Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. (Zephaniah 3:3)

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So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.

Except this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named Julie Murphy. Her business was a lemonade stand at the Last Thursday monthly art fair in Northeast Portland. The government regulation she violated? Failing to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.

And some still do not think the anti-christ is coming!

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If the planet were sprinkled with trillions upon trillions of tiny sensors—each no larger than a grain of rice—scientists could monitor everything. This “smart dust” would effectively act as electronic nerve endings, transmitting data about the world around us. Today HP and Shell are collaborating on just such a project they’re calling the Central Nervous System for the Earth

The book is a nice read, but would be a great read if it reflected Christianity.

Today's "Christianity" attempts to appeal to the unbeliever by apologizing for Jesus. So here we read in this book that Darwin was a "good man." Yet Jesus was all too clear that only God was good (Luke 18:19). The author would have us believe that Darwin would have easily been a "saint" because he was naturally good. These statements underscore deeply that the author has no concept of the humility in Jesus. It is little wonder then that the author was taken in by Darwin's false humility, (Colossians 2:18)

The author prides, yes prides himself on not following into the normal trap Christians do concerning Darwin. This attempt to be friends with the world, (see book of James) causes an unnatural portrayal of Darwin's "good" qualities. Finally, but not least, the author also prides himself on not committing the sin of "sloth" by reading the words of Darwin. Poor be the soul that actually minds his business and preaches the foolishness of the cross. Paul would certainly have been interested to know that it is sloth to mind one's own business, for he wrote, Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

Again, the book is a good read if one can get past the wide road Christianity that is presented. Where intellectual study of opposing concepts are exalted rather than being a fool for Jesus.

Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. (1 Corinthians 3:18)

A man cannot hide from God, he can only shrink from righteousness.
A.T. Cross

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The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify.
(Proverbs 29:24)

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.
(Proverbs 15:16)

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The global economy is at risk of folding in on itself unless policy makers face up to the threat of inflation and exchange rate inflexibility, according to Arun Motianey, director of fixed income strategy at Roubini Global Economics.