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France’s (U.S. & U.K.) Growing Islamist Problem, by Ryan Mauro

The reaction to a recent Muslim robbery of a priest in France is a sad indication of where the country is headed. A Catholic officia lpointed out, “If it had been an imam or rabbi, he [the Interior Minister] would … Continue reading

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Here are characteristics of unchurched people that I’m seeing today.

1. They don’t all have big ‘problems.’: If you’re waiting for unchurched people to show up because their life is falling apart, you might wait a long time. Sure, there are always people in crisis who seek God out. But many … Continue reading

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Hatching, Matching, Dispatching

While catching up on the hidden rules of English behavior, especially religion, sadly I read the following, “religion is largely irrelevant to the lives of most English people nowadays” “marriage, death, and to a lesser extent birth, are now the … Continue reading

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Anti-Semitism: The Church of Scotland Takes the Low Road

My wife and I have Christian friends and family living in Europe. They are ashamed of their anti-Semitic governments. With the current administration in Washington DC, the country of my birth is heading in the same direction, and I am … Continue reading

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The Changing Importance of Marriage and Cultural Dysfunction, by Dr. Jim Eckman

The Changing Importance of Marriage and Cultural Dysfunction May 11th, 2013 | By Dr. Jim Eckman | Category: Culture & Wordview, Featured Issues The breakdown of marriage and its connection to childbearing in American culture is now a given:  In 1980, about 18% of … Continue reading

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LACON “Many Things in Few Words” addressed to those who think

“Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words, addressed to those who think,”originally appeared towards the end of 1820 as a series of aphorisms that comprise anecdotes and witticisms on various aspects of human existence. Authored by Rev. Charles Caleb Colton, a man … Continue reading

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Norwegians: Outsiders in Their Own Country by Bruce Bawe

My time of a two years in Paris–spread over eight summers, and now in my second summer in England–the cities of Reading and London–has revealed to me a different view of these countries than I believed existed. Vast migrations of … Continue reading

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Mises on the Social Security System, by Gary North

Mises on the Social Security System, by Gary North - May 04, 2013 Ludwig von Mises was resented by several generations of economists, 1912 (Theory of Money and Credit) until his death in October 1973. They had had reasons for this resentment. … Continue reading

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Human Sexuality and Biblical Ethics: Is There Hope? by Dr. Jim Eckman

Human Sexuality and Biblical Ethics: Is There Hope? May 4th, 2013 | By Dr. Jim Eckman | Category: Ethics, Featured Issues, Politics & Current Events Since the 1960s, American culture has experienced a tectonic shift in how it views human sexuality.  It began with the … Continue reading

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Why a Fine-Tuned Universe? by Robin Collins

Science is commonly thought to have undercut belief in God. As Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg famously remarked, “the more we find out about the universe, the more meaningless it all seems.” Yet, the discoveries of modern physics and … Continue reading

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