The ACLU is back at it again.  This time they are saying that a voluntary prayer before meals at the US Naval Academy is unconstitutional.

Does it seem to anyone else that the ACLU is religiophobic?  Okay, so there's not really a word "religiophobic" but you all know what I mean.  They are so worried that someone's religious feelings might be hurt that they are trying to squelch any display of religion at all.

It's almost as if they want to rewrite the First Amendment.

In case it's been a while since you read the First Amendment, let me refresh your memory:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

So, tell me, if Congress is not to make any law prophibiting the free exercise of religion, how is it that the Supreme Court can make a law that limits where and when we can pray?  To say that no, there can't be a prayer at a high school graduation would be making a law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, wouldn't it?  To say that no, there can't be a prayer before a sporting event would be making a law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, wouldn't it?  To say that no, there can't be a voluntary prayer before meals at the US Naval Academy would be making a law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, wouldn't it?

If you are a US citizen and it ticks you off that the ACLU is continuing to chip away at your right to pray, check out the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian organization committed to doing their best to stop the ACLU's efforts to push biblical Christianity out the door.

Don't let the ACLU and their religiophobia tell you what to believe and how you can practice your beliefs.  Take a stand for your rights as a Christian.

Most people are familiar with Oprah Winfrey's book club.  If she selects their book, a relatively obscure author is suddenly thrust into the spot light and guaranteed sales beyond what they ever imagined.  January's selection brought to light a man that most Christians had never heard of, Eckhart Tolle.

Unless you are an Oprah fan, you might still not have heard of Eckhart Tolle or the philosophy he teaches, but if you are a Christian, you need to be aware of what it is all about because it is affecting those around you, how they think and how they define God.

Although Oprah claims it is a philosophy that is quite compatible with her own Christianity, it contradicts what the Bible teaches as Christianity.

On her site, Oprah has a video clip of her commenting on this quote (that she says she loves):  "Man mad God in his own image.  The eternal, the infinite and unnamable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as my God or our God."

Here is the transcript of that clip:

"The reason this struck me so is because so many wars have been fought over arguments, created websites about my God versus our God verses the God verses the one and only God and what is so incredible to me about this, this statement, is that we have truly no concept because our human brain cannot even behold the magnificence of that which we try to formulate or, uh, reduce to one word, God.  There's no way that your mind can even conceive of the power and omniscience of that word.  That's why I love that statement so much."

This follows along with Oprah's beliefs that everyone's path to God is equally valid, that everyone's idea of God is just as right as everyone else's.

Then I read what Jesus Himself said in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Do these two philosophies line up?  Not at all!  Whose word am I going to take about it, Oprah's or Jesus'?  Not even a question on it.  I'm going to believe what Jesus said is 100% true and if Oprah calls herself a Christian yet denies this basic, foundational belief of Christianity, then I refuse to believe her commitment is true.  It's like saying you are going to be married yet you still continue to go out and date as if you weren't.

Either Jesus is the only way to God or He isn't.  They both cannot be true.

For more on this topic, I suggest you visit Apologetics.com and listen to their podcast on the topic.  It's a real eye opener.