{"id":998,"date":"2012-03-31T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totellyouthetruth.net\/?p=998"},"modified":"2012-03-31T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T12:00:33","slug":"news-views-and-whatnot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davecruver.com\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"News, Views and Whatnot for 3\/31\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Matt discusses freedom of religion, conscience and enterprise in <a href=\"http:\/\/pastormattblog.com\/2012\/03\/27\/you-think-youre-free-032712\/\" target=\"_blank\">YOU THINK YOU\u2019RE FREE? (03\/27\/12)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Matt is also reading through the Constitution: <a href=\"http:\/\/pastormattblog.com\/2012\/03\/22\/reading-through-the-constitution-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">READING THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION\u2013ARTICLE I, SECTION 4<\/a>. I&#8217;m enjoying this series.<\/p>\n<p>David Murray &#8211; So how do you know if you are a workaholic? Workaholics Anonymous \u2013 yes, there is such an organization \u2013 provides 20 questions. They include: <a href=\"http:\/\/headhearthand.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/27\/workaholism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Workaholism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Spencer is <strong>blogging<\/strong> again! He has always been one of my favorite reads. Check him out at <a href=\"http:\/\/gospelchron.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gospel Chronicles<\/a>. I&#8217;m excited about this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So Good:<\/strong> Everything (Jesus) Is Amazing And Nobody\u2019s Happy over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holidayatthesea.com\/?p=5577\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday at the Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I worry that we\u2019re simply emphasizing our culture\u2019s consumeristic tendencies rather than challenging them. I find it instructive that the church actually thrives in cultures of persecution and lulls itself in to complacency in most of the free world.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pastor Dave muses on when followers of Christ have liberty and when we are just engaging in <a href=\"http:\/\/christinthecity.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/29\/liberty-or-license-reflections-on-conscience-and-the-glory-of-god\/\" target=\"_blank\">license<\/a> (HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/pastormattblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Rawlings<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/22\/opinion\/please-stop-apologizing.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">Please Stop Apologizing<\/a> &#8211; We have become a nation of pansies. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be, ahem, &#8216;offended&#8217;.&#8221; Who cares if someone says something you don&#8217;t like? Grow a backbone and shrug it off. It&#8217;s called freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Aggressively Inarticulate Generation<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/3829682?portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Matt discusses freedom of religion, conscience and enterprise in YOU THINK YOU\u2019RE FREE? (03\/27\/12). Pastor Matt is also reading through the Constitution: READING THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION\u2013ARTICLE I, SECTION 4. I&#8217;m enjoying this series. David Murray &#8211; So how do you know if you are a workaholic? 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