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I follow the Freakonomics blog in the NY Times on Twitter…..It is great for research that is suprising……
In a recent article they quote a report by Paola Giuliano and Antonio Spilimbergo on the affect of the recession on the younger generation.
The authors found that people who grew up during a recession “tend to believe that success in [...]

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You don’t hear the word integrity in the media a lot now days.  You might hear it in the little good neighbor blurb at the end of a newscast, but for the most part, integrity is a word avoided in today’s cultural belief in no moral absolutes. 
The definition of integrity is a strict adherence to a standard [...]

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…a court case involving a northern Florida school principal and an athletic director who are facing criminal charges and up to six months in jail over their offer of a mealtime prayer.
“I have been defending religious freedom issues for 22 years, and I’ve never had to defend somebody who has been charged criminally for praying,” [...]

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It’s a start.  About 20% of of students graduating from Harvard Business School with an MBA have signed a voluntary student lead oath to commit to doing business as a manager to “serve the greater good”.   ”It promises that Harvard M.B.A.’s will act responsibly, ethically and refrain from advancing their “own narrow ambitions” at the expense of others.”
In a world [...]

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Here is an interesting poll from Gallup.  I wonder how much technology that now shows the baby/fetus is not just a viable tissue but a baby has effected the numbers?  It is possible also that the aggressiveness at going at abortion by the media and liberal politicians has moved people who were kind of on [...]

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This is my weekly e-note to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX…..
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well.  I was studying this morning and I came across….
Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you [...]

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I came across this article today by Linda Chavez.  Ms. Chavez serves on the board of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.  With the Bristol Palin baby and breakup with boyfriend this has become a hot issue in the media.  Miss Palin is being nailed to the wall for being an advocate for [...]

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Up until a couple of weeks ago I have looked forward to seeing The Soloist.   Lisa and I have seen the preview trailers for weeks and it looks like a great story.    Then, Jamie Foxx, one of the stars, made some very crude attacks, at an attempt of humor, on 16 year old Miley Cyrus on a [...]

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I guess forever people have been trying to write off God. Newsweek has an article this week called The end of Christian America. Our President told Muslims that America is not a Christian country, although at least 3/4 of Americans call themselves Christan. It only makes sense that the attack on God would come on [...]

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I guess I am due a movie review or comment.  I usually look at reviews on Christianity Today to give some insight to readers of e-Royal.  I think the Bible teaches we are to be careful what we put in our minds.  We do have the freedom to watch what we want, but according to [...]

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I don’t know if the term is really used any more.  But I remember in my Computer Science class at Northlake College, in 1977, learning the phrase GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out).  According to Wikipedia, “It is used primarily to call attention to the fact that computers will unquestioningly process the most nonsensical of input [...]

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I have not done a movie review in a few weeks.  I usually do something on movies on Friday.  Lisa and I love going to the movies.  We like all genres but we try to avoid movies that have pretty dark story lines or a pretty strong sense of evil or immorality.  It just bothers my [...]

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Well this may be my last football post now that it is post-NFL season.  Last week leading up to the Super Bowl I posted several times on Kurt Warner and his faith from his autobiography All Things Possible, which may not be in print any more because it has dropped off Amazon.com.  I also posted [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, just before the Super Bowl, I started getting emails about how the QB of the Arizona Cardinals, Kurt Warner met and married his wife.  It was a cute feel good story.  But it was false.  (An urban legend)  I was starting to read his autobiography at the time and the [...]

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I am not always in agreement with the way many Christians act in public.  Sometimes Christians are not very Christ-like in their approach to trying to be Christians in a non-Christian world.  Some are just jerks.  But others, are persecuted just for being Christians.  If they were of any other faith it would be labeled [...]

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As followers of Jesus Christ we are called to make an impact of  love on our community and the rest of the world.  There are a lot of things that Christians do that are not right, especially in the minds of people who don’t like Christians.  Many Christians behave in an unChristlike manner believing they are [...]

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This is a weekly email to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
It is now the coldest day of the season in DFW so far…..Just be glad you are not in Chicago or in most of the Midwest or North East…..I pray for our friends in those areas for their safety and for their ability [...]

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I am amazed at how rude people are now days.  It seems to be getting worse every year.  As parents, Lisa and I taught our kids that being polite and concerned for others is important.  If they were rude in public they were disciplined and even had to apologize to anyone they may have offended.  I see many parents [...]

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Cal Thomas wrote an article  this week on O. J. Simpson’s conviction and sentencing for his Las Vegas crimes of kidnapping and armed robbery. 
You can see all of the article here…….  
Here is the quote I like.
If he lusted after it, it seemed perfectly all right to O.J. Simpson that he should have it. If he [...]

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I continue to read stories of Christianity and the influence of Christianity shrinking in America.  We are now being officially called a post-Christian society.  Yes…. That should upset you a little.  There does seem to be a church on every corner…..at least in most of the country.
So why are Christians not having a positive effect [...]

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