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Is Obama’s Stance on Religious Liberty Credible?
02.10.16
I have tried to make sense of Mr. Obama's latest utterance about religious freedom. I am having a difficult celebrating his rhetoric. Somehow the President's recent words to the Islamic community in Baltimore about his regard for the religious freedoms of Americans fail to persuade and fall heavily upon the ear with a resounding lack of authenticity. His words of praise for religious freedom are again weighed down with multiple contradictions...
Washington Floral Artist’s Freedom Firmly Rooted in Federal, State Constitutional Law
02.08.16
Barronelle Stutzman, the sole owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Wash., has for her entire career served and employed people who identify as homosexual. Despite this, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Washington attorney general allege that she is guilty of unlawful discrimination because she acted consistent with her faith and declined to use her creative skills to beautify the same-sex ceremony of a long-time customer, Robert Ingersoll, and another man, Curt Freed.
Johnny Cash: The Unsung Disciple
By   |   02.08.16
On the 26th of this month, legendary singer/song-writer and iced-cool customer Johnny Cash would have celebrated his 85th birthday. Even as I write, his live version of “Folsom Prison Blues” click-clacks through my earbuds like a Southern Pacific boxcar over...
Gambling and Government
02.06.16
Americans do seem to like gambling. Look at all the people who raced to the local convenience stores to buy a ticket for the recent Powerball. State lotteries still seem to be going strong. Many analysts believe that as much as $120 million might be bet on the Super Bowl.
Engaging the Culture: What Does That Mean?
By   |   02.06.16
Back in the old days — so I’m told — Christians used to compete with one another to see who could reject culture the most. Sometimes this was good and necessary. For example, whatever you think of the Temperance Movement...
The Left is Pushing Hard Against Privacy Bills
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.04.16
The Leftist effort to sever objective immutable sex differences from both meaning and cultural recognition and to promote the fiction that one’s sex can change marches on. Within hours of the filing of the Pupil Physical Privacy Act (HB 4474)...
Three Reasons Why Marriage Matters
02.03.16
I'm getting married in May. My fiancé and I dated for three years before we got engaged and couldn't be more excited to start our lives together. But in reflecting on marriage and getting married in a culture that frankly has forgotten what marriage means, I wanted to share three reasons why I believe marriage matters.
February Worldview Event with Dr. Wayne Grudem
By David E. Smith   |   02.03.16
Last Chance to Register! Join us for a wonderful opportunity to take enhance your biblical worldview and equip you to more effectively engage the culture. Having an informed and consistent Christian worldview has never been more important than it is now as our culture is rapidly embracing a secular, non-biblical value system.
Defense Counsel Confident David Daleiden Will Walk Free for Planned Parenthood Videos
By Monte Larrick   |   02.02.16
An attorney representing two undercover life activists says, the defense is working vigorously to have the charges brought against David Daleiden and his associate dismissed. Daleiden’s attorney, Peter Breen, says that Planned Parenthood’s legal punches could bring even more negative...
So, You’re Done With Church?
By Rev. Thorin Anderson   |   02.02.16
I read the complaints and whining of Christians about their experiences with other Christians and  churches and, if it weren’t for the fact that I fall into the same discouragement about churches and Christians from time-to-time, I would scream out,...
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