God is a merciful, gracious and compassionate to all of His creation. But boy, is He tough on His favorites! The weights and measures of the Holy One are perfect. 

In my Scripture reading and from personal life, I find that God "disciplines" His favorites. It's a harsh discipline that is almost unfair in my eyes. Does God show more compassion to the unsaved than to the saved? If so, what's the big rush to be saved?

Moses was the most righteous man of his time. He led the Israelites out of Egypt and dealt with a lot of whining and crying from the lot for forty years. He couldn't leave the toddler Christians alone without them erecting a golden calf while He was busy taking copious notes of the X Commandments. Talk about a thankless gig. More Here...

I promised I'd write while I was in Washington, but amidst the family reunions and surgeries and subsequent recoveries, it's been difficult. However, my mind has been ever active and I have finally decided to put some of these thoughts on proverbial paper.

Before my conversion to Christianity -- which is a phrase I use to convey my belief that I was never truly a Christian until 2 years ago -- I found Atheists to be the largest threat to my faith. The constant bombardment of evolutionary ideas and logical dismemberment of the basic tenants of evangelicalism were enough to shake my faith to the core. I barely believed in G-d, and found myself falling asleep most nights thinking that G-d didn't exist.

Now, however, I find myself fully in love with G-d and, subsequently, my neighbor(s). However, my love for Atheists does not come from this "love of neighbor" or even "love of enemies" because, quite frankly, I don't consider Atheists to be my enemies. I see more of myself in Atheists than I do in most Christians. I find we often have common goals, and their attacks on bad theology I find most useful in developing my own views of theology. More Here...

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According to an article in the New York Times, the Israeli parliament is trying to pass a law that the definition of Jewishness will now be determined by a group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis. Basically, all of Israel is considered non-Jewish until proven otherwise.

It's worth noting that the methods used by these rabbis defy the conditions set by Hillel, who is arguably the most well-known rabbi in Judaism (besides, perhaps, Jesus).

Thanks to Adolf Hitler, the 18 million Jews that existed in this world-- descendants of survivors of crusades, inquisitions, and genocides for millenia --was reduced to 12 million. That's barely even 1 percent. It's ridiculous that any Jew would want to establish a law to make that number even less. That means that a majority, if not all, of Jews in America will be stripped of their Jewish identity. More Here...

[Editor's note: WARNING! SPOILER ALERT! This review reveals several key plot points of Inception.]

Inception is director Christopher Nolan's smash hit of the summer. It's the first movie to draw substantial critical and financial success and with good reason.

Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the thought-thief, Dom Cobb. On the run from the authorities, Mr. Cobb takes on one last job for a man powerful enough to clear his name. The job: inception. Instead of stealing ideas from the subject's mind, Cobb, and his wonderfully eclectic team, will try to plant an idea in the mind of a young energy tycoon heir, Cillian Murphy.

While not overtly Christian or even spiritual, the film deals with powerful ideas about the nature of reality & ideas, good and evil, emotion versus reason, and the role of family. From here follows and exploration of the concepts of Inception. Spoilers appear where necessary to make the point clear. More Here...