Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[Military.com] Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men's magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenwöhr.   U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows the sale of some sexually explicit material on military bases by lowering the threshold required to deem material "sexually explicit." A Department of Defense committee that reviews materials sold on bases ruled last year that magazines such as ... Read More

[Marine Corps Times] The commander of Camp Lejeune, N.C., ordered her leathernecks to stay away from an anti-military and anti-gay group that has promised to demonstrate at the base following the death of a pregnant Marine. The Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, which frequently pickets the funerals of military members, said it will demonstrate at the base at noon Saturday. “God hates the U.S. Marines,” the group said in a statement. Read about it here. [From me] I lived in Jacksonville for three years. The Marines in ... Read More

[These are my thoughts and not those of Campus Crusade or my parents]  Here are the facts about religion and chaplains in the military: 1. In the military, there are Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic  etc chaplains. 2. Each chaplain is free to share his faith beliefs all he wants within the military guidelines given him. They are not muzzled. 3. Each chaplain is responsible for providing for the spiritual needs of all the soldiers under him or her. Therefore they provide and announce: On Sundays, on ... Read More

[From KSNT] A jury in Baltimore is ordering Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church to pay 11 million dollars to the father of a marine who was killed in Iraq. “Matt and all of the military kept me going through all of this, “said Albert Snyder who sued the church after members demonstrated last year at the funeral of his son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. He hopes Wednesdays ruling sets a precedent for the future. “I hope it’s enough to deter them from doing this to other ... Read More

My parents work for Campus Crusade's Military Ministry.  They teach a Basic Training Bible Study Class every Sunday Morning at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, SC.  They personally have led hundreds of soldiers to Christ every year.  They lead Bible Studies during the week for officers and their wives.  They also teach marriage and parenting seminars at military bases all over the world. One of the needs that the military has is the shortage of Bibles.  The Military Ministry offers Rapid Deployment Kits ... Read More