Crosswalk.com en-us Sunday, November 08, 2009 Sunday, November 08, 2009 rss.aspx support@crosswalk.com support@crosswalk.com http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/crosswalkredesign/images/display/crosswalk_logo_blue_tiny.gif http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/archives/ http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/11608297/ Scores of Christians and conservatives are denouncing President Obama’s announced speech to children in schools across the country tomorrow. Notables like Michelle Malkin are concerned with subversive activism. Republicans are accusing the President of imposing a political agenda on the nation’s children. Other conservatives see the move as socialist indoctrination. Of course, references to certain dictators’ propagandizing of children abound. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:01:00 GMT 11608297 Paul Dean http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/11603887/ Social change is a constant need due to the reality of the inexorable encroachment of sin in a culture. A civil society must have the rule of law or the sinfulness of man will go unchecked. Justice provides a sense of fairness and redress. Liberty keeps the government and citizens from controlling the lives of others. People are free to make their own way in the world, worship as they deem best, and the gospel is allowed an entrance into the market-place of ideas. Thu, 21 May 2009 07:49:00 GMT 11603887 Paul Dean http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/11603159/ What is valuable in the West continues to change as the influence of biblical Christianity continues to wane. In the same week, two different individuals highlighted this ongoing values transformation. Mon, 04 May 2009 07:57:00 GMT 11603159 Paul Dean http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/11602145/ Spiegel Online International reported that “Michael Jackson is considering having his body ‘plastinated’ by Body Worlds founder Gunther von Hagens. The controversial doctor says he could give the wacky pop star ‘the gift of immortality.’” The process would preserve Jackson’s body after his death. “‘I could give Michael the gift of physical immortality -- he has already achieved this with his music.’” Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:33:00 GMT 11602145 Paul Dean http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dean/11601238/ Yahoo News offered a revealing story on churches in the midst of the 2009 economic crisis. “Foreclosures and delinquencies for congregations are rising, according to companies that specialize in church mortgages. With credit scarce, church construction sites have gone quiet, holding shells of sanctuaries that were meant to be completed months ago." Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:49:00 GMT 11601238 Paul Dean