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December 10, 2023
The best way to fight HamasIt is possible to use Hamas’s most powerful weapon against it.
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February 26, 2022
Protect Taiwan the Eisenhower wayWill the Biden administration act to protect Taiwan?
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November 6, 2021
The Big Truth: Election 2020 Really Was RiggedMollie Hemingway has written a blockbuster book about all the strands of deception and falsehoods that converged to take down Donald Trump.
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January 10, 2021
Note to the Left: We Who Cast Legal Votes Have Nothing to Be Ashamed OfWe are not going back to sanctimonious leftists' and establishment Republicans' version of the GOP or Christian public piety.
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December 31, 2020
Stunning turn of events in PA may lead to Trump victoryPennsylvania comes through.
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December 12, 2020
We Don't Need SCOTUS to WinThe battle is not over. It was always going to boil down to the legislatures without SCOTUS.
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October 11, 2020
The Great Barrington Declaration says to end the lockdownOver 18,000 (and growing) medical public health scientists and medical practitioners have had enough.
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July 12, 2020
An Evil Counterfeit to the Jesus RevolutionBlack Lives Matter has little of God in it.
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July 11, 2020
Reagan said 'Make America Great Again'The U.S. Army didn't consider that phrase "covert white supremacy" back then.
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June 28, 2020
Should White Christians Wash Black People's Feet to Atone for Racism?Scripture doesn't seem to support it.
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June 13, 2020
The morality of calling in the National Guard to stop mayhemThe religious left is confused.
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June 5, 2020
Trump's church walk was a strong moveTo use his favorite word, Trump is a tough cookie.
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April 21, 2020
Radical Muslims mock Western and American corona weaknessWesterners pegged as wimps.
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April 12, 2020
Give me liberty or give me a mild feverThe only positive here is that we now know from observation and in fast motion how bad it is when the government runs the economy.
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February 9, 2020
Mitt Romney's self-righteousness and moral blindness are not heroicEveryone but Mitt could see that this partisan impeachment sham was orchestrated by the radical left just to get the president.
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January 24, 2020
Time to shut down the runaway impeachment trainWhy won't the defense counsel stop the runaway train? Here are some possibilities.
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January 17, 2020
GOP senators: Don't overthink impeachment scamGOP senators must not take the impeachment hatchet job seriously.
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December 15, 2019
Millennials and Christianity: Is there hope?Jesus was not afraid to confront and teach His culture. We need to do the same.
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February 17, 2019
Stop Sneering at Evangelicals for Supporting TrumpThroughout media and elsewhere, the Left accuses evangelicals of compromising faith and standards in regard to Donald Trump.
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February 14, 2019
Numbers tell the story: Is there a war between white cops and black men?Let's put the fatal shootings in perspective.
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November 8, 2018
Watch the House Democrats implode and Trump win in 2020Time to invest in popcorn futures.
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October 24, 2018
Cyrus is winning on the Korean PeninsulaDonald Trump is looking more and more like Cyrus of the Old Testament.
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August 15, 2018
Someone in the Bible used harsher language than Trump'sNot exactly a bit player, either. Omarosa, eat your heart out.
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August 5, 2018
The long game in North Korea negotiationsThe BBC is giddy that North Korea's nuclear program is ongoing. But that's not the point.
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July 22, 2018
The Protestant Work Ethic and the Founding of AmericaEven nations not known for this religious element can implement it to their advantage.
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June 16, 2018
On laughing it up and shaking hands with evil dictatorsWhat should Trump have done differently in North Korea? Spat at Kim Jong-un?
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June 14, 2018
Ten Positives from the Trump-Kim SummitMillions of South Koreans have been praying for this time.
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June 9, 2018
Flaws in 'Death Roe'Liberal justices are simply going on fishing trips looking for rights by which they can impose their own politicized will on we the people.
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June 2, 2018
Judge commands Iowa not to reduce number of babies killedAn Iowa judge has blocked the restrictions that the Iowa legislature had placed on abortions when a baby's heartbeat can be detected.
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April 26, 2018
Macron's speech: Mostly positive but with foiblesA likeable enough gentilhomme, but don't expect any substantive changes from him.
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February 18, 2018
The Aussie Invasion: Hillsong Hits America's ShoresHillsong, a Pentecostal mega-worship group, is making headway in the United States. Will it suffer the same decline of other mainline denominations, or will this operation thrive on foreign shores?
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February 1, 2018
Why Evangelicals support TrumpGod can use flawed people, and Evangelicals know this from personal experience.
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November 22, 2017
On the five-year anniversary of Colorado pot legalizationMarijuana has proven not as harmless as its advocates would like you to think.
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November 16, 2017
The Happy, Harmless QuranGarry Wills extends his vast capacity for misunderstanding to Islam.
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November 9, 2017
The DC blue bubble has consumed VirginiaReally, who can be surprised by Tuesday's election results?
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November 3, 2017
Why do terrorists yell 'Allahu akbar' when they attack?"Christians do it, too," we're supposed to believe now. There's one small difference.
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October 26, 2017
Another argument for marijuana put to restMarijuana was given to us by God, therefore it's okay. Well, no.
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October 17, 2017
Does Islam show the way to treat women respectfully?Please don't laugh. It's a serious question, posed by a columnist at a prominent news site.
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September 28, 2017
Flipping the Trump Phenomenon 180 degreesCould it be that a bulldozer president is what this country needs now?
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September 20, 2017
Trump's UN speech was propheticConservative Christians who know their Bible found a lot to like in Trump's U.N. speech Tuesday.
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September 15, 2017
Barnett, the slaveA look at American history removed from the celebrity figures, backed by primary sources.
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August 11, 2017
Let North Korea implodeIt may be that Kim Jong-un is on a self-destructive track, and all we have to do is let him do his thing.
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August 3, 2017
Special deals under the table for Congress and staff on Obamacare subsidiesIt's time for a reckoning.
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August 2, 2017
Positive Lessons from Indentured Servants in Colonial AmericaIt really wasn't that bad for indentured servants in colonial America.
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July 15, 2017
Challenges for Obamacare purists on the reach and scope of governmentThe American people like big government too much for Republicans to be able to do anything but incrementally ratchet it back.
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June 2, 2017
Is the Bible More Violent than the Quran?Software engineer Tom Anderson claims that the Bible is more violent than the Quran.
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May 11, 2017
The uncomfortable truth about that blasphemy conviction in IndonesiaIslamic law is totalitarian and must be stopped.
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May 5, 2017
Were the original Virginia colonists swashbuckling, irreligious, greedy Indian-killers?Let's see what the primary sources have to say.
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April 27, 2017
When colleges don't protest conservative speakers and facultyProvocateurs tend to get this sort of reaction.
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April 22, 2017
Should Turkey be allowed to join the European Union?Original Islam, and the version currently developing in Turkey, are incompatible with Western values.
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April 19, 2017
America's first call to prayer at a government meetingOfficial prayers have a long history in this country.
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April 9, 2017
Target (still) losing money after transgender ruleThe nationwide boycott by conservatives is having its desired outcome.
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April 1, 2017
Wisdom from Reagan during tough negotiationsAre the Freedom Caucus willing to get a percentage of what they want, or is their position 100% do or die?
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March 30, 2017
Bernie Sanders's and Dems' morally repugnant $19.8-trillion national debtExpect things to get better through Trump's presidency.
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March 29, 2017
Time for the GOP to uniteRepublicans need to quit it with the recriminations and start looking ahead.
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March 28, 2017
Nine questions about the GOP health care setbackPeople like their free government stuff too much for anything more conservative than the failed Trump-Ryan plan to work.
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March 25, 2017
Freedom Caucus sinks Trump-Ryan planTrump and the GOP need a win. Does the Freedom Caucus see that?
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March 20, 2017
Conservative winners and losers in the GOP health insurance programAfter eighty years of government programs, people like the programs.
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March 9, 2017
American College of Pediatricians doubles down on common senseCalls it "abusive" to cooperate with the transgender delusion.
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February 11, 2017
1685: When Quakers in Philadelphia tried to impeach a judgeMaybe they can teach us something.
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February 1, 2017
Stop worrying about the 'ISIS narrative'It's disheartening to see conservatives worry about the opinion of terrorists.
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January 29, 2017
Forget the Devil's PlaygroundThere are some accusers who will never let go of the past; they come across as bitter and angry. This is as true in politics as it is in daily life.
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January 21, 2017
The speech: Bulldoze and rebuildTrump's inaugural speech is a warning that his administration will not engage in business as usual. But it will be a time to rebuild as well.
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January 13, 2017
Deconstructing Roe v. WadeRoe v. Wade has achieved a divine status, like a textual god. But it's possible to expose its feet of clay.
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January 10, 2017
Meryl Streep's embarrassing Hollywood trifectaThere's not much left to respect in the "Hollywood foreign press."
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January 5, 2017
Obama's Disastrous LegacyA handy list of the failures that best define our outgoing 44th president.
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January 5, 2017
Time to boycott TurkeyBetter for Christian tourists to spend their money on Israel.
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December 22, 2016
The most dangerous verse in the QuranLet's review some of the basic bedrock facts about Islamic violence.
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December 21, 2016
Meet Trump's 'tremendous' Christian advisersThese evangelicals may be behind Trump's softer tone and conservative cabinet picks.
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December 19, 2016
The 'conservative' case for gender-free bathroomsAll hail theory over common sense.
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December 15, 2016
Believe in the American miracleMichael Medved lays out the many jaw-dropping circumstances that got America off the ground and flying higher than any other nation on Earth.
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November 18, 2016
News flash to protesters: Obama has deported 2.5 million illegalsWhy is it that only now we are seeing "Stop Deportations" signs?
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November 11, 2016
About That MandatePeople are rightly euphoric with Trump's stunning upset. But in their euphoria, conservative writers are over-interpreting the results.
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November 8, 2016
Good Luck Using the Bible to Defend AbortionWhether liberals like it or not, in God's eyes, the prenatal baby is just as sacred and deserving of a right to live as the postnatal baby.
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October 20, 2016
Please stop bashing the GOPIt is a sad fact that turbo-conservatives, particularly the ones who dominate talk TV and radio, have been spending far too long bashing the "establishment."
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October 13, 2016
California Stonin' on such a winter's dayIt will take decades to unravel the spell that the marijuana industry – soon to become Big Marijuana – has cast over Californians.
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September 1, 2016
Happy election results for GOP 'Establishment'Here's the new Trump effect: he's wearing on us, and we're nervous about him.
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August 29, 2016
The Battle for America's MindHere's the left's war plan. It's up to us to decide whether it's going to work.
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August 25, 2016
Sad day for religious liberty in French townWhat exactly is the purpose of the French ban on Islamic swimwear?
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August 22, 2016
Gender injustice at the Rio OlympicsThere's a reason the International Olympics Committee separate men from women in competition.
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August 11, 2016
The Second Amendment from the 18th-century yeoman's perspectiveLook at what brought about the Second Amendment, historically, from the level of the lower classes. It's not what Democrats want to hear, but it's the truth.
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August 10, 2016
The conservative media ghettoConservatives need to leave the self-created ghetto and mix it up in the much bigger world.
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July 20, 2016
Turn ISIS into losersMaybe Trump will follow a more aggressive strategy. After all, he likes to call people "losers."
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July 18, 2016
How to politicize a White House documentaryPolitics should have been left out of a documentary on the history and inner workings of the White House.
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July 2, 2016
State-sponsored discrimination against Bible-based ChristianityAnti-Christian bigotry rears its head in California.
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June 24, 2016
Stop calling us ‘Islamophobes’!Foreign Policy magazine has unloaded both barrels at those of us who ask questions and raise concerns about Islam.
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June 15, 2016
Obama confused about our civilizational struggle with IslamHe thinks the Orlando massacre and ISIS are all that he has to oppose. But it goes much deeper than that.
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June 10, 2016
Trump is conservative, but not a conservativeFar from destroying conservatism, Trump's in line with it. He's making the right great again.
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May 12, 2016
The GOP has not given everything Obama wantedIt's more accurate to call it acting like winners.
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May 7, 2016
Conservatism is not deadIt‘s the talk among some pundits that conservatism is dead, after political hodgepodge Donald Trump presumptively won the nomination of the Republican Party. Not so fast.
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April 28, 2016
NY Times flubs 'bathroom laws' concernsThe NYT is cynically exploiting the transgender controversy.
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April 26, 2016
The Postmodern Roots of Leftist PolicyLeftism might seem appealing to the naïve, but a look into the ideology's weird origins can help take the bloom off the rose.
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April 20, 2016
The battle between gender ideology and factFact seems to be floundering, with only a few institutions left willing to defend what's true.
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April 12, 2016
Could Dark Red Ted Defeat Dark Blue Hillary in Purple America?Issue-by-important-issue: where they stand and where the public stands.
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April 12, 2016
VIDEO: Sexual predators take advantage of transgender lawsIt may not have been intended, but it was predictable.
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April 8, 2016
Stop fussing about Mississippi's non-discrimination lawThere's no reason for the LGBT left to throw a fit on this one.
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April 1, 2016
GOP should abandon Rule 40B in 2016It's best for the GOP to keep all its options open, in order to get the best nominee.
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March 23, 2016
Toward a solution to Islamic terrorism post-BrusselsThis is the only thing that will work. It won't be easy.
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March 17, 2016
Why Trump Might Win It AllHere's why the voters may well pick a reality star over Hillary Clinton for the presidency.
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February 26, 2016
The GOP’s Houston debateThe strategy of the night was Cruz’s and Rubio’s attack on Trump. Will it be enough?
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February 22, 2016
Gov. Reagan's Secret MissionsToday's GOP ignores minorities at its own peril, as Governor Reagan could have attested.
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February 22, 2016
Easy predictionsHere are the easy predictions that will happen over the next three to five weeks.
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February 14, 2016
Last Night's GOP Debate: Lies and LiarsThe main story for the night was anger and passion. Does this help or hurt the GOP's prospects in November?
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February 11, 2016
NH's broken moral compassIf New Hampshire represents all of America, then she is in big trouble.
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February 7, 2016
Trouble ahead for Mr. Cruz?Nate Cohn has outlined the election troubles for Mr. Cruz in the next several primaries.
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February 3, 2016
In Defense of the GOP EstablishmentThe imperfect, DC GOP Establishment has the most difficult job in politics.
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January 27, 2016
Why Sharia Is Incompatible with American ValuesWe all perceive the barbarity of Islamic law instinctively, but it's good to put down why in plain language.
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January 18, 2016
Ten Reasons to Vote for RubioIt's now time to get serious about who can win in the general.
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January 16, 2016
Did Taranto rescue Cruz from Brooks's brutalism remark?Why did the SCOTUS hear the case in the first place?
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January 15, 2016
The Debate: How It All Went DownWhat did the forty-two percent who don't self-identify as conservative or liberal see? How about the selfie voters in the millennial bracket?
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January 7, 2016
How Conservatives Can Read America AccuratelyHow can self-identified conservatives live so far right and scare away many people, all while being so confident that their brand of conservatism is the only way?
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December 23, 2015
WSJ's Bret Stephens: Conservatives want Hillary so they can stay angryDoes he have a point?
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December 17, 2015
Use the <em>other</em> kind of carpet bombing on ISISIt's time for some good old fashioned psyops.
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December 16, 2015
GOP December 2015 debate: Another viewThe debate was much stronger for everyone – except perhaps for Trump.
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December 13, 2015
The Study Quran Raises QuestionsA new scholarly edition of the Quran puts a spotlight on the question: can Islam reform itself?
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December 10, 2015
Is This the First Step toward Islamic Reform?An open letter to the "caliph" of ISIS may show a step in the right direction for Islam. But it also may not be enough.
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December 8, 2015
Irony in the president's Sunday speechThe president should stop lecturing us about Islam.
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December 3, 2015
Time to Reform IslamIslamic law must be reformed. But will we see it in our lifetime?
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December 2, 2015
Don't count you nomination chickens before they're hatchedTrump's not inevitable. No one is.
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December 1, 2015
Axis of Sophomores: Obama-Hillary-KerryThough they're wise in their own eyes, these three leftists own America's diminishment and the predictable subsequent chaos around the world.
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November 22, 2015
How the Left Misreads World AffairsThe right is susceptible to misreading their own country, while the left has a knack for misreading the world around us.
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November 19, 2015
Understanding and defeating ISISWhatever we do, we must not "misunderestimate" our enemy, as many in the West seem to do.
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November 16, 2015
Reducing the Number of Terrorist AttacksWill Europe capitulate and accept the new normal?
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November 15, 2015
Paris attacks and the left's foreign policyHere's the chain of responsibility for the Paris massacre, in causal order.
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November 14, 2015
Will Breaking Moral Law Break America?Humans cannot override the “great unwritten, unshakable traditions … [that] live forever, from the first of time.” If people do, they will crack and break.
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November 11, 2015
Debate takeaways: candidate by candidateBush: I feel for him. His eyes seem anxious and overly polite, his smile unsure, and such is his demeanor. It’s a pity, for his governorship in Florida was sound enough. But his campaign is slowly dying.
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November 8, 2015
How the GOP Can Dominate Politics Past 2020Here's how the GOP can stop America's national mood swings and keep victories coming well after 2016.
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November 6, 2015
Black-Robed Neo-Monarchs v. The PeopleHow should conservatives deal with a Supreme Court that has taken on the role of royalty?
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November 6, 2015
How to misread the Kentucky gubernatorial victoryConservatives have a bad habit of miscalculating election victories.
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November 3, 2015
Heather Mac Donald vs. the legalization mythAn important piece about crime, drugs, marijuana, and prison sentences.
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October 31, 2015
The Law Teaches Virtue and Restrains Vice"You can't legislate morality!" is nonsense.
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October 28, 2015
Five Myths About Marijuana and YouMarijuana legalizers -- Big Marijuana -- have told half-truths and outright lies against common sense and the science that doesn’t suit them.
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October 23, 2015
Five myths about marijuana and societyThe human and monetary social cost of legalizing marijuana is too high, with little in the way of benefits.
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October 13, 2015
Not So Fast with Legalizing Recreational MarijuanaSince science and common sense don’t support any health benefit from recreational cannabis, no federal agency, particularly the FDA, should approve its recreational use.
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October 12, 2015
No, Rev. Wright, Jesus wasn't a 'Palestinian'; he called his homeland 'Israel'Jeremiah Wright doesn't know his biblical scripture.
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October 10, 2015
Ten Health Risks in Smoking PotNot everyone who smokes marijuana will get addicted, but does a reasonable person want to risk it?
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September 27, 2015
Our Partial Victory in VietnamThe word victory may come as a surprise, but that's what it was...until leftists ruined it.
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September 22, 2015
Should a woman appear on U.S. currency?There's a virtue in honoring a woman involved in our Founding by placing her on a bill.
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September 22, 2015
The issue with Ben Carson's Muslim president commentsThe Constitution does not allow a religious test for potential presidents. On the other hand...
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September 17, 2015
Revisiting Watergate: A Review of the <em>Real</em> Watergate ScandalWas Richard Nixon innocent after all?
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September 10, 2015
So What's Wrong with Socialism Anyway?What if Leftists rebrand their ideology and hide it under a current political party in American politics?
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September 4, 2015
America the SuckifulHere are ten arguments from America-hating leftists and how to rebut them.
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September 4, 2015
Trump and Hispanic VotersWhenever polls defy your common sense, bet on your own brain and logic.
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August 2, 2015
Presidential Temperament and TrumpLook at the last hundred years' worth of presidents, and you'll notice a trend of which Trump can't partake.
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July 23, 2015
In Praise of My Hispanic-Background StudentsWhen conservatives engage in over-the-top rhetoric, we lose the gentle powers of persuasion and reason, the short-term battles and long-term war of ideas. Immigration is only one example.
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July 15, 2015
The Left's track record on international relationsThe history of miscalculations and misreadings show the Left to be like little children who don’t understand stranger danger.
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February 24, 2013
The Biblical Norm for MarriageIs biblical marriage an evolving social construct? Not even close.
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January 27, 2013
Did God Exalt Obama to the Presidency?If you're a believer who takes the Bible seriously, you have asked yourself this question many times.
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January 19, 2013
You Might Be a Hyper-Conservative If...Hyper-conservatives have forgotten what conservatism is. So, here it is in a nutshell: fiscal discipline, free enterprise, constitutionally limited government, and low taxes; moral standards,and peace through strength.
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January 13, 2013
Ten Non-Religious Reasons to Keep Marriage TraditionalWill radical, iconoclastic leftists get their way again, as they seek to destroy another beautiful, stable, and honored tradition?
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January 5, 2013
From Same-Sex Marriage to Polygamy and PolyandryBut if we redefine marriage for one group, there's no logical reason to deny other nonconformist advocates their right to do so, especially if they successfully argue their version of marriage on utilitarian grounds.
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December 16, 2012
Destructive ShepherdsOur Founders looked through Greek, Roman, and biblical authors to find general principles to guide them as they set up this nation and instilled in it a genetic code. So should we.
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December 2, 2012
The Biblical Case for Reparative TherapyAll of the biblical and historical passages add up to this one main thing: change is possible for anyone. Is it our government's place to deny this, or to forbid it?
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November 24, 2012
Suppressing Reparative Therapy Is Suppressing FreedomA new California law stands to send the concept of liberty in that state even farther down the memory hole.
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November 15, 2012
This Is Your Life under ObamacareThough it is hard to bear for leftist utopians, sometimes there are no ultimate solutions to social inequalities from big government.
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November 11, 2012
Why Mitt Lost and Obama Won: A Different PerspectiveYou have cold, rational economic reality on your side, but people have the warm pleasure principle inside them. That need for pleasure may explain, in a big way, why Republicans lost seats in the Senate and the House.
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September 30, 2012
America the Blasphemous?It may not be well-known that America has some knowledge of anti-blasphemy laws, for at our earliest founding the colonial leaders imposed them.
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September 23, 2012
The Biblical Way to Care for the PoorWe shouldn't bring the old laws forward to today in all their literalness and details. But we can find enlightenment in the Bible's general principles.
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September 16, 2012
Sixteen Reasons Why Islam Is Not the Religion of PeaceA comprehensive guide on the inherent warlike nature of Islam.
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September 9, 2012
The Biblical Case for Limited Government and Low TaxesDo liberals have the right to the moral high ground when it comes to government spending? Not if we follow what the Bible recommends.
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June 30, 2012
What Just Happened in Down-to-Earth TermsI'll let the Con lawyers sort out when a tax is not a tax. I see it in terms that we average Americans can understand.
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November 30, 2011
Game Show GovernmentDemocrats advocate Game Show Government. "Vote for us, and we'll give away cash and prizes. We'll send you a check!" Now our checks are no good because our account is overdrawn.
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November 11, 2011
What the recent elections really meanAmericans are not mainly conservative, no matter how much Rush says they are. They like "Game Show Government" which gives away cash and prizes. "Vote for us, and we'll send you a check."
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February 16, 2008
Does Shariah Promote Human Rights?The Archbishop of Canterbury says that implementing or permitting some parts of Shariah (Islamic law) is unavoidable. It may be true that some parts of Islamic law are only about halal (clean) foods, but other parts -- not so.
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October 20, 2007
Do Oral Traditions 'Lie' Behind the Written Gospels?How was the ministry of Jesus -- his words and deeds -- passed on for a few decades until they were written or recorded in the Gospels we have now?
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October 14, 2007
Did Jesus Even Exist? Can you have an effect without a cause?The hyper-skepticism about the existence of the historical Jesus deserves serious attention.
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October 6, 2007
Archaeology and John's Gospel: Is skepticism chic passé?John is known as the spiritual Gospel because, among other reasons, it has extended metaphorical discourses. Until recently, much scholarship did not take seriously the topographical or historical details.
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September 29, 2007
Archaeology and the Synoptic Gospels: Which way do the rocks roll?Archaeology and the Bible have an uneasy relationship. Many textual scholars have little use for archaeology. Discoveries happen often, whereas the written text is stable by comparison.
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September 22, 2007
Q & A on the Historical Reliability of the Gospels: Introduction to a SeriesChristianity has always been the religion of the Book, the Bible. There is no pleasant way to put this: In the past decade the Gospels have been assaulted by the Religious Left or liberal scholars and by other critics.
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August 18, 2007
What to do to with Hostages to IslamistsIslamists are in a global war. They would like to impose their religion on the world. In Afghanistan, they are at war with non-Muslims, and they include Koreans among those with whom they struggle.
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July 15, 2007
Jesus Called it 'Israel'The Palestinian media say that Jesus was a Palestinian. A Dutch film says the same. Would the so-called "historical" Jesus recognize the label?
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June 17, 2007
Is the New Testament Anti-Semitic?The Christian friends of Israel regard the entire Bible as inspired and inerrant. But the New Testament is supposedly anti-Semitic. So why would they support Israel and the Jewish community?
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June 10, 2007
The truth about Muslim-Christian marriages: Some Friendly Advice to ChristiansIslam says that a Muslim man is allowed to marry a Christian woman, but a Christian man is not permitted to marry a Muslim woman. What does the Quran say on the matter? What does the New Testament teach on interfaith marriages?
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June 3, 2007
Muhammad and the Jews: Why the Hostility Today?Many millions of Muslims in the Arab world and beyond have a deep hostility towards Jews or "the Jew." It seems to have reached a metaphysical level or descended into a debased, irrational state of mind. The question is: where does the hate come from?
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May 26, 2007
Pacifism and the Sword: Fight or Flight?What if the Church is targeted for persecution by the government or by large groups of extremists, but the government does not come to the aid of Christians?
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May 23, 2007
In search of Islamic reformTawfik Hamid would like to reform Islam, he writes in Opinion Journal. He is on the right path
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May 17, 2007
Islamberg: American Powderkeg?This is the official website of a compound made up of Muslims in upstate NY. But here is an exposé on the compound. Some troubling signs are emerging.
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May 12, 2007
Postmodernism and the Bible: ConclusionThis article is Part Eight, the conclusion to the series on postmodernism and the Bible. I chose the Bible as the focus of the series, since it is a cornerstone of western civilization.
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May 5, 2007
Alternatives to Postmodern Hyper-skepticismPostmodernism brings us pessimism about acquiring knowledge and truth and achieving an accurate, sensible interpretation of the Bible.
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April 28, 2007
The De-Deconstructed JesusIn modern Jesus scholarship that has apparently drunk deep of postmodern hyper-skepticism, he has been deconstructed to become a demythologized laconic teacher, the Pagan Christ, a Gnostic revealer
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April 21, 2007
The Deconstructed JesusDeconstruction overturns privileged hierarchy and meaning. Defenders promise us that they do not practice Anything Goes in their deconstruction of texts. Do they keep their promise? How do we verify it?
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April 14, 2007
Deconstruction: a primerIt seems that everyone in the media uses the terms "deconstruction" or "deconstruct."
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April 7, 2007
Postmodern Truth SoupOne postmodern theorist states: "Postmodernism swims, even wallows, in the fragmentary and the chaotic currents of change as if that is all there is"
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March 31, 2007
The Origins of PostmodernismDoes postmodernism spring out of the head of Zeus unconceived or misconceived? Or does it carry a heavy debt on its back to earlier movements and trends?
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March 24, 2007
The Family Tomb of Jesus?Famed movie director James Cameron is among those climbing on the bandwagon of publicity over a supposed tomb of Jesus. Ossuaries, repositories of bones, were discovered in a family tomb in Jerusalem in 1980
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March 17, 2007
Postmodernism and the Bible: IntroductionPostmodernism is leveling multiple challenges at longstanding interpretations of the Bible and at the sacred text itself.
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March 10, 2007
Review of Bart D. Ehrman's Misquoting JesusBart D. Ehrman has questioned the substantial integrity of the transmission of the New Testament manuscripts. Some orthodox scribes in the early church and later corrupted the New Testament to sustain and fortify their own theology, he says
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March 3, 2007
The Manuscripts Tell the Story: The New Testament Is ReliableIt is possible to reach back to the original (autograph) books and letters of the New Testament, though the originals no longer exist.
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February 24, 2007
New Testament Manuscripts: Discovery and ClassificationThis article is the third in a four-part series on New Testament textual criticism. It provides basic facts on how some of the New Testament manuscripts were discovered and how they are classified.
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February 14, 2007
Iraqi geography and some perspectiveMost (not all) of the car bombs have been detonated in Baghdad. It's time to get a perspective on that.
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February 11, 2007
New Testament Manuscripts: the Right StuffThis article comes second in a four-part series on New Testament textual criticism. It answers questions about the material and process of making the pages of a document, along with the scribal art of writing.
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February 8, 2007
Muslims rebuke Pope in Open LetterOne hundred Islamic scholars have signed an Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI. It explains how he got things wrong in his lecture at the University of Regensburg.
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February 3, 2007
New Testament Manuscripts: The Basic FactsThis article is the first in a four-part series on New Testament textual criticism. It provides the basics on this science and art
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January 20, 2007
Miracles and New Testament Studies: ConclusionThe purpose of the series on miracles has been to keep the door to miracles open. If it is slammed shut before they have a chance to be investigated, then that answers the question always in favor of a closed natural system that excludes the supernatural
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January 13, 2007
Do Miracles Happen Today?Has anyone recovered immediately after words of prayer or even commands of healing have been spoken? It is time to investigate this and apply the results to philosophical and theological arguments.
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January 6, 2007
Miracles and the Laws of NatureMiracles, if they happen, are exceedingly rare, but compared to what?
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December 29, 2006
Don't forget thisAlamgir Hussain's article today is very nice. But he shouldn't forget Surah 98:6, in regard to Jews and Christians:
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December 25, 2006
Fortifying Hume's Miracle Prison (2): Miracles and Historical TestimonyIn our Part Two here, we turn our attention towards the historian's task of investigating past events. The same problems confronting the believer in the realm of science emerge in the realm of history. The same basic regularities that happen today also happened in the past, so they preclude miracles. Or the regularity of past and present events makes miracles highly improbable compared to people's testimony.
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December 24, 2006
Hume's Miracle Prison: How They Got Out AliveOne of the great geniuses of the Enlightenment was David Hume (1711-1776). In his essay on miracles (Section X) in his book Enquiries concerning Human Understanding, he doubts that miracles have ever occurred and even can occur.
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December 23, 2006
Miracles and New Testament StudiesIn an article about Jesus by Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek, he asserts that Jesus starts out as a human Jewish prophet, but that the Church in the first four centuries turned him into the majestic Messiah and worldwide Savior. Though Meacham's rationalist version of church history was written recently (March 2006), it has been circulating for over two hundred years, and it will crop up again and again.
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December 22, 2006
Pacifism and the Sword: ConclusionThis article is the conclusion of the seven-part series on pacifism and the sword in the New Testament. The purpose of the series has been to bring clarity to many contradictory and confusing opinions circulating around the web and in the print media.
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December 16, 2006
Q and A on pacifism and the swordChristians are commanded to love their enemies, so are Christian soldiers and police officers permitted to kill them? How can they maintain their witness about God when they may have to pull the trigger?
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December 10, 2006
Should a State Turn the Other Cheek?I have often heard confusing and confused uses of "turn the other cheek." The saying seems so imbalanced and out of touch with reality, as it circulates around the world, out of context and isolated. Someone gets punched, and he is told to turn the other cheek. I also hear pacifists say this to the government when it is about to respond to an attack.
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December 2, 2006
Church and State - and the SwordConfusion too often prevails over discussions on the relation between the Church and the State. Things get even more complicated when the sword - military and law enforcement - is brought into the debate.
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November 25, 2006
Officers, Soldiers, and GodAccording to the New Testament, is it possible to be honored by God and be a weapon-carrying soldier or law enforcement officer, at the same time? Does God approve of soldiers and officers of the State? Does he condemn the military? If not, may individual Christians serve, Scripturally speaking, in law enforcement and the military?
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November 20, 2006
Pacifism and the Sword in the GospelsDid Jesus endorse and encourage violence in the four Gospels, presumably a righteous kind of violence? Did he call his original disciples to this? Did he order all of his disciples to really buy swords? Two verses may indicate that he did these things.
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November 11, 2006
Christians, Pacifism and the Sword -
October 8, 2006
Jesus and the 'sword verse' -
May 21, 2006
Jesus and Muhammad: Major Differences (2) -
May 20, 2006
Jesus and Muhammad: Major Differences (1) -
May 13, 2006
Jesus and Muhammad on Wealth -
May 6, 2006
Were Jesus and Muhammad sinless? -
April 9, 2006
Islam Apologists Tell a Partial Story -
April 2, 2006
Apostasy in the Quran, Traditions, and Islamic Law -
March 26, 2006
The non-speech on Islam and Coexistence (2) -
March 25, 2006
The Non-speech on Islam and Coexistence (1) -
March 18, 2006
Saul and Gideon in the Quran: Revelation or Confusion? -
March 8, 2006
Muhammad's Dead Poets Society -
February 25, 2006
Muhammad and Massacre of the Qurayza Jews -
February 18, 2006
Why I don't convert to Islam (3) -
February 11, 2006
Why I don't convert to Islam (2) -
January 28, 2006
Why I don't convert to Islam (1) -
January 15, 2006
Insulting and threatening Jesus and Muhammad -
January 8, 2006
Torture in the Quran and early Islam -
December 4, 2005
Islam's mystical claim on Jerusalem -
November 27, 2005
The Truth about Islamic Crusades and Imperialism -
November 13, 2005
Top ten rules in the Quran that oppress women -
October 20, 2005
Slave-girls as sexual property in the Quran -
October 8, 2005
Women are inferior to men in the Quran -
September 24, 2005
'Plowing fields' and marrying little girls in the Quran -
September 17, 2005
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August 28, 2005
Muhammad and Jesus against Satan -
August 21, 2005
Email dialogue -
August 16, 2005
Why I write hard-hitting articles on Islam -
August 13, 2005
Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies -
August 7, 2005
Ill legal jihad in the Quran and early Islam (2) -
August 6, 2005
Ill legal jihad in the Quran and early Islam (1) -
July 24, 2005
Muhammad's 'aye' for an eye: law of retaliation in Islam -
July 16, 2005
Insulting Muhammad: Free speech, and death in Islam -
June 30, 2005
Muhammad and the Jews -
June 25, 2005
Islamic law is not gay -
June 19, 2005
Crucifixion and mutilation in early Islam -
May 28, 2005
A Brief Explanation of the Trinity -
May 18, 2005
Flogging and stoning adulterers in the Quran -
May 7, 2005
The Jews should own the 'Kingdom of Heaven' -
April 21, 2005
Did Jesus or Muhammad wield the sword�or did both? -
April 12, 2005
Thieves, give Muhammad a hand! -
April 2, 2005
Does Islam improve on Christianity? -
March 26, 2005
Confusion over Christ: Meacham and Newsweek -
March 16, 2005
The fatal flaw in communism -
March 9, 2005
Top ten reasons why Islam is not the religion of peace -
March 3, 2005
Martyrdom? What a bargain! -
February 14, 2005
Domestic violence in the Quran -
February 4, 2005
Pelosi is left and wrong -
January 26, 2005
Allah's special little apes and pigs -
January 8, 2005
Jihad: Quran 9:123 v. Matthew 10:34 -
January 2, 2005
Ayatollah Khamenei in his own words -
December 28, 2004
Muhammad's wars v. God's wars -
December 17, 2004
Meacham on the (non)virgin birth -
November 14, 2004
Islam(ists) and religious world domination -
October 30, 2004
The evangelical religious left and Bush -
October 12, 2004
Muhammad's (non)assassinations of (non)victims -
September 19, 2004
(Non)excessive punishments in the Quran -
September 6, 2004
Facts v. Revelations in the Quran -
August 16, 2004
The Muslim Crusades -
August 11, 2004
Liberation or Domination? -
August 9, 2004
Terrorism at its root -
August 5, 2004
Two Muslims, an Evangelical, and Jerusalem -
August 4, 2004
Jihad over Jerusalem (2) -
August 3, 2004
Jihad over Jerusalem (1) -
July 30, 2004
Seeds of Jihad (2) -
July 28, 2004
Seeds of Jihad (1) -
July 14, 2004
Terrorist logic and the November elections -
July 9, 2004
The terrorist logic of strength -
July 7, 2004
Kerry's plan -
June 30, 2004
The logic of weakness -
June 17, 2004
Ten timeless lessons of an earlier reform -
June 9, 2004
The true source of Islamic terrorism