering of others. If we do not regularly feel the cross on our necks we should worry about our spiritual state. Abraham Kuyper was right about how all of those square inches are under the rule of Christ. But a lot of human beings are pretty miserable these days as they live out their lives on those square inches. Cheerfulness about the ultimate outcome is certainly appropriate–indeed it can be an important motivating factor in keeping at the work of the Kingdom. But we should not be afraid to allow some gloominess about human suffering to break in during the here and now, particularly when that gloominess leads us ..."
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9/22/08 MOUW DEFENDS SARAH PALIN "...a one-page piece entitled “The Case Against Sarah Palin.” It consists of nothing but comments that she herself has made in various public settings. The clear implication is that all one needs to do in order to declare her unfit for national leadership is to read her own words on a number of different subjects. Here is one of those comments quoted without comment by The New Republic, from a talk that the Governor gave at the Wasilla Assembly of God Church on June 8 of this year: 'Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, ... make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that is God’s plan...' I do appreciate the fact that The New Republic actually offers us this expanded comment. I have read other reports about the same talk where she has simply been quoted as saying that Christians should pray for our military in Iraq because they are serving “God’s plan.” If that is what she had said, I would have quickly joined her critics. I publicly opposed the invasion of Iraq ...."
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9/22/08 MOUW DEFENDS SARAH PALIN "...a one-page piece entitled “The Case Against Sarah Palin.” It consists of nothing but comments that she herself has made in various public settings. The clear implication is that all one needs to do in order to declare her unfit for national leadership is to read her own words on a number of different subjects. Here is one of those comments quoted without comment by The New Republic, from a talk that the Governor gave at the Wasilla Assembly of God Church on June 8 of this year: 'Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, ... make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that is God’s plan...' I do appreciate the fact that The New Republic actually offers us this expanded comment. I have read other reports about the same talk where she has simply been quoted as saying that Christians should pray for our military in Iraq because they are serving “God’s plan.” If that is what she had said, I would have quickly joined her critics. I publicly opposed the invasion of Iraq ...."
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