By
David E. Smith
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06.17.10
Earlier this week, we sent you an article by Laurie Higgins regarding the controversial statement by Governor Mitch Daniel (R-IN) to the Weekly Standard that “‘the next president, whoever he is, would have to call a truce on the so-called...
By
Laurie Higgins
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06.15.10
In recent weeks, I have had several conversations with friends regarding the relative importance of the social issues when making voting decisions. These conversations intensified following some statements made by Indiana governor and rumored presidential aspirant, Republican Mitch Daniels, who...
Most, if not all of us, would readily agree that there are objective truths in the world. For instance, almost everyone would agree that Newton’s Law of Gravity is an objective truth in that its truthfulness is not dependent upon...
This is part II of a two-part paper on The Objectivity of Truth (see Part I). You may be asking yourself, “What is the point of this discussion?” “Why are ‘moral objective truths’ important?” “Why can’t we all just get...
04.14.10
By Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson –The Center for Vision & Values
Many Christians over many years have been beguiled by the Religious Left’s use of the term “social justice.” This is because Christians rightly love justice and hate injustice. But...
On January 4, 2010 the Illinois Family Institute posted an exclusive report titled: Obama Administration’s “Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan” Actually Putting Homeowners In Default or Foreclosure. The story detailed how a central Illinois family was told they were eligible...
By
Laurie Higgins
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01.26.10
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia‘s son Paul Scalia is an ordained Roman Catholic priest. Here is an excerpt from a blog post by Hadley Arkes, Ney Professor of Jurisprudence at Amherst College, writing about one of Father Scalia’s homilies:
The...
By
David E. Smith
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12.21.09
It seems as though that the joyous “Merry Christmas” greeting is beating out the politically correct and generic “Happy Holidays” slogan this year. In recent years public pressure has been applied to stores that refused to acknowledge that the holiday...
By
David E. Smith
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10.15.09
A recent national survey of religious affiliations of Americans should give both church and pro-family leaders much to ponder regarding the possible future moral and spiritual condition of our nation.
The new study, titled “American Nones: The Profile of the...
Did anyone catch exactly when the rhetoric went from “saving Medicare” to overhauling the entire American healthcare industry?
Throughout most of our married lives we have had health insurance. We enjoyed excellent care (despite the rumors to the contrary) while...
09.30.09
By Dr. Scott Lively –Defend the Family International
Scripture teaches in Genesis that when God created man in His image, He created us male and female. The implication is that God’s character spans the full spectrum of masculine and feminine...
By
Rev. Thorin Anderson
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08.26.09
When was the last time you heard someone say, “It’s a free country, isn’t it?” To many, freedom is now looked upon as a commodity, rather than a privilege, that may be exchanged for security or pleasure as lightly as...
‘Unintended consequences or collateral damage’ is fast becoming the legacy of the Obama administration.
After hearing about the unintended consequences of the cash for clunkers, a line out of the 2007 film Meet the Robinsons came to mind.
The Bowler...
By
Rev. Thorin Anderson
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08.10.09
Someone has defined insanity as continuing to use the same methods yet expecting different results. Whether this qualifies as a good definition of insanity or not, someone else will have to determine, but it is a good definition of foolishness....
By
Rev. Thorin Anderson
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08.05.09
For two generations now, the historic Calvinistic theology which permeated the early American psyche has been denied. Calvinism, for those unfamiliar with the Reformer, teaches among other things, that the human race is “totally depraved,” or without an inherent inclination...
