Two Great Articles for Your Edification

Here are two excellent and edifying resources.  The first is the text of a speech given by Franklin Sanders.  The second is an interview that Sanders did with Joel Salatin.  I highly recommend them both.  The interview is the first that I've found of Salatin being interviewed by a fellow Christian.

Restoring Freedom in Tennessee

Franklin Sanders interviews Joel Salatin

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Diagnosing the Church

This quote is from an article called Teaching the Whole Counsel of God by Bojidar Marinov.  I have come to a similar conclusion myself, though having not fully understood the causes, as Marinov has.  I believe, perhaps Marinov would as well, that this is just as rampant in self-described reformed churches as arminian.


While Marinov portrays this "fence-riding" as losing faith, in self-proclaimed reformed circles, the perspective is instead doubting one's position.  I've observed this phenomenon for a number of years myself, and I'm sure many others have as well.  Here's the quote from Marinov:


"The impact of semi-pelagianism on the quality of the believers should not be underestimated. The practical consequences of a theology that says that man’s effort in making the decision to be saved is crucial have seldom been discussed in theological circles but the results after a century of Arminian prevalence in Evangelicalism are everywhere around us. A Christian who is taught that by his decision he can gain salvation is by necessity also taught that by his decision he can lose it. The promise that he is safe in God’s hands applies to him only conditionally; only insofar as he makes the decision to stay there. But decisions come from the heart, and the heart is “deceitful above all else.” The life of such a believer then becomes introvert, a constant struggle to keep a deceitful heart on the right side of the fence of that life-saving decision. His energy is mainly spent not on obeying God and glorifying God but on examining his own heart everyday. In the final account, semi-pelagianism can’t produce culture, or society, or any kind of comprehensive knowledge about the world because it is too exhausted of fighting with the most deceitful of all things."

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The Prophetic Paul

The establishment is trying to paint Ron Paul as an extremist. Newt Gingrich calls his ideas "dangerous." But watch this video and you'll see a man who predicted the future--not because of prophetic powers, but because he understands the consequences of American foreign policy.

Paul was deadly accurate in 2002, shouldn't we listen to him now?


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Rickards and Grant on Bloomberg

What do you get when you get Jim Rickards and Jim Grant together?  Excellence.

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Adam Fergusson Interview

I've blogged about Adam Fergusson's classic book about the Weimar hyperinflation When Money Dies.  James Turk of GoldMoney.com has released an interview with Ferguson.  I commend the interview to you.  I also recommend the book.


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Third World News Service

To those of us saturated in the age of the television and internet, the events of 9/11 were experienced nearly simultaneously.  Yet we forget that there are hosts of people who've never heard of 9/11 nor the city where it took place.

This fascinating report from Afghanistan shows that large portions, if not the overwhelming majority, of that nation have never heard of 9/11, and hence, have no conception of why American forces are present in their country.

Surely the ignorance of the population, as to our mission, does not invalidate the righteousness of our cause (at least initially), but it should put doubts into our minds as we enter a new decade of presence there.  It should also cause concern that we're breeding contempt for America in a new generation of Afghans.


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Self Determination

Woodrow Wilson is famous for advocating "self determination" in matters of government--without external coercion.  It has been a doctrine of the United States since--at least in theory.  In reality, it is more a rhetorical device intended as a veneer for the more sinister doctrine of "American interest."

This article about a the presidential election in Taiwan is ample proof of the imperial reach of America over its client states abroad.  The article begins, "The Obama administration has warned that a victory by Tsai Ing-wen, the Taiwanese opposition leader, in the island's January presidential election could raise tensions with China."

The article then quotes a "Senior US official as saying, "Ms Tsai, the Democratic Progressive party leader who is visiting Washington, had sparked concerns about stability in the Taiwan Strait, which is 'critically important' to the U.S."  But why is "stability in the Tawain Strait" "critically important to the US?"  Well, primarily, because the United States has given Taiwan its absolute assurance that we will defend Taiwan against China.  But why have we given such a guarantee?  We've wanted to defend Taiwan against a communist aggression and maintain "self determination."  But this begs the question--why would the United States pledge such a thing to a tiny country on the other side of the world?  What is the real American interest there?

But the question remains, if America is in a position to bless or curse Taiwan's presidential candidates, what kind of "self determination" does Taiwan possess?  It would seem to be a sham.  It is ironic, that the same article states, "During her visit to Washington, however, Ms Tsai appears to have failed to convince the administration that she would keep the improved relationship with China on track."  Yet it confesses, ""Beijing has not commented on Ms Tsai's candidacy."

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