J. Randal Matheny

Finance Minister Guido Mantega in an April 14 interview said Brazil wouldn't allow the currency's appreciation to hurt the country's industry.

"We want to have a strong industry in Brazil," he said.

Never mind if it kills the consumer.

The military is both an honorable profession and a extraordinarily necessary one.  Its members are not “victims” of some evil institution.  They’re not robots.  They’re not “killing machines” who come home to “abuse and often kill innocent people stateside”.   The purpose of our military isn’t now nor has it ever been to “pervert basic human decency”.  It’s to do a necessary and often distasteful and dangerous job for the BENEFIT of those back home – for their safety and freedom.

Ironically the NYT publishes this garbage just after some hard men heroically risked their lives in a daring raid to kill a mass-murdering terrorist who struck the very city they print this in. 

This is the thanks they get.

Economists of all persuasions have proven to be really bad at predicting the future, especially when it comes to jobs.

They're all voo-doo economists.

Ballmer made his interest more than clear on Tuesday in San Francisco. "More than 40 per cent of Skype today is video and video ads are one of the biggest opportunities we see going forward. We estimate 45 per cent growth in video based ads over the next few years," he told press.

I’m glad there are brothers out there who are meeting this nonsense head-on. I’m not saying we should all ignore these crazies. But my SOP is to ignore the specific dates set and not give any attention to the false prophets. Here’s why:

Click on the link above for the three reasons.

The Queen is not only very charming, but incredibly well-informed. Less agreeable, are the visits and letters from the Archbishop of Canterbury [Fisher]. I try to talk to him about religion. He seems to be quite uninterested and reverts all the time to politics.

Philosophers have gravitated toward utilitarianism and humanism, purely subjective ways of attempting to understand ethics. Such attempts are unreliable and doomed to failure.

What are Bible ways of insuring proper conduct? Let’s rely on the right kinds of tests.

1. The Scripture test: what does the Bible say? (Galatians 4:30)
2. The Influence test: how will my conduct influence others? We are always obliged to consider others (1 Corinthians 8:9-13).

Click on the link above for the whole article.

What’s important is not to know facts and information, but to be known by God. Knowledge, without being connected to the person of God, is worth nothing, and actually prevents one from knowing him.

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.
1 Corinthians 8:3 NET

Read the whole devotional clicking on the link above. This was translated from the Portuguese. Read what the Brazilian brethren are reading this morning.