Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[US101Country.com]

A regulation in Tennessee could mean those who don’t pay their child support could lose their ability to drive and even their permission to hunt or fish. Letters are currently in the mail to parents who owe at least $500 in support and haven’t made payment in 90 days. More then 20,000 licenses are at risk of being taken away. 

Read more here.

[From me]

I could think of better things to do to them but thankfully God has changed my heart.  Only in the South!

What do you think?

[Christian Post]

The evangelical Christian parents of U.S. chart topper Katy Perry have lashed out against the lyrics of their daughter’s No. 1 hit single “I Kissed A Girl.”

Her parents are outraged by the song’s provocative lyrics, which include “I kissed a girl and I liked it.”

Perry’s mother, Mary Hudson, says she is disappointed at the career path her daughter has decided to go down.

“I hate the song,” she said, according to the Daily Record. “It clearly promotes homosexuality and its message is shameful and disgusting. Katy knows how I feel. We are a very outspoken family.”

“I can’t even listen to that song,” the mother added. “The first time I heard it I was in total shock. When it comes on the radio I bow my head and pray.”

The 23-year-old former gospel singer’s track continues to soar to the top of music charts around the world.

“Katy is our daughter and we love her but we strongly disagree with how she is conducting herself at the moment,” Mary Hudson said.

“We cannot cut her out of our lives as she is our child - but she knows we disagree strongly with what she is doing and the message she is promoting regarding homosexuality which the Bible clearly states is a sin.

“But the Bible also promotes understanding and forgiveness, which I keep reminding myself.”

Perry, who has adopted her mother’s maiden name for the stage, used to sing for God in church and even released her own Christian pop album as Katy Hudson in 2001, which included the track “Faith Won’t Fail.” The record made it on to Christian Music Today’s best albums list that year.

But she was spotted by a music producer who invited her to LA, according to her mother, and “that’s when she started to change,” Mary Hudson said.

Read more here.

[From me]

I kept hearing our students talking about this song.  I had no idea she used to sing CCM. I feel for her parents. They are showing love and forgiveness. Fame is intoxicating.  

What would you do if that was your child or a member of your church? 

[SF Gate]

A 60-year-old man is taking an 8-year-old boy and his dad to court, claiming the boy caused a ski-slope collision that left the older man with a shoulder injury.

Read about it here.

[From me]

No wonder we pay such high insurance because we have such stupid lawsuits.

What do you think?

[Daily Mail]

Teachers banned a nine-year-old schoolboy from attending his class Christmas party - because of his lack of religious beliefs. Sobbing Douglas Stewart was forced to stay at home while his friends got presents from Santa and tucked into ice cream and jelly. His parents were told he wasn’t welcome at the celebration because they had pulled him out of religious eduction earlier in the year.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Even if this were a Christian school, this is stupid. Now the child will have a bad opinion of Christianity for sure.

What do you think?

[CBS News]

Scout leaders are being ousted at a rate of 1 every two days because of molestation.  

Tim Kosnoff, an attorney analyzed the numbers of child molestation in Scouts and came to this shocking conclusion: Before 1991, “a Scout leader was being tossed out for child molestation at the rate of one every three days,” he said. “Post-1991, the rate was one every two days.” That includes people suspected of abuse.

Read about it here.

[Houston Chronicle]

1 in 3 females online daters report first date sex.

Women who date online are likely to take precautions to protect their personal safety when first meeting a man face-to-face, but often are much less careful about protecting their sexual health once that encounter moves to the next level, a Houston-based study has found.

While the women who were surveyed went to great lengths to screen online acquaintances before meeting them, nearly a third reported having sex on the first date and three-quarters of those said they did not use condoms, according to the study by The University of Texas School of Public Health.

Read about it here.

[From me]

I admit I have a spiritual bias here.  Take that out I think even those without Jesus can see the dangers here.  I was in the Boy Scouts and I can’t believe that there are not more precautions taken to make sure that they have to kick out a leader every other day.  Wow! That is scary.  This is scary for Church leaders too.  If the Boy Scouts have those kind of sickos in their midst, I’ll bet churches have more than we would like to admit.

The second story is unbelievable.  How can people give away such an emotional part of themselves on a first date?  I admit I have a spiritual bias and think sex should be saved for marriage only.  But I would think even un-spiritual persons can see that sex is more than physical.

What do you think?