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Monochromatic (Pt. 2 “The Soapbox”)

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=soapbox&iid=7438818″ src=”6/4/4/0/Hoar_Cross_Holds_12c4.jpg?adImageId=9051965&imageId=7438818″ width=”234″ height=”351″ /] I try to refrain from “venting my spleen” while writing for public consumption.  The cybersphere is already full of bile anyway, why add mine?  The margin for error when standing on one’s soapbox is … Continue reading →

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Feeling Worthless

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”right” wrap=”true” link=”term=worth&iid=175814″ src=”0172/f1c91276-dabb-4ad6-a689-f468004e4013.jpg?adImageId=8861712&imageId=175814″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]Whatever the future holds, it is likely to prove impossible to restore in full the sanctity of life view. The philosophical foundations of this view have been knocked asunder. We can no longer base our … Continue reading →

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Avatar: Thoughts on a Movie

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=avatar&iid=7401526″ src=”5/0/1/a/Premiere_Of_20th_8908.jpg?adImageId=8800732&imageId=7401526″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /] Every so often a movie is released that has such a force behind it that it is readily apparent that the entire Western culture will be significantly impacted as a result. Avatar … Continue reading →

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Sola Scriptura…Sola Fide…Sola Gratia…Solo Christo

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Robert Franklin

Scripture alone, by faith alone, through grace alone, in Christ alone.   For hundreds upon hundreds of years the church had inserted itself in between the sinner and the Savior.  In order to be right with God one must first … Continue reading →

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Murder in Roselawn and Roseland

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Robert Franklin

In every generation there are always a few who occupy the periphery of civilization.  These few, for many different reasons, do not subscribe to the restrictions culture attempts to place upon them.  In the ebb and flow of time, the … Continue reading →

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God and Politics

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Robert Franklin

I have a nasty little secret:  God is involved in politics!  This day in which self-proclaimed sophistication abounds, we often forget that there is a Sovereign over all sovereigns.  We fuss and boo and hiss if our personal and particular agenda is … Continue reading →

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