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The Fall of Western Snivelization
By   |   11.20.15
It is as though someone dropped our culture, what remains of it, into a fifty gallon drum of solvent, and then complained loudly when the whole thing wound up as a solution. That’s not the kind of solution I meant, complained the president.
Six Church Types That Try to Avoid Culture Wars
11.19.15
"If I could choose one more course for ministry training and preparation, it would be 'Courageous Leadership','' says Thom Rainer in a recent Christian Post article. Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, says that many challenges pastors and churches face now "can only be understood in the context of spiritual warfare" for which many church leaders are "ill-prepared."
Ask Gov. Bruce Rauner to Defund Planned Parenthood of ALL Taxdollars
By David E. Smith   |   11.19.15
Last month, Illinois Family Institute and the Christian Emergency League held a Jericho Prayer March around the executive mansion in Springfield.  More than two hundred people joined us to pray, protest, and call on Governor Bruce Rauner to end all...
U.S. Bishops Take a Stand Against Pornography, Applauded by NCOSE
11.18.15
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) applauds the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which voted today to adopt a formal statement about the crisis of pornography, entitled "Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography," at the annual Fall General Assembly. NCOSE commends the bishops' stand against pornography as exploitive and harmful material.
The Progressive ‘Super Story’ That Wasn’t
By Robert Knight   |   11.18.15
Media bias is less about slanted stories than about what’s covered – or not. For example, when a Muslim extremist cut off a woman co-worker’s head in Oklahoma City in September 2014, there was minimal coverage. A year later, the...
SCOTUS  to Hear  Major Abortion Case  on Women’s Health
By David E. Smith   |   11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is poised to render a decision next year that will be its most significant ruling on the abortion issue in more than twenty years.  The SCOTUS has agreed to hear a challenge...
High Court Revisits Abortion Rx Mandate
By David E. Smith   |   11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will revisit the legality of the Obama Administration’s contraceptive and abortion drug mandate in a crucial case this coming term. SCOTUS announced last Friday that it will hear another challenge to the...
Pot Dangerous? Mother’s Testimony Says Yes
By Monte Larrick   |   11.17.15
The big pot push is now underway in Illinois with the opening of what proponents call “medical” marijuana dispensaries. But an activist who blames her son’s suicide on his marijuana addiction warns what’s being rolled out in the Land of...
ISIS Attacks in Paris
By   |   11.17.15
Friday’s attack in Paris, when ISIS terrorists attacked a concert hall, a soccer stadium, and a neighborhood known for its cafes, killing at least 129 people and wounding another 350, was the second wave of terror launched against the City...
America’s Collegiate Shop of Horrors
By   |   11.16.15
If you’re outraged and don’t know why, but, since your BFFs are, you are too, then this column is for you. Trigger warning: If you’re one of those precious little snowflakes who #StandWithMizzou and support the #MillionStudentMarch, be warned: the...
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