Do Christians Want "Jews to Die" to Hasten the Second Coming? This seems like a preposterous statement, that Christians just Jews to die. But it was uttered just last week by someone of rank in one of our two maj
Obamacare Decision Proves Elections Matter My first reaction to the Obamacare decision was: Well, it was a great country while it lasted. My second reaction to the Obamacare decision is to re-r
Will NYC Implement the ABC Principle---Anything But Christ? A terrible decision in New York City could have a chilling impact on religious liberty. If it spread to other cities, it could be devastating.
Why Won't Abortion Go Away As an Issue? January 22, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision which gave us abortion on demand. After all these years, and te
America Is Descending Into a New Incivility That is Shocking Two thousand years ago, wise men (Magi---from which we get the word "magic") from the East brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the baby
Why Hate Crime Laws Are Dangerous What happens when police lose part of their moral authority? Something like that has been happening in England in the last several years. And it cou
So Just Who's Happy with the Debt-Ceiling Deal? Ronald Reagan once said about runaway government expenditures, "We could say they spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sail
Houston, We Have a Problem Political correctness in modern America continues to run amuck. The latest front is at the Veterans Administration's Houston National Cemetery. Can
A Happy Marriage in a Post-Marital Society Little would we realize at the time we got married how rare we would be as a couple, whose marriage has lasted so long in contemporary America. I even
A Gay, Old Time? If you were a Martian and you visited modern America, you would think that about half the population was gay---and the other half wishes it were.
Weinergate: Playboy Ethics, Puritan Consequences The story of a politician caught with his pants down repeats itself in various ways and in various times. Of course, the latest installment is New Yor
A Warning to America from England There's something rotten in the state of England, and I hope it's not a picture of what is to come here in America. It's a serious loss of religiou
"Lawrence O'Donnell's Rush to Judgment" * by Jerry Newcombe Was Jesus a socialist? In this corner, saying "Yes," is MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell. In that corner, saying "No," is Rush Limbaugh, America's #1 radio
Stop the False Dichotomy Mitch Daniels is considering the possibility or running for president. The Indiana governor said today that if he runs, his chances of beating Obama a
Time to Give the Gnostics a Rest Another Easter has passed, and the TV specials and articles on Jesus (some positive, some negative, some hopelessly mixed) have aired and are gone. Ev
A Christian Response to the Koran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville has garnered sensational headlines again. This is the Florida pastor who threatened to burn the Koran on 9/11 last y
South Dakota: Ground Zero in the Abortion Battle? South Dakota might well become Ground Zero in the abortion battle, again. There's a law (HB1217) under consideration that would require a 72-hour wait
Time to Get Back to the Constitution Of all the objectionable quotes of 2010, I think my favorite is Nancy Pelosi's where she declared in March that we have to pass the health care "refor
Do You Know? When children were taught their ABC's in Puritan New England, they were also taught a great deal of theology. Beginning in 1692, thousands of New Engl