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Trouble in Paradise Wed May 9Ken Connor"Prosperity theology is a false theology. . . . TBN has been a huge embarrassment to evangelical Christianity for decades." R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It's a drama fit for reality television: Larger than life characters, familial infighting, private jets, mansions, pink poodles, and of course contentious litigation. ... more
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Susan Brown"The mind of a bigot," wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract." In other words, bigots tend to shrink in size and weight the closer they get to the truth. ... more
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Spotlighting Christ Tue May 1Marvin Olasky"Congrats, seniors, this will be a heck of a graduation." That's how a New York University press release breathlessly announced the commencement snaring of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Other schools swoon over presidents: Barack Obama will speak at Barnard College (Columbia University) and Bill Clinton at little Columbia College in South Carolina. ... more
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Chuck Colson, Sin, and the Power of Love Tue May 1Rebecca HagelinThe cynics and pragmatists fail to understand the real truth behind Chuck Colson’s second chance: Chuck Colson was a man who sinned and then fell in love with a Person—and everything was changed. ... more
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Mitt-Stake Sat Apr 28Steve DeaceThere is raging debate within American Christendom about what to do with Mitt Romney. Three schools of thought have emerged. ... more
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Do You Support “Anyone But Obama”? Mon Apr 23Michael BrownLet’s assume that you stridently oppose the reelection of President Obama but you are just not sold on Governor Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate. Do you vote for Romney, since “anyone is better than Obama,” or do you chart a very different course, even sacrificing this election for the long term sake of the country? ... more
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20 Only In America Ironies Tue Apr 10John Hawkins1) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event. ... more
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Michael BrownIf we follow the logic of the Supreme Court, a Muslim could lead the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship club on your local campus. As absurd as this sounds, it is the very real, potential outcome of some recent Court rulings, and it is in keeping with the decisions made independently by a number of colleges and universities. ... more
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Religion and Politics: An Unholy Mix Thu Apr 5Steve ChapmanOne day, in a sardonic jibe at some conservative who was piously claiming the mantle of heaven, I told my wife, "Don't forget, God's a Republican." Without missing a beat, she replied, "But his son's a Democrat." ... more
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Overplaying the Hate Card Tue Apr 3Robert KnightIf Oscars were awarded for liberal hysteria, California’s Barbara Lee would be a perennial contender for Best Blamer. ... more
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Joel OsterIn El Paso, Texas, Democrat Mayor John Cook is literally doing whatever he can to cram his political preferences down the throats of El Pasoans who voted against him. ... more
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President Obama's Kulturkampf? Fri Mar 23Ken BlackwellTIME Magazine’s nation editor, Amy Sullivan, thinks all this talk of President Obama’s “war” on religious liberty is overwrought. She told a recent Georgetown gathering that it was absurd to claim the latest Mandate from HHS ranks with such horrible events in American history as the Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844. ... more
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How the Apostates Take Over, Part 1 Sun Mar 18Michael YoussefThe evangelical church is under constant threat to compromise its reliance on biblical truth. The human desire to be accepted, to not be seen as “outside the mainstream,” can be overwhelming. But that desire is our weakness, our downfall. It does not always immediately destroy the dam we build to protect the waters of truth, but instead it leads to tiny fissures that grow until destruction is inevitable. ... more
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GCB: Good Christians Bashed Fri Mar 9Brent BozellAt the same time Washington was ablaze with outrage at the idea that Rush Limbaugh insulted a woman as a "slut," ABC premiered a new Sunday night show called "GCB" -- shortened from "Good Christian Bitches." Limbaugh apologized. ABC displays no such contrition. ... more
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