By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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12.28.24
Word of the year candidates for 2024 included “Polarization"—Merriam-Webster’s choice. Dictionary.com opted for “demure.” They both had their reasons. My personal choice would be “comeback,” recognizing the remarkable reemergence of a political “has been” and his party winning both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
12.25.24
Merry Christmas! May the peace and love of “the baby born in Bethlehem” be in your heart this season and throughout the year. It is an amazing gift to be able to freely celebrate our faith and to proclaim the...
By Rev. Thorin Anderson
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12.24.24
If you are a Christian or a conservative, you are probably more optimistic than you were a year ago. Is it because Donald Trump won the election? Maybe, but his victory is only a symptom of something I believe is more significant: an important shift in the thinking of many Americans.
By Ecce Verum
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12.23.24
Jaguar, the British luxury vehicle manufacturer, recently released an unsettling 30-second advertisement. For a creepy half-minute, a group of more-or-less androgynous characters in idiosyncratic costumes and hairstyles exit a yellow elevator and take up various unsmiling poses in front of the camera. They eventually congregate by a boulder in the middle of a pink-tinted desert landscape to stare uncomfortably into your soul.
By Dr. Jerry Newcombe
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12.21.24
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm on December 26, 1776, General George Washington’s army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. This unlikely victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops. From these miracles (and others), was borne the United States of America..
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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12.20.24
His/Her name is Drew Stever. She holds a position as a female minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Drew is a transvestite who identifies as a man. I’m fairly confident she has found much support within her denomination, which is headquartered in Chicago.
By Kathy Valente
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12.19.24
Today, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified and removed her from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in a politically charged case she brought for alleged election interference related to the 2020 presidential election. That includes our good friend, Chaplain Stephen Lee.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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12.19.24
Seven Weeks Coffee is not just a coffee company–they are an effort that is whole-heartedly dedicated to the pro-life cause. In fact, Seven Weeks gets its name from the adorable fact that at seven weeks gestation, a baby is the same size as a coffee bean.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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12.18.24
"The rich young ruler rejected the greatest thing that could ever be offered to anyone– a Lordship relationship with Jesus Christ." In this special episode, Jenna and Alyssa sit down with Pastor Ceasar LeFlore to discuss the chaos of the culture from a biblical perspective. More specifically, Pastor LeFlore will address why Sabbath rest is not only relevant to Christians today, but necessary.
12.17.24
The sufficiency of Scripture is an essential foundation for the advance of the Gospel through our families and our churches.There are many places in God’s Word where He teaches us that the Bible is not only true, but sufficient. One of these texts is found in 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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12.16.24
The recent Supreme Court case, United States vs. Skrmetti, has become one of the biggest cases in America for minor children’s access to transgender treatments. This case is a result of the federal government’s lawsuit against the state of Tennessee for Senate Bill 1, which
By Bill Muehlenberg
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12.14.24
Christians need to be aware of what is happening in their world – both the good and the bad. Recent developments such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the new digital technologies is one such area, with books now pouring from the presses on these issues. Christians need to be assessing and examining these things in light of the biblical worldview.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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12.13.24
Adoption is beautiful. Adoption seeks to heal and restore a broken family situation for a child who desperately needs love, care, and support. In addition to adoption being a beautiful restoration of a broken family situation, it is the language God uses when describing His relationship with His people.
By Thomas Hampson
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12.12.24
A little over a week ago, America First Legal (AFL) released its “Parents Rights Toolkit” to help parents of children in public schools protect themselves and their children from the so-called experts who run our schools.
By Calvin Lindstrom
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12.12.24
In his book, History of the Plymouth Settlement, William Bradford wrote about the departure of the Pilgrims from Leyden, Holland. Of course, they would be called “the Pilgrims” only many years later.