I'm Goin' to Disney World!

I am writing from my hotel room in Disney World. I am staying at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club Resort where I am teaching a class for the next couple of days. This is really a fancy shmancy hotel. Check out here how they fold the towels!

There was also a personal note from the manager and a small box of chocolates waiting for me:

This is the view of my balcony:

Here is the view of the lighthouse in the center of the lake (with the man-made beach of the Beach Club in the background. You can catch a boat here at the lighthouse to take you to Epcot or some of the other places on the property.

Here is the view straight out across the lake from my room:

I just wish I had my family here with me on this trip.

Tune in for more stuff tomorrow...

Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy

I recently received a copy of the 2008 Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy CD set. Whether you are an aspiring lawyer or just desire to be a better-informed citizen, this CD set will help you to view the legal issues that are current today through a biblical worldview. Doug Phillips kicked it off with a tremendous message, "Introduction to the Christian Foundations of Western Law." Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, the Honorable Roy Moore, gives an inspiring message on "Christianity and the Courts," that includes much information on his court battles over the ten commandments in his courtroom and the Alabama courthouse. Jordan Lorence also gives an excellent presentation on "The Battle for Biblical Marriage." Larry Pratt gives an excellent overview of the Second Amendment and the 2008 US Supreme Court ruling that affirmed that as an individual right. Don Hart gives an often-frightening look at the current state of affairs with regard to parental rights in the US and looks particularly at the Texas polygamy case of 2008. This CD set contains much, much, more and features approximately 20 hours of live conference audio. You will certainly learn a lot listening to this set. Click here for more information and to order the set.

Believing God

I am now reading a great new book by Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. entitled "Believing God." His thesis is that one of the problems that many Christians have is that although they do believe in God, they don't believe God. He points out how we believe in God but do not expect Him to really answer prayer, and are often surprised when He does.

I suppose that we do all have a little bit of doubting Thomas in us. I was reminded of that particular encounter this morning and pondered how we do all seem to be like that; "I am not going to believe until I put my hand in his side and touch his nail-scarred hands." The Italian painter Caravaggio painted a picture entitled "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" in which he tried to capture that moment. To see the painting, click here.

The Lord calls us to walk a faith walk; to trust and obey. It really does help relieve some of our day-to-day pressures if we will simply do that. Also, if we really want to see God work, we MUST have faith. We need to be like the guy in Mark 9:24 who said, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

Rush and Sean are liberals!

If you follow US politics at all, you know that the Obama administration has presented a budget proposal for the next year that would require 9.3 trillion dollars (that is $9,300,000,000,000) in new debt. That means that the budget is 9.3 trillion out of balance: meaning that we are spending 9.3 trillion more that we are taking in. That works out to $68,000 in new debt PER HOUSEHOLD in America. However, this is none too suprising in that the current administration seems to want to take over every aspect of the American economy.



What is really shocking and disappointing to me is that the house republicans claim to have a bill that is claimed to be "responsible" by not only the republicans in Congress, but by the likes of the Heritage Foundation, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Read the Heritage Foundation summary here. The republican alternative is touted as responsible because it ONLY adds 5.7 trillion dollars in new debt ($41,700 per household). How about NO additional debt? Has anyone ever heard of maybe just reducing spending? When families all across the nation are faced with financial crises, they have to cut their budgets. It is disappointing that even so-called "conservatives" have now signed on to add record levels of additional debt. These conservatives are not conservative at all, they are just less liberal than the extreme liberals that have taken over the democratic party.



This debt is like toxic waste in our economic system. Yes it is better to add only 5.7 tons of toxic waste into our drinking water rather than 9.3 tons, but again, how about adding NO MORE toxic waste into our already polluted system?

German Homeschoolers Seeking Asylum in US

A homeschooling family that faced severe persecution in Germany has now relocated to the US and is seeking political asylum here. The frightening language from the German government indicates that they consider children to be property of the state. It is some very shocking stuff from a modern western culture. Read WND's story here.