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Politics and Faith
Written by Albert Cerussi   
Saturday, 26 June 2010 06:30

A wise person once said that you should not discuss politics and religion with people you don’t know well because you never know who you will offend.  Today I’ll take a stab at both targets simultaneously, at the risk of offending everyone (it is a gift I have).

The battle between the political Left and Right has been going on for some time in America.  But recently the conflict has been brought to a head with issues such as National Health care and the Gulf Oil Spill.  The rhetoric is intense, the hatred is real.  What is a believer in Yeshua (Jesus) supposed to do?

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What about Christmas?
Written by Albert Cerussi   
Friday, 25 December 2009 02:41

What does the Messianic believer do about Christmas?

Let’s first distinguish the “commercial” Christmas from the “intent” of Christmas.  By this we mean that the ideal intent of Christmas was to celebrate the incarnation of the Lord Yeshua as Emmanuel (i.e., God is with us, Isaiah 7:14).

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A Nobel Observation
Written by Albert Cerussi   
Friday, 09 October 2009 04:30

Unless you are a nerd like me, or perhaps a news junkie, you likely were unaware that the latest batch of Nobel Prizes has recently been awarded.  I used to be very excited about this process, with an excitement similar to playoff baseball.  But when people like Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore get Nobel Prizes, well then any standards of excellence have clearly eroded.  At least in science we still have some integrity …

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