Our Kingdom
As I reflect on the results of the presidential election, I want us to be reminded of a few key principles.
1) Our primary focus and energy resources need to be directed toward the Kingdom of Christ. We are first and foremost members of that kingdom and must show absolute allegiance to it. Our country is exhibiting symptoms of deep spiritual illness (greed, prevalence of sexual sin, racism, oppression of the poor). From what Scripture tells us, God is against any such nation. Why should we be so concerned over a nation that is really not our home?
2) God is Sovereign. Even when nations rebel against him, and when things do not go according to our plans, God is still in control. When all is said and done God will have his way. He will defeat all of the enemies of his people and as long as we remain faithful to him, we will share that victory.
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Joe Schneider (joe@revision29.com) - 11/5/2008
Congratulations Obama
Know that though I do not support you political opinions, I will be praying for you.
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Joe Schneider (joe@revision29.com) - 11/4/2008
It Is About Time!!!
A Florida TV station put Joe Biden's feet to the fire about some stuff Obama has said. IT IS ABOUT TIME!!!! The media has been worshipping Obama and Biden and it is about time someone asked them real questions and held them accountable for their reckless words. Check it out for yourself.
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Joe Schneider (joe@revision29.com) - 10/25/2008
Education and the Election
The other night during the debate, both candidates quickly disappointed me when they spoke on education. The moderator asked about their plans to improve education in the U.S. in light of the fact that the U.S. scores much lower than other coutnries in math and science. I liked what both of them had to say, and wish they could mesh their plans / ideas in a way that reduced the cost. But keeping in mind, I do not like the idea of the government forcing people to be educated in public schools (i.e. California), for I feel that is primarily the role of parents. If parents can / will find a way to educate their students apart from themselves, that is fine. If they use the public schools for that end, that is also well.
I like the idea of reform, giving parents choice, and not retaining teachers who perform poorly. We can all name teachers who were not good at what they did, or disliked the students they taught.
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Joe Schneider (joe@revision29.com) - 10/17/2008
Site Design Tweaks
I have been tired of my site's look for a while. So I took a little time to tweak it.
Edit : My inspiration for this was the default interface for MintLinux. Said distribution is based on Ubuntu, but is made to work and look nicer. I had the striped background laying around from something I had previously done. Also, the font was on my computer as I downloaded a while ago from a free font repository. I wanted bright colors, such as the orange, but could not make it look as I desired (I have a hard time with picking orange on computer) and went to Adobe Kuler to find a color scheme that was close.
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Joe Schneider (joe@revision29.com) - 10/13/2008
November 2008
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