Hello my name is Paul Boller. We may have meet on campus, or maybe on a blackboard discussion room. You make have even read my blog, which can be found on the Regent Undergrad’s website. For those of you who I have yet to have the opportunity to meet, I am an OLAM student here at Regent Undergrad. I am about to turn 21 and have been a student here at Regent for almost two years. Please click on the link below to hear my message. If you are unable to do this, please read the message below. Thanks!
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Paul Boller for RUC OLAM Representatives
Hello my name is Paul Boller. We may have meet on campus, or maybe on a blackboard discussion room. You make have even read my blog, which can be found on the Regent Undergrad’s website. For those of you who I have yet to have the opportunity to meet, I am an OLAM student here at Regent Undergrad. I am about to turn 21 and have been a student here at Regent for almost two years.
Recently the Regent Undergraduate Council, also known as RUC, called for a special election. The election was called because in our last general election, representative positions went unfilled, one of which was an OLAM representative seat. Today I am speaking with you because I want to be your OLAM representative.
RUC as well as Regent as a whole is experiencing a lot of changes. Less than two years ago Regent began its full four-year program. Since then RUC and Regent have grown a lot, working to best meet the needs of student like you and I. Despite the remarkable growth RUC and Regent has experienced, they have much more to come … and I want to be a part of that process. I am committed to seeing RUC and Regent grow and change to continue to deliver Regent Students the premier in Christian education.
If you would like to help spread the word…or just learn about me, please visit PaulWBoller.com. From there you will find links that will connect you to my Regent Blog and other various things. Below I have also provided some links.
In the campus library the school motto, Christian Leadership to Change the World, is proudly displayed for people to see as they enter the building. Together, you and I can help Regent to best train Christian leaders who will change the world. Please help out in this process by taking a few moments to log into Genisys to vote.
Thank you for your time. I forward to meeting you either on campus or online. I also look forward to serving you as your OLAM Representative.
- Paul
Recently the Regent Undergraduate Council, also known as RUC, called for a special election. The election was called because in our last general election, representative positions went unfilled, one of which was an OLAM representative seat. Today I am speaking with you because I want to be your OLAM representative.
RUC as well as Regent as a whole is experiencing a lot of changes. Less than two years ago Regent began its full four-year program. Since then RUC and Regent have grown a lot, working to best meet the needs of student like you and I. Despite the remarkable growth RUC and Regent has experienced, they have much more to come … and I want to be a part of that process. I am committed to seeing RUC and Regent grow and change to continue to deliver Regent Students the premier in Christian education.
If you would like to help spread the word…or just learn about me, please visit PaulWBoller.com. From there you will find links that will connect you to my Regent Blog and other various things. Below I have also provided some links.
In the campus library the school motto, Christian Leadership to Change the World, is proudly displayed for people to see as they enter the building. Together, you and I can help Regent to best train Christian leaders who will change the world. Please help out in this process by taking a few moments to log into Genisys to vote.
Thank you for your time. I forward to meeting you either on campus or online. I also look forward to serving you as your OLAM Representative.
- Paul
Monday, April 23, 2007
Evil's Greatest Tool
In the aftermath of the mass murdering at Virginia Tech, there are several things that will undoubtedly occupy and even haunt the minds of individuals for some time to come. For some this will be the debate concerning gun rights that almost assuredly will soon come to full force. Though I believe that this topic about whether the government can abridge a citizen’s right to carry will and should be discussed, I do not believe that this will be the most significant thing.
There will be those that begin to review the process identifying mental illness and the steps taken to prevent individuals identified with problems from hurting themselves and society. Again, I believe this could be good and positive, yet I do not believe this will be the greatest thing.
In the end, I believe it will come down to a simple phrase that nearly everyone can recite, even if they are unable to identify from whom it originated, “the only thing we have to fear. . .is fear itself” (http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). Though President Franklin D. Roosevelt inscribed that phrase in the hearts and minds of a nation during his inaugural address, few can recite what he went on to say. “The only thing we have to fear. . .is fear itself. . . nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance” (http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). There he identify the nature of fear. In this time of pain and suffering we must not allow the fear of evil to consume and dictate to us the courses we will take in life. Certainly people will be a little more aware of their surroundings than before, yet we must not allow the fear of evil individuals prevent us from going about our lives. There will be individuals who will go about campus life in constant fear of another murderous killer or completely dropout altogether out of terror that they could be next. Sadly when individuals allow fear to control their lives, they become another victim of Monday’s murderer. Though they still breath, they have ceased to live.
Fear’s only power lies in what we give it. Fear can not paralyzes an individual unless he or she submits to it. Fear is F.alse E.vidence A.ppearing R.eal. Fear is like the salesman coming to propose a proposition. His sale is completely dependent on our willingness to accept, and so is it with fear.
We live in a free society and as long as men have freedom, surely there will be individuals who use their freedom to trample the freedoms of others. Living in a free society is similar to driving a car on the freeway. Most will abide by the laws and most will go to and fro without problem. Despite this, there will be those who in total careless or with intention, endanger the other drives. Every driver knows this risk exist, yet to stay at home in fear of the rare minority of bad drives would be just as destructive, if not more, to the life of the driver. The driver also understand besides shutting down the roads, there is few things that can be done to protect the other drivers beyond what is already done by the police and laws. The driver daily chooses to live life over fear and be grateful for the freedom the highway provides rather coward from those who might abuse it.
Let us never cower to the fear of madmen or the terror of evil. Paul in 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind” (NKJV). Fear is not from God and we were not designed to operate our lives under it. “We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37, NIV). Fear is a means by evil to paralyze good. The problem for evil is, good can always overcome evil…as long as it chooses to do so.
There will be those that begin to review the process identifying mental illness and the steps taken to prevent individuals identified with problems from hurting themselves and society. Again, I believe this could be good and positive, yet I do not believe this will be the greatest thing.
In the end, I believe it will come down to a simple phrase that nearly everyone can recite, even if they are unable to identify from whom it originated, “the only thing we have to fear. . .is fear itself” (http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). Though President Franklin D. Roosevelt inscribed that phrase in the hearts and minds of a nation during his inaugural address, few can recite what he went on to say. “The only thing we have to fear. . .is fear itself. . . nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance” (http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). There he identify the nature of fear. In this time of pain and suffering we must not allow the fear of evil to consume and dictate to us the courses we will take in life. Certainly people will be a little more aware of their surroundings than before, yet we must not allow the fear of evil individuals prevent us from going about our lives. There will be individuals who will go about campus life in constant fear of another murderous killer or completely dropout altogether out of terror that they could be next. Sadly when individuals allow fear to control their lives, they become another victim of Monday’s murderer. Though they still breath, they have ceased to live.
Fear’s only power lies in what we give it. Fear can not paralyzes an individual unless he or she submits to it. Fear is F.alse E.vidence A.ppearing R.eal. Fear is like the salesman coming to propose a proposition. His sale is completely dependent on our willingness to accept, and so is it with fear.
We live in a free society and as long as men have freedom, surely there will be individuals who use their freedom to trample the freedoms of others. Living in a free society is similar to driving a car on the freeway. Most will abide by the laws and most will go to and fro without problem. Despite this, there will be those who in total careless or with intention, endanger the other drives. Every driver knows this risk exist, yet to stay at home in fear of the rare minority of bad drives would be just as destructive, if not more, to the life of the driver. The driver also understand besides shutting down the roads, there is few things that can be done to protect the other drivers beyond what is already done by the police and laws. The driver daily chooses to live life over fear and be grateful for the freedom the highway provides rather coward from those who might abuse it.
Let us never cower to the fear of madmen or the terror of evil. Paul in 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind” (NKJV). Fear is not from God and we were not designed to operate our lives under it. “We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37, NIV). Fear is a means by evil to paralyze good. The problem for evil is, good can always overcome evil…as long as it chooses to do so.
Friday, April 13, 2007
What is the Value of Human Life?
On my Facebook group, Reagan Conservatives, the question was posed. “How can you be a freedom activist and not support a woman who has been raped`s freedom to not carry out a pregnancy she had no possibility to protect herself from?”
I thought about this question for a day or two and came up with this response:
“Reagan I believe asked the right question concerning this subject, 'What is the value of human life?' (Link to Reagan's article) If human life has value, is it not worth protecting at any stage? No one would argue how horrible it is for a woman to be raped and forced to left with the consequences of another’s actions, but does that horrible act justify the taking a human life which still is unable to protect itself? If human life has value, is there a difference between the woman unable to protect herself against the actions of the rapist and the unborn child unable to protect himself or herself against the knife of the abortionist?”
If human life does have value, when is it right to destroy it? If an unborn child’s life has value late in the pregnancy, it has value from the beginning. A wrong committed against one person can not justify a wrong against another.
Here is the powerful excerpt from Reagan’s piece, Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, from which I base my argument:
“What, then, is the real issue? I have often said that when we talk about abortion, we are talking about two lives — the life of the mother and the life of the unborn child. Why else do we call a pregnant woman a mother? I have also said that anyone who doesn't feel sure whether we are talking about a second human life should clearly give life the benefit of the doubt. If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn.
The case against abortion does not rest here, however, for medical practice confirms at every step the correctness of these moral sensibilities. Modern medicine treats the unborn child as a patient. Medical pioneers have made great breakthroughs in treating the unborn — for genetic problems, vitamin deficiencies, irregular heart rhythms, and other medical conditions. Who can forget George Will's moving account of the little boy who underwent brain surgery six times during the nine weeks before he was born? Who is the patient if not that tiny unborn human being who can feel pain when he or she is approached by doctors who come to kill rather than to cure?
The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life? The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn from its mother's body can hardly doubt whether it is a human being. The real question for him and for all of us is whether that tiny human life has a God-given right to be protected by the law — the same right we have.” (Link to the full piece: Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation by Ronald Reagan)
If human life has value, the debate as to what stage of pregnancy should abortion should be legal at ceases. It is not a question about a women’s rights, abortion is a question about a child’s rights.
This posted can also be viewed at: RevolutionReagan.com
I thought about this question for a day or two and came up with this response:
“Reagan I believe asked the right question concerning this subject, 'What is the value of human life?' (Link to Reagan's article) If human life has value, is it not worth protecting at any stage? No one would argue how horrible it is for a woman to be raped and forced to left with the consequences of another’s actions, but does that horrible act justify the taking a human life which still is unable to protect itself? If human life has value, is there a difference between the woman unable to protect herself against the actions of the rapist and the unborn child unable to protect himself or herself against the knife of the abortionist?”
If human life does have value, when is it right to destroy it? If an unborn child’s life has value late in the pregnancy, it has value from the beginning. A wrong committed against one person can not justify a wrong against another.
Here is the powerful excerpt from Reagan’s piece, Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, from which I base my argument:
“What, then, is the real issue? I have often said that when we talk about abortion, we are talking about two lives — the life of the mother and the life of the unborn child. Why else do we call a pregnant woman a mother? I have also said that anyone who doesn't feel sure whether we are talking about a second human life should clearly give life the benefit of the doubt. If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn.
The case against abortion does not rest here, however, for medical practice confirms at every step the correctness of these moral sensibilities. Modern medicine treats the unborn child as a patient. Medical pioneers have made great breakthroughs in treating the unborn — for genetic problems, vitamin deficiencies, irregular heart rhythms, and other medical conditions. Who can forget George Will's moving account of the little boy who underwent brain surgery six times during the nine weeks before he was born? Who is the patient if not that tiny unborn human being who can feel pain when he or she is approached by doctors who come to kill rather than to cure?
The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life? The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn from its mother's body can hardly doubt whether it is a human being. The real question for him and for all of us is whether that tiny human life has a God-given right to be protected by the law — the same right we have.” (Link to the full piece: Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation by Ronald Reagan)
If human life has value, the debate as to what stage of pregnancy should abortion should be legal at ceases. It is not a question about a women’s rights, abortion is a question about a child’s rights.
This posted can also be viewed at: RevolutionReagan.com
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Something Awesome is Coming!
So I have this sense that God has something awesome for me just around the corner. The events of today have pretty much confirmed it. So far today an accident blocking the road near my house cost me an extra forty minutes worth of driving, my laptop issued a loud and ominous beeping and promptly stopped working, my cell's display stopped working, and to top it all off, my keys got caught in a bench and poked a hole into my jean's back pocket. Many of those things has cause my school productivity to be no where near were it should have been. So I have lost some time needed for school.
The great things is, I have had a peace throughout it all. I know that no weapon formed against me shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17, Romans 8:31) because God is for me. So as I see it, this is a salvo by the enemy to cause me to somehow get off of the track I am currently on because he knows I am about to get blessed! The enemy is trying to get me distracted on the little things so I will missed the big thing God is about to do in my life! Praise God that my advancing is dangerous enough to the enemy that he deeds it a threat!
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
--Romans 8:37
Praise God!!!
The great things is, I have had a peace throughout it all. I know that no weapon formed against me shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17, Romans 8:31) because God is for me. So as I see it, this is a salvo by the enemy to cause me to somehow get off of the track I am currently on because he knows I am about to get blessed! The enemy is trying to get me distracted on the little things so I will missed the big thing God is about to do in my life! Praise God that my advancing is dangerous enough to the enemy that he deeds it a threat!
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
--Romans 8:37
Praise God!!!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A Time for Choosing
This post was orginally posted on one of my other blogs, RevolutionReagan.com
On October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan delivered the speech which man constituted as Reagan’s political début. The speech, entitled “A Time for Choosing”, is a classic Reagan speech typifying things that were to come. There is very little in this speech which could not be easy related to the situations we face today. Change some names and dates, and the speech could very well be describing today. Rather featuring the whole speech (something I recommend everyone view at least once, if not regularly), I am featuring you to a video which contains the last five minutes of the speech.
History and the path we are to take is not a mystery. This video shows us that history, more times than not, repeats itself and the example for us to follow exist if only we will have the courage to do what is right.
The complete speech can be found at: americanrhetoric.com
On October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan delivered the speech which man constituted as Reagan’s political début. The speech, entitled “A Time for Choosing”, is a classic Reagan speech typifying things that were to come. There is very little in this speech which could not be easy related to the situations we face today. Change some names and dates, and the speech could very well be describing today. Rather featuring the whole speech (something I recommend everyone view at least once, if not regularly), I am featuring you to a video which contains the last five minutes of the speech.
History and the path we are to take is not a mystery. This video shows us that history, more times than not, repeats itself and the example for us to follow exist if only we will have the courage to do what is right.
The complete speech can be found at: americanrhetoric.com
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