Monthly Archives: January 2010

WebSmart TV

Posted on January 27, 2010 by rbirkey

Are you a regular person who is trying to make sense of all the new terms you hear being tossed around in conversations and in written messages such as: tweets, RSS, web 2.0, friend (used as a noun), blog, and … Continue reading →

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House Churches are Isolationist and Cult-Like?

Posted on January 15, 2010 by rbirkey

Question: Are house churches more likely than conventional churches to become isolationist and cult-like? Apparently at least one blogger thinks so, and had the guts to quote George Barna’s research to support his assertion! Author and researcher George Barna responds … Continue reading →

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Manhattan Declaration

Posted on January 14, 2010 by rbirkey

If you are a Christian of any kind, flavor, brand, creed, persuasion, location, affiliation, category, group, school, society or denomination – then I encourage you to join me and thousands of others in signing the Manhattan Declaration:

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Republican Revolution

Posted on January 14, 2010 by rbirkey

I am thinking that if: You are a economic and social conservative You are concerned about the sad shape of politics and the economy in Illinois You have lost confidence in the Illinois Republican Party to actually be “the party … Continue reading →

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Cisco is back on WLS

Posted on January 13, 2010 by rbirkey

Fellow Oak Parker and Calvary Memorial Church attender Cisco Cotto was recently employed at WIND 560 AM Talk Radio, where I would listen to him on the John and Cisco show in the mornings. Now he is back at WLS … Continue reading →

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Work to End Slavery

Posted on January 10, 2010 by rbirkey

A group of friends have formed a Local Abolitionists group in Oak Park, Illinois, to fight slavery, human trafficking and the sex trade. More information can be found at LocalAbolitionists.org. Their next event is the showing of a film called … Continue reading →

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Can Christians be Capitalists?

Posted on January 9, 2010 by rbirkey

I just listened to Jay W. Richards, author of Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (HarperOne, 2009) give a talk at the American Enterprise Institute to a predominantly young evangelical Christian audience, addressing … Continue reading →

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American Enterprise Institute

Posted on January 8, 2010 by rbirkey

I wanted to make a few more resources available if you are interested in conservatism, and conservative economics and politics, especially from an American Evangelical perspective. These resources come to me from my son Marshall, who is currently employed in … Continue reading →

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Kindle DX

Posted on January 7, 2010 by rbirkey

Amazon’s new Kindle DX starts shipping January 19, 2010. The price is $489. Kindle for the Mac is also coming soon!

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Government is not a corrective device

Posted on January 7, 2010 by rbirkey

Last night riding home on the EL, I read this in Common Sense Economics, on page 83. Government is not a corrective device. People have a tendency to think of government, particularly a democratically elected government, as a corrective device. … Continue reading →

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