Author Archive: Shane Vander Hart
Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. Shane has been involved in youth ministry since 1992 in church, para-church, and Christian school settings, and currently works with juvenile offenders in the Des Moines Metro area. He has also been an interim pastor for a local Evangelical Free Church and provides pulpit supply for area churches. Shane also serves as the Communications Director for American Principles Project with their Preserve Innocence Initiative. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA. You can connect with Shane on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.
Christian Rhetoric and Engagement in “Culture Wars”
Personally I hate the term “culture wars,” I’m not at war with those whom I disagree. I am not battling with those with opposing yard signs or who vote differently than I do. I can resonate to a point with younger evangelicals’ tiredness of such rhetoric even if I don’t agree with their response. I [...]
Obama’s Name Dropping
Usually people when they name drop they drop another person’s name into a conversation. Not so with our President. President Obama’s staff has dropped his name into former Presidents’ official biographies at Whitehouse.gov. The Obama administration has added bullet points to every President’s biography since Calvin Coolidge with the exception of the late President Jimmy [...]
Obama’s Losing to Romney Among Women; Same Sex Marriage a Losing Issue
I’ll preface any comments I make about the CBS poll that was just released today that it is early and could change, but I found it very interesting especially after Democrats have accused Republicans for declaring a war on women. Not only is Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama among all voters 46% to 43%, [...]
Tony Evans on Obama’s Same Sex Marriage Endorsement
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien recently interviewed Dr. Tony Evans who is the Senior Pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, TX. He also is President of The Urban Alternative. I found this interview to be interesting because I don’t believe I’ve ever seen him interviewed on cultural issues such as President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement [...]
When Offending Others Becomes Criminal
Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University, wrote an op/ed earlier this week that I think is spot on for the most part. He expressed concern over the increasing criminalization of certain kinds of speech. He wrote: Magisterial District Judge Mark Martin was hearing a case in which an irate [...]
ALEC Delays Vote on Anti-Common Core Model Resolution
I’m not surprised, but disappointed by the American Legislative Exchange Council executive board decision yesterday to delay their vote on a anti-common core resolution proposed by the American Principles Project, Goldwater Institute, and Washington Policy Center last summer. American Principles Project sent out a press release on the vote: Washington, DC – Today, the board [...]
Life is Always the Right Choice
Live Action profiled a video that has become viral about a young mother who chose life even though she was told he would be severely disabled. Christian, the baby whom the video is about, was born with a disorder that only 1 in 50 people in the world have, and unfortunately, his case was much [...]
Obama’s Support for Same Sex Marriage Should Come as No Surprise
The White House today touted President Barack Obama’s revelation in an interview with ABC News. President Obama announced, "I think same sex couples should be able to get married." He went on to say… I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and [...]
North Carolina Becomes the 31st State to Pass a Marriage Amendment
When the people have the chance to vote on marriage, they have voted in favor of preserving traditional marriage every time. An overwhelming majority, 61% to 39% voted in favor of amending the North Carolina Constitution to make marriage between a man and a woman as the “only domestic legal union that shall be valid [...]
Federal Prisoner Nabs 35% of Early Vote Against Obama in West Virginia Primary
You won’t see that headline anyway in the mainstream media, but President Barack Obama’s primary opponent in West Virginia, Keith Judd, has won 35% of the early vote in that state’s Democrat primary. Who is Keith Judd? He’s currently sitting in prison in Texas. He’s also made the Idaho ballot and has grabbed a larger [...]
