I grew up in Denver and am admittedly biased. I’m a Denver Broncos fanatic. In the Mile High City, the Broncos are more than just a football team; they’re an institution.
Everybody loves a comeback. Former Broncos quarterback John Elway ...
Lessons Evangelicals Must Not Miss
The death of Christopher Hitchens on December 15 was not unexpected, and that seemed only to add to the tragedy. His fight against cancer had been lived, like almost every other aspect of his colorful...
Some predictions are rather safe to make. 2012 is almost certain to be a determinative year on the issue of same-sex marriage. Multiple courts appear poised to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] and, even more urgently, the...
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Laurie Higgins
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12.22.11
Kwanzaa, the holiday ostensibly celebrating black history and culture, runs from Dec. 26-Jan. 1. While this relatively new holiday is honored even in some of our public schools, the origin of Kwanzaa is rarely shared with students. If schools were...
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Laurie Higgins
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12.06.11
On Dec. 6, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech in honor of International Human Rights Day which is celebrated on Dec. 10, the date in 1948 when the United Nations formally adopted the Universal Declaration of Human...
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David E. Smith
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11.12.11
On Tuesday, November 29th, the Springfield Nativity Scene Committee (SNSC) will hold its fourth annual “opening day” ceremony from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Illinois State Capitol Rotunda, 301 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL (corner of 2nd St....
11.10.11
“In God We Trust” is the national motto, even though Barack Obama told a Jakarta, Indonesia audience last November that our national motto is E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one).
At least Obama got the translation right. Al Gore...
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David E. Smith
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11.03.11
The Bishops of the Illinois Catholic Conference recently released a strong, but appropriate statement admonishing Governor Pat Quinn for his decision to present an abortion-rights leadership award at an upcoming luncheon. This luncheon will raise funds for Personal PAC —...
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David E. Smith
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09.09.11
Over the course of more than two hundred years of United States history, there are moments that are indelibly etched in the collective memory of our nation. September 11, 2001 marks one of those moments that is vividly and painfully...
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Rev. Thorin Anderson
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03.12.11
Living in the “information age” and in a time of unprecedented technical achievement, it is difficult to explain the disconnect of many Americans between their actions and the consequence of those actions. Those of us who turn to the Bible...
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David E. Smith
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12.13.10
Illinois U.S. Representatives Don Manzullo and Peter Roskam and 40 of their colleagues in Congress are calling on President Barack Obama to acknowledge America’s Godly heritage.
Manzullo and Roskam co-signed a letter asking President Obama to correct remarks he recently...
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David E. Smith
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08.02.10
Missouri State Attorney General Chris Koster has called for the reversal of a federal court decision declarinig the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. Koster has joined 28 other state attorneys general in filing a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the 7th U.S....
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Rev. Thorin Anderson
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07.28.10
It has become an up-side down world. Arguments are being made, and heard, that a generation ago would have been considered absurd. Groups espousing homosexuality get favorable press while the Boy Scouts are excoriated. Marriage is mocked, honesty is considered...
07.12.10
Institute on Religion and Democracy
“Leaders of the PCUSA are still confused about the biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality. But we can take comfort that people in local Presbyterian churches do uphold the teaching.” — Alan Wisdom, IRD Vice...
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David E. Smith
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06.21.10
President Barack Obama is sold out to the radical homosexual agenda. One needs no more proof than his most recent pro-homosexual gesture, recognizing homosexual partners raising children in the official White House Proclamation on Father’s Day:
Nurturing families come in...
