Wealth Inequality in America
I was astonished by this video on wealth inequality in America. By many estimates it is as bad, and getting worse, than that of many third world countries. Biblically, there’s nothing wrong with wealth. It’s neutral. But it takes on the ethical dimensions of whomever’s hands it in. And given the way most of the wealth is used, we can say that things aren’t very biblical. E-mail this Page.Tweet
Not Impressed with Academy Awards
Forgive me for no longer being impressed with the Academy Awards. It’s not that they rarely pick what I think should be best picture. And it’s not that the movie industry narcissistically congratulates itself with endless awards. It’s because I’m getting spoiled by seeing things from heaven’s view. Heaven is not impressed. As I’m writing Roxanne Wermuth’s story on going to heaven, I’m that much more aware that on the other side, the Academy Awards (and most other things on earth) do not matter. Should they really matter to us? The self-congratulatory attitude of Hollywood only sharpens my–and the Bible’s–view. Luke 16:15…
The Pity of Little Love
Courtesy of The Guardian We’ve gotten used to reports of Islamists attacking non-Muslim infidels. But I also read of Sunnis killing Shiites. 65 killed, 175 injured, lots of women and children, were just blasted by remote control in a crowded marketplace in northern Pakistan. And the inter-Muslim killing goes on in Iraq and Afghanistan. The extremists don’t just hate non-Muslims. They hate anyone who doesn’t adhere to their brand of it. It reminds me of years past when the Catholics and Protestants of Northern Ireland were killing each other, but never in such large numbers and not so incessantly. They…
