Category Archives: Social Ministry

Beer, Christianity, The Least of These, and MN Shutdown

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Ron Amundson

One of the topics getting a lot of attention today is the upcoming loss of Coors/Miller beer sales in MN. I don’t know if the remaining brands could pick the slack, being the Coors/Miller market share is near 40% in … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Leave a comment

Separation of Church and State, Money or Jesus?

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Ron Amundson

A few months back, there was a whole lot of fuss when a zoning official required permits for a home Bible study. When all was said and done, no doubt due to a lot of outrage, it ended up being … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Leave a comment

Tornado & CWA09, but what about the rest

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Ron Amundson

Lots of folks are fussing over causality/God’s will or not. I’m not, as the arguments on both sides have been beat to death. What I do want to address is that the tornado impacted a much wider area than just the … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Leave a comment

An Interesting Position on Health Care

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Ron Amundson

I subscribe to a conservative Christian email list, and a most interesting post came across the wire. A fellow suggested that all taxes relating to medical care are morally wrong. Its something interesting to ponder what the effects might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Changing the Christian Label ?

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Ron Amundson

I was asked recently if labeling something anything other than Christian was misleading (if it has a Christian focus). I dont think it is, in part due to my study, but also, the head banging of being behind the scenes … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Can the church help with state budget deficits?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Ron Amundson

Minnesota Family Council: Solve our state $5 billion budget deficit by raising taxes? That’s $1,000 per man, woman and child.. The blog author makes a good point, as to scaling back our expectations of government.  I think he is onto … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Pope Benedict on World Communications day, tons of good stuff!

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Ron Amundson

Some pretty powerful concepts imho. The full text is at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20090124_43rd-world-communications-day_en.html The theme for the year… In anticipation of the forthcoming World Communications Day, I would like to address to you some reflections on the theme chosen for this year … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Leave a comment

Gospelr a twitter clone with a Christian focus

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Ron Amundson

Gospelr a Twitter integration service for Christians This is a nifty application, its sort of like the opensourcefaith.org twitter app. but its up and running, and has a clean integration with twitter. Way cool!!! Normally, I dont like Christian labeled … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Fireproof the Movie

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Ron Amundson

A few weeks back, an old friend said hey, you need to check out this movie I just worked on. So I went cool, and proceeded to do some digging. It opens this weekend, but being Sony thinks it may … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Media, Social Ministry | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

will |u| be a disciple?: It was only a matter of time

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Ron Amundson

will |u| be a disciple?: It was only a matter of time. Ouch… this indeed would be something worthy of protesting ie like what AFA does, but unlike their political stuff, this is portraying a false Gospel, talk about damaging … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ministry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment