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Kerby Anderson: Blessings and Judgment

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:42 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Introduction

Is God blessing America? Will God bring judgment against America? These are questions I often hear, and yet rarely do we hear good answers to these questions. Part of the reason is that Christians haven’t really studied the subject of blessings and judgment.

In this article we deal with this difficult and controversial subject. While we may not be able to come to definitive answers to all of these questions, I think we will have a better understanding of what blessings and judgment are from a biblical perspective.

Bryan Fischer: Why pro-family Americans should care about what JCPenney does

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:10:04 GMT

As you are certainly aware by now, JCPenney has chosen an open and avowed lesbian to serve as the face of the company. This spokesman is by all accounts warm, engaging and funny. But she is more known by America for what she does off camera than on.

Why should this matter to pro-family Americans? It matters for one simple reason: role models matter.

Bryan Fischer: Santorum sweep: is America ready for a return to values?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:05:06 GMT

Wow. A clean sweep for Rick Santorum in last night's primary contests. Santorum won Colorado (40-35 over Mitt Romney), Minnesota (45-27 over the gangrushing Ron Paul in this caucus state) and Missouri (55-25 over Romney) by convincing margins. While Romney outspent Santorum by a considerable amount, voters in these states chose the underfunded underdog, who may not be an underdog for much longer.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Welcome to the Priesthood

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:05:40 GMT

As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,” and, “A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy (I Peter 2:4-10).

David Limbaugh: Obama Says He Deserves a Second Term; Let's Consider

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:50 GMT

President Obama told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview Sunday, "I deserve a second term." Well, let's see.

He had the courage to tell the Supreme Court off for daring to defy him in its campaign finance law ruling. And he did it during his State of the Union speech, when they weren't in a position to object, showing just what a marvelous tactician he is.

Bryan Fischer: JCPenney’s calls for pro-family boycott of its own stores

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:14:32 GMT

As you of course are aware by now, OneMillionMoms.com, a division of the American Family Association, has urged its members to call JCPenney to urge them to abandon their choice of Ellen DeGeneres as the public face of the company.

DeGeneres, of course, is an open lesbian, and thus is a role model for a dangerous and self-destructive sexual lifestyle. Yet JCPenney’s insists that Ms. DeGeneres exemplifies the cherished values of the company.

Yes, It Is Halftime In America – So Now Is The Time To Get Your Financial Priorities In Order

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:53:06 GMT

Did you see the Chrysler commercial featuring Clint Eastwood that aired during the Super Bowl the other night? It was entitled "It's Halftime In America", and it was truly a great ad. To me, it was the most memorable Super Bowl ad this year by far. It conjured up images of the America that so many of us remember so fondly. It reminded us of how life in this country used to be.

Chuck Norris: Waging war on the trifecta of tyranny

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:46:46 GMT

As a six-time undefeated middleweight world karate champion, I have a pretty good idea what makes a warrior. And there’s presently one particular presidential candidate in the political ring who wears those gloves better than the others. Even when he’s knocked down, he has astounding agility and rebound.

It’s one thing to enter a ring with a single opponent, but what if you had to enter with three: one candidate with unlimited reservoirs of wealth and two titans of political swing to back him? That is exactly what former Speaker Newt Gingrich is facing right now.

Bryan Fischer: Next president’s judicial appointments may determine future of America

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:50:08 GMT

Judicial appointments are a huge issue in the next presidential election. Three Supreme Court justices will be in their 80s during the next four years, and there is a good chance the next president will nominate replacements for all three.

In addition, President Obama has already changed the makeup of four of the 13 district courts of appeal, replacing Republican appointed judges with his own constitutionally-impaired choices. The next president likely will have enough vacancies to fill that, if Obama were to be re-elected, he could change the philosophical composition of a majority of the federal bench in his disastrously activist direction.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Got Milk?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:23:15 GMT

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good” (I Peter 2:1-3).

This is a passage with huge implications for our church at this particular moment in our history. Peter’s words are rich with insight and deep with meaning. If you have any interest in growing spiritually, pay attention to what Peter says because he is speaking to you. And if you haven’t been growing as you would like, pay even closer attention because Peter connects two things that we often keep separate.

David Limbaugh: What Is It About 'No Free Lunch' That Obama Doesn't Understand?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:18:58 GMT

Obama's latest homeowner mortgage relief plan is perfect for him: It both is consistent with his ideology -- duh -- and allows him to buy more votes with someone else's money, all the while pretending there is in fact such a thing as a free lunch.

The painfully superficial liberal approach to poverty gets old, as does its corollary tenet that conservatives who reject liberals' failed ideas lack compassion. Indeed, Obama seemed to devote half the words in his prayer breakfast speech to proving that Scripture compels liberal policies.

47 Signs That China Is Absolutely Destroying America On The Global Economic Stage

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:24:19 GMT

Have you ever watched a football game or a basketball game where one team dominates the other team so badly that calling it a "blowout" would be a huge understatement? Well, that is what China is doing to the United States. China is absolutely destroying America on the global economic stage. Once upon a time, the Chinese economy was a joke and the U.S. economy was the most powerful the world had ever seen. But over the past couple of decades the U.S. economy has decayed and declined while the Chinese economy has skyrocketed. Today, China makes more steel, more automobiles, more beer, more cotton, more coal and more solar panels than we do. China has the fastest train in the world, the fastest computer in the world and they export twice as much high-tech equipment as we do.

Bryan Fischer: Obama’s “tax the rich” scheme does NOT “coincide with Jesus’ teaching”

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:40:34 GMT

President Obama shamelessly used his platform at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning to argue that his taxing the rich scheme to give their money to the poor "coincides with Jesus' teaching."

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It most emphatically does not. Jesus himself repeated the commandment, "Do not steal" (Mark 10:19). This means, according to Jesus, that the involuntary transfer of wealth is profoundly immoral. Just because government does it under color of law does not make it right.

Probe Ministries: Welcome to the Machine: The Transhumanist God

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:25 GMT

Written by Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese

Authorized Dreams Only Please!

Have you ever wondered if scientists could build a giant machine to solve all the world's problems? Or better yet, why not just become machines and get rid of people all together? Imagine it: no more worries, sickness, war, drug addiction, or poverty. We can solve the world's problems by simply getting rid of people. This sounds fantastic but is actually the goal of the new religion of Transhumanism, which wants to replace the human race with machines.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: The Curse of Moderate Christianity

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:20:39 GMT

Are you a moderate?
Not many people would answer yes to that question.

When it comes to politics, the moderate has almost become an extinct species. You are either conservative or liberal or maybe libertarian, but you are probably not a moderate. Few politicians advertise by saying, “Vote for me. I’m a moderate.”

Bryan Fischer: Mitt and the very poor: a gaffe or a self-revelation?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:19:11 GMT

Mitt Romney's gaffe - "I am not concerned about the very poor" - has taken on a life of its own. Google "Mitt Romney, the very poor" and you will get 368,000,000 results already.

Mitt has been rightly criticized for having a tin ear in this case, but the comment may reveal something more fundamental about him: as hard as he tries, he does not understand conservatism. This is not how someone who has conservatism in his DNA speaks.

Joseph Parker, Jr.: What Business Are You In?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:15:57 GMT

The irony has to be painful.

Eastman Kodak, a historic blue-chip American company, filed for bankruptcy because it didn’t adapt to the digital age. The irony is that it was Kodak who developed digital photography.

How can that be? It’s simple.

They didn’t know what business they were in.

TBL: Susan G Komen and Planned Parenthood

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:34:15 GMT

TBL SUSAN G KOMEN AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD First of all I would just like to congratulate the Susan G Komen for finally making the decision to cut ties with Planned Parenthood, the nations largest abortion provider. I might actually participate

Bryan Fischer: Jesus explains the success of Fox News

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:10:51 GMT

An interesting story on Politico this morning, explaining the success of Fox News, which has double the audience of CNN and MSNBC. The brainchild of Fox is Roger Ailes, and the Politico piece quotes Shepard Smith about his leadership style:

David Limbaugh: Let's Honor, Not Stretch, the Buckley Rule

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:31:58 GMT

In the intense heat of the present, it is easy to forget even the relatively recent past, but it seems to me that this GOP primary season is more acrimonious than the past few, probably because the stakes are so high.

When I've noted that this is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes, a few excitability-resistant conservative friends have said, "They have been saying that about every election for more than a generation." My response to that is:

Bryan Fischer: Sharia law at West Point: Gen. Boykin bounced from prayer breakfast

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:27:52 GMT

Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin (Ret.) has been bounced from a West Point prayer breakfast because he has spoken the truth about Islam. He was blacklisted after CAIR (The Council on American-Islamic Relations) complained about the general's Islamorealism.

Bryan Fischer: Reduce health care costs by repealing emergency room law

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:04:49 GMT

I submit that we will never get health care costs under control until the federal law is repealed that mandates - there's that word again - that emergency rooms treat everybody who shows up regardless of ability to pay.

Making Money On Poverty: JP Morgan Makes Bigger Profits When The Number Of Americans On Food Stamps Goes Up

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:42:04 GMT

How would you feel if someone told you that one of the largest banks on Wall Street makes more money whenever the number of Americans on food stamps goes up? Unfortunately, this is something that is actually true. In the United States today, one out of every seven Americans is on food stamps. In fact, the number of Americans on food stamps has increased by a whopping 14 million since Barack Obama entered the White House.

All of this makes JP Morgan very happy, because JP Morgan has been making money by the boatload on food stamps. Right now, JP Morgan Chase issues food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The division of JP Morgan Chase that issues these debit cards made an eye-popping 5.47 billion dollars in net revenue during 2010. JP Morgan is paid per customer, so when the number of Americans on food stamps goes up, they make more money. But doesn't this give JP Morgan an incentive to try to keep the number of Americans on food stamps as high as possible? Of course it does. JP Morgan is interested in making money as rapidly as possible. If JP Morgan can get more Americans enrolled in the food stamp program and keep them enrolled in it for as long as possible, that is good for business.

Chuck Norris: Proof! Voters smarter than media, Washington elite

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:15:08 GMT

I think the mainstream media, or MSM, and Washington elite think the majority of voters just fell off the turnip truck. But the South Carolina primary election and other current voting trends show otherwise.

The MSM are working double time to get us to forget about the unprecedented results of the South Carolina primary election, but they are a sign of what could be in Florida, Nevada and beyond. They are also proof that American citizens will not be outwitted by the political shenanigans of the powers that be. Let me give you a few examples.

Bryan Fischer: Northern Mexico a picture of Ron Paul’s America

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:48:52 GMT

I heard a presentation this morning from a woman who has started a school on an Indian reservation. There are any number of pathologies on this reservation, including an unemployment rate of 89%, functional illiteracy and rampant child sexual abuse.

Another troubling fact is that the average lifespan in this community is 45 years. The reason? Alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide. And the reason that alcoholism and drug abuse are out of control is that there is no meaningful law enforcement due to sovereignty issues. Federal officials are only called in to the reservation to deal with murder cases.

Mike Adams: Aborting Hitler

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:22:51 GMT

Someone once asked me whether I would abort Adolf Hitler if I knew in advance he would try to launch a Holocaust against millions of Jews. I said I would not. That is because aborting Hitler would not have prevented the Holocaust. It would have justified it. The killing of millions of innocents does not begin with the killing of one innocent. It begins with the idea that in the larger scheme of things it is permissible to kill one innocent person.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: The Exploding Sermon

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:05 GMT

We started with a real bang this morning.

Benny said he would pick us up at the hotel about 9:30 AM. When he didn’t arrive at the appointed hour, we remembered his advice that in India you need to be like water, ready to “go with the flow.” As we stood outside the hotel, Josh and I watched the never-ending stream of people walking, riding bikes and motorcycles, traveling in rickshaws, and driving cars. Now and then a cow came ambling past. Mostly you hear the constant beeping of horns. The streets are so congested with people and vehicles that travel doesn’t seem possible. Benny said that the one thing you need to drive in India is a good horn. And I would add, nerves of steel.

David Limbaugh: Obama's Misstatements on the Union

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:23:01 GMT

Only a president long shielded from criticism and accountability could make the kind of State of the Union speech President Obama did Tuesday night. It's hard to know where to begin, given his repetition of tired ideas from his previous SOTUs, his taking credit for successful policies he resisted and omitting failed ones he promoted, his numerous misrepresentations on issues big and small, and his glaring refusal to address the main issues that threaten the nation.

If The Economy Is Improving….

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:46:52 GMT

Everywhere you turn these days, someone is proclaiming that the economy is improving. Barack Obama is endlessly touting the "improvement" in the economy, the mainstream media is constantly talking about "the economic recovery" and an increasing number of Americans seem to be buying into this line of thinking. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that 37 percent of Americans believe that the economy will improve over the next year, while only 17 percent of Americans believe that it will get worse. But is the economy actually improving?

Dr. Ray Pritchard: 'The Lord Hates Me'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:55:58 GMT

“You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us” (Deuteronomy 1:27).

Obviously the Lord hates you.

That’s why he worked miracles for you in Egypt.
That’s why he parted the Red Sea for you.
That’s why he gave you manna and quail.
That’s why he gave you water in the desert.
That’s why he came to you in the cloud by day and the fire by night.
That’s why he gave you the Ten Commandments, not once but twice.

The Man Without A Plan

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:27:55 GMT

Barack Obama is a man without a plan. When you are young, they often tell you to "fake it until you make it", but Barack Obama is taking this to ridiculous extremes. Barack Obama has absolutely no idea what he is doing when it comes to the economy, and yet he continues to give speeches in which he declares that he is the man for the job.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: The Church Christ Prefers

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:24 GMT

What sort of church does Jesus prefer?

Baptist?
Methodist?
Lutheran?
Catholic?
Presbyterian?
Brethren?
Episcopal?

Mike Adams: A Black Man Can

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:02:21 GMT

There is a bumper sticker I have often seen displaying these four simple words: “A Black Man Can.” The words could be taken in either of two ways. One interpretation is liberal - calling for whites to stop discriminating and give black men a chance. Another interpretation is conservative - suggesting black men can achieve without the help of government programs.

I suspect the “Black Man Can” sticker is most often displayed in conjunction with the former message. Either way, it hopelessly misses the mark in addressing the solution to the chronic underachievement of black males in a land that holds promise for all regardless of race.

Bryan Fischer: Lots of gay sex already criminal behavior, can send gays to prison

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:43:18 GMT

A former professional wrestler in Ohio is going to prison for 32 years, for committing a crime that HIV-infected homosexuals commit every day: having sex with a partner without informing them of their infection. By statute, he and any homosexual who did what he did with his sexual partners could have gotten 100 years.

Probe Ministries: The Impotence of Darwinism

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:27:56 GMT

Written by Dr. Ray Bohlin

Darwinism, Design, and Illusions

Darwinian evolution has been described as a universal acid that eats through everything it touches.{1} What Daniel Dennett meant was that evolution as an idea, what he called "Darwin's dangerous idea," is an all-encompassing worldview. Darwinism forms the basis of the way many people think and act. It touches everything.

Are George Soros, The IMF And The World Bank Purposely Trying To Scare The Living Daylights Out Of Us?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:20:17 GMT

Over the past couple of weeks, George Soros, the IMF and the World Bank have all issued incredibly chilling warnings about the possibility of an impending economic collapse. Considering the power and the influence that Soros, the IMF and the World Bank all have over the global financial system, this is very alarming. So are they purposely trying to scare the living daylights out of us? Soros is even warning of riots in the streets of America.

Prophecy Matters: The ‘Mythic’ Mythic Liberal Media

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:13:30 GMT

One of the most dangerous and under-reported threats to the American people is the stranglehold liberal media have on our lives. Because of technological advances, media have mushroomed, and now include blogs and such.

The “old school” outlets—the television networks and institutions like the New York Times—are losing market-share, but that doesn’t mean they have watered-down their liberal ideology.

TBL: Richard Dawkins - A Smart Guy who Tells Dumb Lies

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:23:52 GMT

TBL Richard Dawkins A Smart Guy who Tells Dumb Lies Richard Dawkins, a well known avowed atheist, author, and speaker has finally gone over the deep end with his war against Christianity. He has come out and made some very

David Limbaugh: The Question Is Not 'Electability,' but 'Re-electability'

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:47:15 GMT

Republican internecine squabbles this primary season seem to turn on the vying candidates' respective electability against incumbent Barack Obama. But if even uber-liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has finally awakened to President Obama's arrogance, what does it say about his electability?

Bryan Fischer: God: babies are a blessing; Obama: babies are a curse

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:34:18 GMT

On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Obama said one of the most stupendously immoral things a president has ever said. He said that unless women kill their babies in the womb they cannot realize their destiny.

TBL: President Obama CELEBRATES Anniversary of Roe Vs Wade

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:02:58 GMT

President Obama CELEBRATES Anniversary of Roe Vs Wade Sunday marked the 39th anniversary of the decision by a US Supreme Court that legalized abortion on demand in America. President Obama celebrated the day, posing it as a chance to

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Living in the Fear of God

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:36:58 GMT

After a break, we are returning to our study of I Peter. I want to begin by reminding you that Peter wrote this letter to believers scattered across ancient Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Widely separated and facing persecution, Peter encourages them to stand fast in the grace of God in spite of their trials. He begins his letter (1:3-12) with a stirring reminder of what God has done for them. Having caused them to be born again, God has given them an inheritance in heaven that they can never lose. The fiery trials cannot take it away. In the future they will see Jesus face to face. Even now they enjoy salvation that the prophets searched for and the angels stand on tiptoe to understand. Peter’s whole point is that God loves us so much that he has saved us and promised us an eternal inheritance. Nothing that happens to us on earth can cause God to break his promises to us.

Chuck Norris: My endorsement for president

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:35:03 GMT

Chuck Norris reveals his choice for Republican nomination.

Bryan Fischer: Primaries show why Founders were not fans of democracy

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:57:44 GMT

Americans today are oblivious to the profound distinction between a republican form of government and a democracy, and quite often confuse the two. Democracy represents government by the direct will of the people, while a republican form of government represents government by representatives chosen by the people to make critical decisions on their behalf.

Unfortunately, our entire primary system is based on democracy and not republicanism, and is manifesting all of the inherent weakness of direct democracy our Founders warned us about.

The Global Elite Are Hiding 18 Trillion Dollars In Offshore Banks

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:52:53 GMT

In recent days, the fact that Mitt Romney has millions of dollars parked down in the Cayman Islands has made headlines all over the world. But when it comes to offshore banking, what Mitt Romney is doing is small potatoes. The truth is that the global elite are hiding an almost unbelievable amount of money in offshore banks. According to shocking research done by the IMF, the global elite are holding a total of 18 trillion dollars in offshore banks. And that figure does not even count any money being held in Switzerland. That is a staggering amount of money. Keep in mind that U.S. GDP in 2010 was only 14.58 trillion dollars.

David Limbaugh: Middle America Longs for Conservatives To Stand Up To Liberal Bullying

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:38:12 GMT

I wish Republican politicians would have faith in the largely conservative electorate and not behave as though they'll make themselves unelectable unless they pander to Generic Moderate. Who is that guy, anyway? Have you ever met him?

Recently, we've seen a few examples of the liberal narrative's rearing its oppressive head and starkly different reactions to it. The first was Mitt Romney's reportedly telling The Wall Street Journal that as a wealthy person, he thinks he lacks the credibility to aggressively push tax cuts. Mitt is also looking timid about releasing his tax returns. He needs to fight back -- consistently -- instead of surrendering to the liberal narrative that success is evil. Mitt should take a lesson from Newt Gingrich on counterpunching against false liberal charges and innuendo.

17 Facts About The Decline Of The U.S. Auto Industry That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:54:24 GMT

Very few things illustrate how dramatically America has been deindustrialized than the stunning decline of the U.S. auto industry. Once upon a time, the United States literally taught the rest of the world how to make cars. We were the ones that invented the assembly line. We were the ones that showed the rest of the world what mass production could do for an economy. For decades, we produced more cars than anyone else and we sold more cars than anyone else. Detroit was known as "the Motor City" and our manufacturing prowess dominated the planet.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Get Your Mind in Gear

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:47:22 GMT

“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy’” (I Peter 1:13-16).

We do live in strange times. Someone has called this the Age of Anxiety, and it seems appropriate enough. This week as I’ve ridden my bike a little more than usual, I’ve noticed a lot of road rage. People honk at the slightest provocation. Patience is in short supply everywhere. Near the end of the week, I ran across this little poem that seems to describe American life:

Warning Signs That We Should Prepare For The Worst

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:35:16 GMT

The warning signs are all around us. All we have to do is open up our eyes and look at them. Almost every single day there are more prominent voices in the financial world telling us that a massive economic crisis is coming and that we need to prepare for the worst. On Wednesday, it was the World Bank itself that issued a very chilling warning. In an absolutely startling report, the World Bank revised GDP growth estimates for 2012 downward very sharply, warned that Europe could be on the verge of a devastating financial crisis, and declared that the rest of the world better "prepare for the worst." You would expect to hear this kind of thing on The Economic Collapse Blog, but this is not the kind of language that you would normally expect to hear from the stuffed suits at the World Bank. Obviously things have gotten bad enough that nobody is even really trying to deny it anymore.

Probe Ministries: Emerging Adults: A Closer Look

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:49:13 GMT

Written by Steve Cable

"Emerging adults" is a term coined by sociologists to capture the new reality of 18- to 30-year-old Americans who have not fully assumed the responsibilities of classic adulthood. In previous articles, we looked at disturbing information on the beliefs of emerging adults in America from surveys by Christian Smith of Notre Dame, by Probe Ministries, and by others. In them, we found clear evidence of accelerating erosion in accepting and adhering to basic biblical truths for living, even among those who were born again. Our emerging cultural milieu of pop post-modernism is clearly taking many young adult Christians captive to the "philosophies of men" (Col. 2:8). Here we will take a closer look at the erosion of belief in several important areas.

Bryan Fischer: Response to Rick Warren on AIDS

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:36:18 GMT

Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, author of the outstanding book, The Purpose Driven LIfe, accused me in a recently released statement of believing in “quack science” for expressing my agreement with one of the world’s leading virologists, Peter Duesberg of UC Berkeley, that drugs and promiscuity, and not HIV, are the causes of AIDS.

Mike Adams: Postmodern Political Correctness and Christianity II

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:43:19 GMT

In January 2009, a pro-life group at Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) decided to publicize and protest the disproportionate abortion rate among black Americans. They argued that the racist roots of Planned Parenthood were reflected in the organization’s activities in our nation’s inner cities. But before they could hold their event, they had to have their posters approved by the college administration. They were denied approval ostensibly because they presented only one side of the issue. In other words, the administration tried to force them to argue the side of the debate with which they disagreed.

David Limbaugh: Mark Levin's 'Ameritopia'

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:13:42 GMT

Mark Levin's hard work in researching, organizing and writing his new book, "Ameritopia," will be a blessing for all who read it.

Countless books chronicle the forward march of the liberal agenda and attempt to deconstruct the fallacies in modern leftist thinking. Many critique the statist policies the left has imposed on us the past half-century and their disastrous effects on our culture, our economy and our national security.

They Are Actually Going To Let Greece Default!

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:28:23 GMT

I wish that I had an "aha moment" to share with you today, but instead all I have is an "ack moment" to share. As I was analyzing all of the info coming out of Europe in recent days, I came to the following realization: "Ack! They are actually going to let Greece default!" The only question is whether it is going to be an orderly default or a disorderly default.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: What Angels Wish They Knew

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:00:52 GMT

Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things” (I Peter 1:10-12).

David P. Smith: Pardon Me, Just Not Them!

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:09:13 GMT

Mississippi made national news this last week in a way that many bemoaned as just another story that has besmirched the state to the rest of the country. Governor Haley Barbour decided upon leaving office to pardon over two hundred persons who had committed an array of crimes, but the ones who garnered the most national attention are those who were sentenced for murder. The pardons have enabled these people to now have their records wiped clean.

Bryan Fischer: Santorum endorsers need to issue joint statement and quickly

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:01:54 GMT

Pro-family leaders forged a consensus this weekend in support of Rick Santorum at meeting at a private ranch in Texas. Santorum is eminently worthy of social conservative support. He has easily been the most vocal and the most unwavering of all the candidates in standing for the sanctify of life and the sanctity of marriage, and against the homosexual agenda. He is an easy candidate to back.

Chuck Norris: My 1 question for all GOP candidates

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:21:32 GMT

In my column in the last couple weeks, I outlined the “10 questions to find our next president.” I stand by them wholeheartedly, but I have one last question that is almost as important as all of them combined. It is for all the GOP candidates.

If You Are A Blue Collar Worker In America You Are An Endangered Species

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:53:03 GMT

Have you ever heard of the dodo bird? Once upon a time, dodo birds lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. But if you go there today you won't find any because they are extinct. Well, if you are a blue collar worker in America today it looks like you are headed for a similar fate. Blue collar workers are truly becoming an "endangered species" in the United States. In the old days, the balance of power between business owners and labor was more even because they both needed each other. But today that has all changed. Thanks to robotics, automation and computers there is simply not as much of a need for physical laborers anymore and nothing is going to reverse that trend. Big employers will continue to look for ways to replace men with machines, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Bryan Fischer: Romney preys on evangelical weaknesses

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:27:57 GMT

The signs right now are ominous for those who believe deeply in the sanctity of life and marriage. Mitt Romney, a pandering politician who has no core convictions on either issue, is likely to be the GOP frontrunner from now until the GOP convention.

An alarming number of evangelicals and Tea Partiers support Romney. From a rational standpoint, this is inexplicable. But Romney has been able to take advantage of the fundamental weakness of evangelicals: they are trusting souls who want to believe the best about people and have a tendency to take people at their word when they really ought to know better.

Mike Adams: Postmodern Political Correctness and Christianity

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:18:01 GMT

I’m often asked how Marxism took root in the American university system. I’ve never been fully satisfied with my standard answer to the question. Given my background in psychology, I sometimes seek psychological explanations to the exclusion of broader historical explanations. But I do believe there is something different about the mind of the man to whom Marxism appeals.

Bryan Fischer: Governor Barbour confused on justice, Christian forgiveness

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:11:14 GMT

Mississippi governor Haley Barbour recently granted 218 pardons, including 17 to murderers, in the name of Christian compassion and forgiveness. But the governor unfortunately is confused about what Christianity teaches on this subject. According to Scripture, the government's role is justice, not forgiveness. Forgiveness is an issue between the criminal and his victims, not between the criminal and government.

David Limbaugh: Everything Is At Stake, All Right

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:20 GMT

On this we can agree with President Obama: Everything he stands for is at stake in 2012.

Obama told 500 fawning sycophants in Chicago that he is unrepentant about his policy agenda and intends to treat us to more of the same, much more, in a second term.

Obama said, "Everything that we fought for is now at stake in this election." Lest there be no mistake, he repeated the message in the smaller settings of private homes.

Frank Turek: The Universe Had a Beginning

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:50:50 GMT

Cosmologist Alexander Vilenkin wrote a book in 2006 (Many Worlds in One) in which he refers to a theorem he developed with Alan Guth and Arvind Borde. Although not a believer in God but the mulitverse, Vilenkin says that their theorem proves that even if other universes exist there was an absolute beginning of them all. In other words, one cannot posit a multiverse, as atheists often do, to avoid an absolute beginning.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Loving the Unseen Christ

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:50:22 GMT

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls” (I Peter 1:8-9).

My text is a lovely passage that is often quoted, but not always properly understood. It is all about loving the unseen Christ, but that thought cannot and must not be divorced from its context. I can state that context in just two words: “fiery trials.” Peter writes to encourage believers going through fiery trials, and his encouragement comes in the form of godly consolation in these two verses.

Bryan Fischer: EPA fascists send man to prison for protecting town from flooding

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:20:55 GMT

Note: I wrote this column in 2008 when I served as the director of the Idaho Values Alliance. I worked with Sen. Crapo’s office to get a pardon request into President Bush’s hands before he left office in January, 2009, but unfortunately the pardon request was not acted upon.

My latest information is that Lynn Moses served his full stretch and was eventually released to a halfway house before returning to his hometown. His eyesight was affected during his incarceration because of the lack of medical attention he received while in federal custody.

Here is the column as it originally read. You might want to duct tape your head before you read this.

24 Statistics To Show To Anyone Who Believes That America Has A Bright Economic Future

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:28:54 GMT

Beware of bubbles of false hope. Right now there is a lot of talk about how the U.S. economy is improving, but it is all a lie. The mainstream media can be very seductive. When you sit down to watch television your brain tends to go into a very relaxed mode. In such a state, it becomes easy to slip thoughts and ideas past your defenses. Sometimes when I am watching television I realize what the media is trying to do and yet I can still feel it happening to me. In this day and age, it is absolutely critical that we all think for ourselves. When you look at the long-term trends and the long-term numbers, a much different picture of the U.S economy emerges than the one that is painted for us on television.

Probe Ministries: Will Everyone Be Saved? A Look at Universalism

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:13:36 GMT

Written by Rick Wade

Introduction

In the spring of 2011, Pastor Rob Bell's book Love Wins hit the book stores, but the furor over the book started even before that. The charge was heresy. Bell appeared to be teaching Universalism, the belief that everyone will be saved in the end. In fact, Bell doesn't make a case for Universalism in the book, although his rejection of the traditional view of hell makes it seem so at first.

Bryan Fischer: If GOP does not coalesce around Perry, it’s four more years of Obama

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:51 GMT

The shadows are beginning to recede, and the political landscape is becoming clearer. The topographical features are now discernible enough to make this prediction: if social conservatives do not coalesce around one conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, we will get four more years of Barack Obama.

If Romney wins the GOP nomination, there is no question that Ron Paul will run a third party candidacy, because Romney is part of the status quo which gives Paul his raison d’etre. He has consistently refused to rule out running as a third part candidate, which means he will.

Mike Adams: I'm Telling Your Commie

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:04:06 GMT

Dear JW:

Thanks for writing to me. I also want to take a moment to thank you for sending an email to one of my Marxist bosses urging my censure for a recent column that I wrote. Among other things, you, a self-described liberal, allege that my column was racist. I think there are a few things you should have learned about racism, liberalism, and Marxism before you wrote your email. So today I’m taking time from my regular schedule to educate you. I do so because I’m a teacher. It’s what I get paid to do. Today’s lesson on racism, Marxism and morality comes in three parts. I’ll keep it as direct and relevant as possible. I hope you enjoy it.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: God Must Be Praised in Fiery Trials

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:42:36 GMT

On April 5, 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo for his resistance to the Nazi regime in Germany. For several years he had spoken out against the Nazis, and eventually it caught up with him. As he saw his country sliding into the abyss, he felt that he could not remain silent. Two years later, only a few weeks from the end of World War II, he found himself in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, facing the death sentence. On Sunday, April 8, he led a service for other prisoners. Shortly after the final prayer, the door opened and two civilians entered. “Prisoner Bonhoeffer, come with us,” they said. Everyone knew what that meant—the gallows.

David Limbaugh: This Week's MSM Bias Award Goes to George Stephanopoulos

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:01:06 GMT

We've been dealing with liberal media bias for years, but George Stephanopoulos' performance in the Republican presidential debate Saturday night in New Hampshire was particularly egregious.

In many of these MSM-moderated debates, liberal moderators have tried to stir up personal fights between candidates, which diverts our focus from more important issues and, before national television audiences, shifts attention far away from Barack Obama and his disastrous agenda.

Bryan Fischer: Gays should love the theory that HIV does not cause AIDS

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:34:56 GMT

Gays around the world have been all atwitter over my reporting on Peter Duesberg’s theory that HIV does not cause AIDS. Duesberg, who is a molecular biologist at UC Berkeley and one of the leading virologists in the world, argues, persuasively in my view, that HIV is a harmless passenger virus. (His credentials are impeccable: he isolated the first cancer gene in 1970, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1986.)

How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:23:23 GMT

How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming? I get asked about that a lot. Once people really examine the facts, it is not too hard to convince them that an economic collapse is coming. But once they accept that reality, most of them want to know what they can do to prepare themselves and their families for the hard times that are ahead.

Bryan Fischer: Ken Starr writes misguided column on religious test

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:31:59 GMT

I have great respect for Ken Starr as a Christian and as a legal expert.

However, in a column published in today’s Washington Post, he gets things wretchedly wrong from a constitutional standpoint.

Chuck Norris: 10 questions to find the next president, Part 2

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:36:57 GMT

Whom should we nominate to represent the GOP in a fight against President Obama for the 2012 presidential election? I believe the name of the candidate who fills the majority of the answers in 10 questions (in no particular order of importance) deserves your vote.

Last week in Part 1, I discussed the first five questions, which leaned more toward who the candidate is more than what he or she can do. (If you haven’t, read those before proceeding.) The last five questions here (in Part 2) lean more toward what they are able to do than who they are.

Tebow Time

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:18:50 GMT

As a result of the absolutely stunning 29-23 overtime victory by the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems inevitable that "Tebow Time" will become a household phrase all over America. The string of last second victories that we have seen Tim Tebow pull out this season is unprecedented and we will probably never see anything quite like it again.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Press On!

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:38:30 GMT

“In America, worry has become part of our national culture. You could write on countless American gravestones the epitaph: ‘Hurried, Worried, Buried.’"

I first read those words by John Haggai 15 years ago, but they seem uniquely suited to our current Age of Anxiety. An article from the Daily Mail Online says that 2012 could be “the most frightening year in living memory.” It begins with these ominous words:

The dawn of a new year is usually a time of hope and ambition, of dreams for the future and thoughts of a better life. But it is a long time since many of us looked forward to the new year with such anxiety, even dread.

David Limbaugh: The Motto of Obama

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:05:42 GMT

President Obama is calling for dramatic defense cuts that could threaten our national survival while obstructing structural reforms to our entitlement programs that are essential for our national financial survival. It just doesn't get much worse than this.

Look Out Below – The Nightmarish Decline Of The Euro Has Begun

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:21:29 GMT

The euro is a dying currency. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell below 1.28 for the first time since September 2010. In fact, as I write this the EUR/USD is sitting at 1.2791. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. But this is just the beginning. The euro is going to go a lot lower. At this point, there are several major European nations that are on the verge of default, the European financial system is overflowing with debt and toxic assets, and most major European banks are leveraged about as badly as Lehman Brothers was when it collapsed.

Bryan Fischer: Why is Magic Johnson healthy as a horse? HIV virus does NOT cause AIDS

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:15:16 GMT

I recently came across several articles commemorating the 20th anniversary of Magic Johnson’s HIV diagnosis. I still remember the screaming headlines in 1991, the abrupt termination of his NBA career at the height of his powers, and his subsequent and short-lived come back.

One would have expected pictures of Magic, taken 20 years after this life-sentence diagnosis, to be a withered, shriveled version of his former self, his life force eaten away by this killer virus.

But pictures of Magic show him to be as healthy as the proverbial horse. He’s considerably bulkier than he was in his playing days, and as the saying goes, seems quite comfortable in his own expanded skin.

Probe Ministries: The Importance of Parents in the Faith of Emerging Adults

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:05:09 GMT

The State of Born Again Emerging Adults

Written by Steve Cable

In previous articles{1} we considered the dramatic changes in the beliefs of American evangelicals particularly among young adults. It certainly appears that we are sliding into an era of cultural captivity where one's identification with Christ and an evangelical church does not keep one from holding a set of beliefs consistent with the culture and counter to biblical truth. Here we want to consider the role that parents had in establishing these inconsistent belief systems of their children, and think about some ways today’s parents may be able to counter these destructive patterns in the future. Before looking at the roles parents do and should play in establishing these belief systems, let’s consider some of the key belief trends that are driving our concern.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Take Up Your Cross

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:56:05 GMT

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24).

Every man has a “cross” to bear. It is always “his cross,” a unique and very personal set of circumstances.

Mike Adams: The Needle and the Damage Done

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:55:59 GMT

Last semester, I was giving a lecture on the history of the Supreme Court from 1953 to present. Toward the end of the lecture, I asked my students if they could name the current Chief Justice. None were able to do so. There were thirty students in the class. This was in a college classroom, mind you.

Bryan Fischer: Why social conservatives may want Perry to hang in there

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:33:30 GMT

With Michele Bachmann’s announcement today that she is dropping out of the campaign, the conservative alternatives to Mitt Romney have narrowed to Santorum, Gingrich and Perry.

Perry is home in Texas, reassessing his campaign, and of course reassessing often leads to dropping out altogether. Despite his disappointing finish in Iowa, there may be reasons why social conservatives will want him to hang on a little longer.

2012 Will Be More Difficult Than 2011

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:46:37 GMT

Do you believe that 2012 will be more difficult for the global economy than 2011 was? Well, that is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes. The woman that has become the most important politician in Europe recently declared that 2012 "will no doubt be more difficult than 2011". The funny thing is that she has generally been one of the most optimistic public figures in Europe throughout this debt crisis. But now even Merkel is openly admitting that 2012 is going to be a really, really bad year.

Mike Adams: Allison Wonderland

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:39:55 GMT

She wasn’t always like this. She was raised in a middle class home by educated parents – both of whom are lifelong self-described liberals. They loved her and cared for her. But they also gave her some poor advice, which largely accounts for her downward spiral over the course of the last several years.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A Little More, A Little Less

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:17:38 GMT

“Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land” (Exodus 23:30).

Little by little.

That’s how most of us grow spiritually. Now that a new year has dawned, most of us are making lists (mental or written) of things we’d like to accomplish in 2012. Surveys show that the number one New Year’s resolution is to lose weight. Most of us want to lose weight, some of us will do it, and most of those who do won’t keep it off very long.

Chuck Norris: 10 questions to find our next president, Part 1

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:03:40 GMT

Who should we nominate to represent the GOP in a fight against President Obama for the 2012 presidential election? I believe the name of the candidate which fills the majority of the answers in the following 10 questions (in no particular order of importance) deserves your vote.

The first five questions below (in Part 1) lean more toward who the candidate is rather than what he or she can do. The last five questions (in Part 2) lean more toward what they must be able to do rather than who they are.

Bryan Fischer: Penalty for gay sex: whatever gay activists want it to be

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:50:45 GMT

Homosexual sex ought to be against public policy, simply as a matter of public health. It is behavior which is immoral, unnatural and unhealthy.

You don’t have to take my word for it - just check with the Centers for Disease Control, which tell us that in the history of the AIDS epidemic, 90% of all male victims contracted the disease through having sex with other men (60%), injection drug use (22%) or both (8%). Unrestrained gay sex is a public health menace, just as much a danger to human health as shooting up.

So let’s say we do the sensible thing and make homosexual behavior contrary to public policy, as it was in every state in the union until 1962 and in 49 states until 1972. What should the penalty be?

Thomas Jefferson, the leftist icon whom secular fundamentalists practically worship, wrote a law for the Virginia legislature calling for castration as the penalty, which would certainly take care of the recidivism problem.

30 Statistics That Show That The Middle Class Is Dying Right In Front Of Our Eyes As We Enter 2012

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:20:18 GMT

Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most vibrant middle class that the world has ever seen. Unfortunately, that is rapidly changing. The statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the U.S. middle class is dying right in front of our eyes as we enter 2012.

Mike Adams: Hannah and Her Brothers

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:13:18 GMT

Shelby wasn’t expecting such difficult questions when she took a job teaching grammar school in middle Tennessee. But it was an election year and little Emily had been hearing a lot of talk about politics. So she raised her hand on the first day of class and asked “Miss Shelby, what is the difference between a conservative and a liberal?” Miss Shelby thought for a while before she replied with a story that was dated but true. It happened when Miss Shelby was just about Emily’s age:

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Overcoming Fear of the Future

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:57:27 GMT

Current headlines tell a chilling story:

“Americans Revel Under Watchful Eyes”
“Riots Erupt in Bahrain”
“The High Cost of Peace”
“Thousands of Troops Head for Gulf”
“Terrorism on the High Seas”
“Kuwait Prepares for War”
“Predictions in Perilous Times”

The last headline is arresting, at least for those of us raised on the King James Bible, because it calls to mind a verse many of us heard (and memorized) years ago, “In the last days perilous times shall come” (II Timothy 3:1 KJV). These are indeed “perilous times” in many ways.

David Limbaugh: Blind to their Liberal Biases

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:41:07 GMT

I think it's very difficult for any of us to be objective about any subject, especially something we care deeply about, but my objective observation is that liberals tend to be less aware of and less willing to admit their biases.

40 Hard Questions That The American People Should Be Asking Right Now

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:59:04 GMT

If you spend much time watching the mainstream news, then you know how incredibly vapid it can be. It is amazing how they can spend so much time saying next to nothing. There seems to be a huge reluctance to tackle the tough issues and the hard questions. Perhaps I should be thankful for this, because if the mainstream media was doing their job properly, there would not be a need for the alternative media. Once upon a time, the mainstream media had a virtual monopoly on the dissemination of news in the United States, but that has changed. Thankfully, the Internet in the United States is free and open (at least for now) and people that are hungry for the truth can go searching for it.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: How to Have Joy All Year Long

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:14:04 GMT

As we come to the end of another year, once again we find ourselves in a world filled with problems, doubts, worries, and fears. We sing “Joy to the world,” but there is not as much joy as we would like. Too many unhappy people walk our city streets. People today aren’t as cheerful as they ought to be. If we ask a dozen people “Why aren’t you more cheerful?” the answers we get are liable to be some form of “Bah, humbug!”

“You don’t know what I’m going through.”
“How can I can be cheerful when my marriage is falling apart?”
“God seems so far away.”
“If you lived with my husband (or my wife), you wouldn’t be so happy either.”
“My kids drive me nuts.”
“I’ve got cancer. How can I rejoice?”

Probe Ministries: Reasonable Faith

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:24:06 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

Reasonable Faith

One of the finest Christian philosophers of our day is William Lane Craig. Although he’s become very well known for his debates with atheists and skeptics, he's also a prolific writer. To date, he has authored or edited over thirty books and more than a hundred scholarly articles.{1} His published work explores such fascinating topics as the evidence for the existence of God, the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, divine foreknowledge and human freedom, and God's relationship to time. In 2007 he started a web-based apologetics ministry called Reasonable Faith (www.reasonablefaith.org). The site features both scholarly and popular articles written by Craig, audio and video recordings of some of his debates, lectures, and interviews, answers to questions from his readers, and much more.

The Obama Nation: Even More Debt And Even More Store Closings

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:37:49 GMT

Well, it is time to raise the debt ceiling again. Right now we are about to hit the current limit of $15.194 trillion and the Obama administration is going to ask that it be raised by another 1.2 trillion dollars. Unfortunately, Congress has already promised not to stand in the way, and so soon the debt limit will be raised to a staggering $16.394 trillion. Considering how much debt we have already placed on the backs of future generations, what is another 1.2 trillion dollars? After all, if we are going to sell our children and our grandchildren into debt slavery, we might as well go all the way, right?

Dr. Ray Pritchard: What We Owe The Past, What We Owe The Future

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:30:59 GMT

Romans 13:7. “Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”

In this passage Paul is speaking about submission to human authority. This verse is usually mentioned in discussions about civil disobedience and going to war, whether a Christian should pay taxes and so on. But I call your attention to the larger principle of verse 7. Christians are to “give everyone what you owe him” —whether it be taxes or revenue or respect or honor.

Chuck Norris: The U.S. Dept. of Defense's war on religion, Part 2

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:47:38 GMT

In Part 1, I documented more than 12 ways in just the past six months that the White House and U.S. Department of Defense is trampling on the religious liberties of America's finest military servicemen and women. (If you haven't, please read Part 1 before proceeding with Part 2).

I am very disappointed by the dissolution of religious liberties in the U.S. military. Times have sadly and radically changed since my father served in World War II, since I served four years in the Air Force, and since my two brothers, Wieland and Aaron, served in the Army in Vietnam and Korea. (Our brother, Wieland, paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.)

Mike Adams: Liberal Hypocrisy is a Female Dog

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:26:30 GMT

Dear PETA: I have a neighbor who is being extremely rough with his Golden Retriever. He kicks the dog with the side of his foot whenever she is in his way. The dog weighs about 80 pounds and is not likely to be seriously harmed by the kicking. However, the dog is pregnant. Is this animal abuse? Would you recommend reporting this to the police?

The Worst Time Of The Year?

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:30:42 GMT

For a lot of Americans, this is the worst time of the year. If you don't have any money, it can be really hard to hear others go on and on about how good "Santa Claus" was to them this year. For many, there is simply not much to be cheerful about as the year ends. There are millions of people in this country that do not have a "happy family" to spend the holidays with, there are millions of people in this country that do not have any money to spend on gifts, and there are millions of people that are either already sleeping in the streets or that are in imminent danger of losing their homes. It can be really difficult to feel "holiday cheer" when you are freezing cold and you don't have any food in your stomach.

Bryan Fischer: When we pick a president, we are in fact choosing a minister of God

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:17:04 GMT

Evangelical voters have engaged in considerable debate over marital qualifications for public office as the GOP primary campaign has progressed. This is entirely healthy, and a sign of a vigorous community of faith.

Those who say that a candidate’s troubled marital past should not be a consideration for values voters are quick to point out that we are choosing a president, not a pastor. The qualifications, they say, are different for pastors than for politicians.

David Limbaugh: Sometimes Caution Can Backfire

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:44:10 GMT

There seems to be a common line of demarcation separating two basic factions on the political right in the various skirmishes we have fought against Barack Obama, from their markedly different approaches to the budget battles to their differences in sizing up the GOP presidential candidates.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A Savior is Born

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:36:11 GMT

Recently I received an e-mail from a man who attended “Two from Galilee,” the Christmas program presented by our music ministry several weeks ago. He wrote to say how much he enjoyed it, and then added this sentence: “God is just in the amazement business.” That Sunday—two weeks ago today—I preached on “No Crib for a Bed: The God of All Circumstances,” and I endeavored to show that every detail of the birth of Christ—even the seemingly “negative” things like there being no room in the inn—was planned by God. Nothing happened by accident—all of it fit into God’s plan to bring salvation to the world. But much of it didn’t make sense at the time it was happening. So my friend wrote about his two recent heart operations, and the physical therapy he is undergoing, and his aging parents who live a long way from Chicago. Life has not been easy. After listening to my sermon, he came to this conclusion: “If Joseph & Mary had waited a month or Caesar had decreed a month later Jesus would have likely been born in an inn and the room arrangement would have been solved in man’s eyes.” The he adds this perceptive comment: “Amazing how God works stuff out in His time when the worst looks like the best there is.”

Getting Worse: 40 Undeniable Pieces Of Evidence That Show That America Is In Decline

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:44:44 GMT

Is America in decline? That is a very provocative question. I have found that most people that hate the United States are very eager to agree that America is in decline, while a lot of those that love the United States are very hesitant to admit that America is in decline. Well, I am proud to be an American, but I cannot lie and tell you that America is doing just fine. The pieces of evidence compiled below are undeniable. Our economy is deathly ill and is rapidly getting worse. We were handed the keys to the greatest economic machine in the history of the world and we have wrecked it.

Bryan Fischer: Nation-building in Iraq: epic fail

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:46:34 GMT

It is impossible to do nation-building in a Muslim country, at least if you want to build a democracy. It cannot be done, and it is foolish - and expensive - to try. It cannot be done because there is no impulse toward freedom, choice and liberty in Islam.

The spirit that animates Islam is dark, dangerous and violent. It is a spirit of tyranny, domination and repression. The soil is sterile, so sterile that the seeds of democracy cannot possibly take root.

This is what American politicians do not understand. The spirit of liberty is unique to Christianity and Christian nations. As the Scriptures put it, “[W]here the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17). Because politicians like George W. Bush grew up in America, they know that the thirst for freedom is deep in the DNA of the American psyche. They naively assume the same thirst for freedom exists in every human soul. It does not.

Probe Ministries: A Christmas Quiz

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:14:34 GMT

Adoration of the Magi of 1475 (Botticelli)

Written by Dr. Dale Taliaferro

1. Can you name the parents of Jesus?
   a. Mary (Matt. 1:16; Luke 1:31, 2:6-7).
   b. God (Luke 1:32, 35).
   c. Joseph (by adoption) (Matt 1:16, 19-20, 24-25).

Dr. Ray Pritchard: What Christopher Hitchens Got Right

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:46:29 GMT

Christopher Hitchens died last week at the age of 62 after losing his battle with esophageal cancer. Following the publication of his bestselling God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, he toured the country debating a series of religious leaders, including some well-known evangelical thinkers. In Portland, Oregon he was interviewed by Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell. The entire transcript of the interview has been posted online. The following exchange took place near the start of the interview:

Mike Adams: Hamline University: Closed Hearts, Closed Minds, and Closed Doors

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:41:17 GMT

“At Hamline, students collaborate with professors invested in their success. They are challenged in and out of the classroom to create and apply knowledge in local and global contexts, while cultivating an ethic of civic responsibility, social justice, and inclusive leadership and service.” – From the Hamline University website

Hamline University is not a liberal arts college as it claims to be. It is an illiberal arts college that has just disgraced itself in the national court of public opinion. Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer was hired to teach at the school but then abruptly canned by those who did not want even a single high-profile conservative faculty member. So much for the “civil and open exchange of ideas” Hamline promises to prospective students. It is nothing short of false advertising meant to lure students into an ideological echo chamber that will leave them deep in debt and shallow on exposure to controversial ideas.

North Korea: The Most Bizarre Country On Earth Is Now Even More Unstable

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:45:58 GMT

A new era has arrived for North Korea and nobody in the western world really knows exactly what is going to happen next. Kim Jong-Il is dead, and now control over the most bizarre country on earth has been handed over to 29-year-old Kim Jong-Un. Many believe that he is even younger than that. North Korea was already quite unstable while Kim Jong-Il was leading it, and now we have a young man that is going to be eager to "prove himself" to the North Korean hierarchy.

Bryan Fischer: Bradley Manning case: homosexuals a national security threat

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:35:30 GMT

One of the myths about homosexuality is that homosexuals do not experience higher levels of psychological disorders than heterosexuals.

But empirical data indicates clearly that homosexuals are at five times - yes, five times - the risk of mental health problems as straights.

A 2005 study of young people in New Zealand, published by 365Gay.com (not exactly part of the vast, right-wing conspiracy), showed that homosexuality is “associated with increasing rates of depression, anxiety, illicit drug dependence, suicidal thoughts and attempts. Gay males...have mental health problems five times higher than young heterosexual males.”

One of the nation’s leading AIDS researchers, Ron Stall, reported in the June 2003 edition of the American Journal of Public Health that homosexual conduct is associated with “higher rates of multiple drug use, depression [and ]domestic violence” than in the heterosexual population.

David Limbaugh: Obama and Holder Should Put the Race Card back in the Deck

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:43:54 GMT

President Obama led us to believe that he would be a post-racial president who would bring the races together, but it's gotten to where you can't criticize this most leftist administration in American history without someone accusing you of racism.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Backstage at Bethlehem

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:45:50 GMT

It’s amazing how simple some things really are. Take the Bible, for instance. At first glance, it’s an intimidating book filled with strange names, places we’ve never heard of, books we can’t pronounce, and verses we don’t understand. Even people who have read the Bible for years still have trouble understanding parts of it. Sometimes it helps to remember that the message of the Bible is not very complicated. This week a friend sent me an e-mail containing “The Bible in 50 words.” That wouldn’t seem possible because the Bible is such a big book. But here it is.

Frank Turek: Christopher Hitchens: Evidence of a Divine Being

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:32:11 GMT

I am greatly saddened that Christopher Hitchens is gone. There is no one with whom I disagreed more who I admired so much.

I emailed Christopher several times since his diagnosis with cancer, my last correspondence with him occurring the day after Thanksgiving. I expressed my prayers and concern for him. He responded immediately and graciously, and even said he would “love to renew our debates.” That gave me hope he was recovering. Now all hope is gone.

Chuck Norris: U.S. Dept. of Defense and their war on religion, Part 1

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:05:11 GMT

Anyone who knows me knows that for my whole life I've been a huge supporter of our U.S. military personnel, who I too congratulate about their victory in Iraq. But when our president and officials in the U.S. Department of Defense exchange a war abroad for a religious war at home, can't we see something else is seriously awry in this administration?

Debt-Free United States Notes Were Once Issued Under JFK And The U.S. Government Still Has The Power To Issue Debt-Free Money

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:41:49 GMT

Most Americans have no idea that the U.S. government once issued debt-free money directly into circulation. America once thrived under a debt-free monetary system, and we can do it again. The truth is that the United States is a sovereign nation and it does not need to borrow money from anyone. Back in the days of JFK, Federal Reserve Notes were not the only currency in circulation. Under JFK (at at various other times), a limited number of debt-free United States Notes were issued by the U.S. Treasury and spent by the U.S. government without any new debt being created. In fact, each bill said "United States Note" right at the top.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Can You Hear the Angels Singing? Christmas and the 'Other World'

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:19:04 GMT

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

"And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!’” (Luke 2:8-14 ESV).

Mike Adams: How to Donate to a Dying University

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:47:28 GMT

Author’s Note: The present column was inspired by Jim Nelson Black, author of Free-fall of the American University.

From time to time I am asked whether conservative donors should simply boycott leftist universities like my own. The answer is emphatically “no.” If conservative donors all stopped giving, all donations would be liberal donations. That is simply common sense. There is another, better solution born of common sense. It might not have worked a few years ago. But times have changed. The economy has tanked and it really could work today. It is a variation on the idea of directed, or contingent, donations. This involves giving money that is directed towards accomplishing a particular purpose on campus. In other words, it is money given contingent upon the institution’s promise to spend it in a particular manner.

David Limbaugh: About Those Self-Evident Truths

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:43:32 GMT

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident..." What truths? What has happened to our passion for liberty? I am concerned that we conservatives, instead of making our case as fearless champions of liberty, are too often on the defensive, preoccupied with trying to prove we aren't the demons the left says we are.

In the GOP primary contest, you'll hear one candidate scolding the others for lacking compassion, another demagoguing a rival for advocating essential entitlement reform, and another shaming an opponent for being too wealthy.

Elijah Friedeman: Christopher Hitchens and Us

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:39:59 GMT

Well-known atheist Christopher Hitchens has died. What his death means for us.

The Collapse Of The Euro, The Death Of The Euro And The End Of The Euro

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:44:41 GMT

The euro was a doomed project from the start, and now we are starting to see the endgame play out. Yesterday, the euro fell to an 11-month low against the U.S. dollar. As I write this, the EUR/USD is at 1.2983. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. As panic has swept the financial markets, the euro has lost more than 3 percent over the past three days.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A Question for Jesus

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:10:54 GMT

If you could have any gift you wanted for Christmas, what would you ask for? That’s not an easy question to answer if you start to think about it. Some of us would ask for things.

A new car.
A new house.
A nice blouse.
A necklace.
A train set.
A new bike.
A new computer.

Some of us would ask for health. Perhaps you’ve been struggling all year with various physical ailments, and all you want for Christmas is to feel better. Perhaps a loved one is suffering from a serious illness, and your Christmas wish would be for them to get better.

Bryan Fischer: Gays in the military ought to end conservative support for Paul, Romney

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:12:32 GMT

The Scriptures are clear that homosexual behavior is contrary, as the Founders put it in the Declaration, to “the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God.”

In 1 Timothy, for instance, the Apostle discusses matters that are proper subjects for the law to address. “The law is good,” Paul says, “if one uses it lawfully” (1 Timothy 1:8), that is, for its God-given and intended purpose. The purpose of the law is clearly to prohibit and punish behaviors which are destructive to others and weaken the moral character of a culture.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: No Crib for a Bed: The God of Every Circumstance

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:56:04 GMT

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7 KJV).

While doing some preparation for this message, I ran across a sermon title that stuck in my mind. Someone preached on this text using the title, “Miracle on Manger Street.” That’s clever and catchy, and it’s also appropriate because there really was a miracle on “manger street” the night Jesus was born. The scene portrayed in Luke 2:7 is so familiar that it has become unmistakable. We call it a creche, a representation of the birth of Christ, either with statuary or in a painting or sometimes with actors portraying Joseph, Mary and Jesus. Usually the setting is quite pastoral, with Mary and Joseph watching as Jesus sleeps in the clean wooden feeding-trough. Sometimes there is a glowing light emanating from baby Jesus. The straw is fresh, overhead the stars twinkle in the sky, nearby the cattle and the sheep rest contentedly and the faithful donkey (there’s almost always a donkey) watches the happy parents. And very often the shepherds and the Wise Men bow before the Babe in the manger. As I said, it is a sweet and beautiful scene.

Mike Adams: African American Listed

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:48:03 GMT

Dear African American Center:

Season’s greetings! I wanted to write to you today to share a heartwarming story that will help kick off your annual celebration of Kwanza. It involves a young woman of color who recently finished one of my classes in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. She told me that she thoroughly enjoyed the course and was glad she did not drop it as she was advised to do. Sadly, the people who advised her to drop the class were supporters of the campus African American Center. You are doing a fine job of instilling the values of racial separatism in the hearts of this new generation of students. Never has a generation of minority students had so much social opportunity and so little desire to mingle with the rest of society.

Probe Ministries: The Christmas Story: Does It Still Matter?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:42:09 GMT

Written by Rusty Wright

What does Christmas mean to you? Times with family and friends? Perhaps carols, cards, television specials. Maybe hectic shopping, parties, and eating too much.

All these and more are part of North American Christmas. But what about the first Christmas? Why is the original story—the baby in a manger, shepherds, wise men, angels—important, if at all?

May I invite you to consider eight reasons why the original Christmas story matters, even to you? You may not agree with all of them, but perhaps they will stimulate your thinking and maybe even kindle some feelings that resonate with that famous story.

Bryan Fischer: If either Newt or Mitt wins, Ron Paul will give us four more years of Obama

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:39:26 GMT

If the GOP wants four more years of Barack Obama, the best way to do it is for Newt or Mitt to win the nomination.

The reason is simple: in that scenario, Ron Paul’s third party run would siphon enough votes from either Newt or Mitt to let Obama slide into the Oval Office with less than 50% of the percent, just as Bill Clinton did twice.

The only way this outcome can be averted is if a genuine conservative takes the GOP mantle - Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, or Rick Santorum. Given the failure of Bachmann and Santorum to gain any traction or raise any significant funds, the only realistic alternative is Perry. (Perry is out today with an effective ad tying both Romney and Gingrich to the individual mandate and hanging that albatross about both their necks.)

Mega Fail: 17 Signs That The European Financial System Is Heading For An Implosion Of Historic Proportions

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:44:06 GMT

What happens when you attempt a cold shutdown of one of the biggest debt spirals that the world has ever seen? Well, we are about to find out. The politicians in Europe have decided that they are going to "take their medicine" and put strict limits on budget deficits. They have also decided that the European Central Bank is not going to engage in reckless money printing to "paper over" the debts of troubled nations. This may all sound wonderful to many of you, but the reality is that there is always a tremendous amount of pain whenever a massive debt spiral is interrupted.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: 'I Resign'

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:30:41 GMT

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6).
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I have always been intrigued by a phrase in this famous Christmas verse-"and the government will be on his shoulders.” It means something like this: “The weight of the world will be on his shoulders.” This is a profound truth, especially for those of us who feel like we’re bearing the full weight of the world on our own shoulders.

Bryan Fischer: The selective amnesia of the Newts

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:48:14 GMT

The rapt adoration of conservatives who have strapped themselves to the Newt-tron missile would by mystifying if people were rational creatures.

Many Tea Party types are gaga over Newt, which again makes no sense in a world governed by reason and objectivity. But we quite apparently are not living in that kind of world.

David Limbaugh: Obama's '60 Minutes' Interview Gives Grading on a Curve New Meaning

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:54:14 GMT

The most disturbing aspect of President Obama's "60 Minutes" interview is how sincere he sounded when misrepresenting his record. I'm not sure whether I would prefer that he be lying or self-deluded, but there's plenty of each to go around.

Obama is a left-wing ideologue, a true believer, who is convinced that his agenda is mandated by a superior moral imperative (from who knows where) and that it must be advanced irrespective of the consequences, because no matter how bad they might be, they would have been worse without his agenda.

Elijah Friedeman: How to win the struggle for our culture

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:44:27 GMT

It takes more than voting and donating to redeem our culture.

Mike Adams: The Boortz Monologues

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:20:09 GMT

Those who advocate the murder of innocent children trapped inside the womb are simply among our most cowardly citizens. Among that minority, none is more cowardly than radio talk show host Neal Boortz. He serves as an advocate for the “choice” to dismember those who cannot defend themselves. He also attacks the defenders of life and refuses them the opportunity to call into his show or debate in a format where he does not control the exchange of ideas. His assertion that he “does not discuss abortion” is simply false. He brings it up all the time – to the point of obsession. But Boortz does not debate abortion because he is not a true libertarian. Boortz is a social liberal. And there’s a big difference as the follow exchange will aptly demonstrate:

Chuck Norris: GOP creating fuel for Obama

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:14:53 GMT

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel, the early 20th century baseball legend who played on five teams and managed four, said, "It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part."

What's true in sports is definitely true in politics, but even more so.

Many say, 'tis the season for GOP rivalry, but when does inference turn to infighting? When does public debate dismantle our conservative solidarity? When do campaign commercials compromise our unity to fight together? And when does friendly bantering turn into friendly fire that is fuel for our foes?

Bryan Fischer: Debate bottom line: it’ll be Newt, Paul, Perry, 1-2-3 in Iowa

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:05:54 GMT

Bottom line takeaways from Saturday night’s GOP debate: Mitt Romney is finished and Newt Gingrich is dangerous.

Michelle Bachmann was the one who stuck the fork in Mitt by coining the phrase “Newt Romney,” pillorying them both for the similarity of their stances on TARP, the individual mandate, cap-and-trade, amnesty for illegals, and the payroll tax cut extension.

And she’s right. There is not a dime’s worth of difference between the two of them on these core issues. So if there is no fundamental difference between Newt and Mitt, why would anyone vote for Mitt?

The Tim Tebow Comeback Story Continues But There Will Be No Miracle Comebacks For The U.S. Economy

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:05:16 GMT

Never in the history of the NFL has there ever been anything like this. Today, Tim Tebow engineered yet another miraculous 4th quarter comeback. Almost everyone has been expecting this unprecedented string of comebacks to come to an end, yet Tebow just keeps pulling off miracle after miracle. It seems like nearly every week now we are talking about another unbelievable Tim Tebow comeback. It is truly a great story, and what is wonderful about Tebow is that he is not out to glorify himself. He is very humble, he always recognizes his teammates and he is a terrific role model for a generation of American youth that is in desperate need of one.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Unfixable

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:20:42 GMT

Last Sunday the pastor made a passing comment that has stayed with me. While preaching about Jesus bearing the weight of the world on his shoulders (“the government will be on his shoulders,” Isaiah 9:6), he remarked that Christmas is the season for fixing things.

David Limbaugh: In Kansas, Obama Emulates Dorothy: 'Lions and Tigers and Capitalists! Oh, My!'

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:18:41 GMT

President Obama's much-ballyhooed speech in Osawatomie, Kan., was his best effort to put a happy face on class warfare. Though some were elated, fantasizing that he might be getting his messianic mojo back, even his reliable cheerleaders recognize there's no substance beneath the hot air rising.

Liberals get all dewy-eyed when Obama reverts to idealistic tones, as they are saps for perfect-world scenarios that never materialize. They love it when he co-opts history in service to their cause. So he traveled to Kansas seeking to identify with Teddy Roosevelt, the icon of rugged individualism, to lambast the evils of rugged individualism.

Bryan Fischer: GOP strategists completely wrong about independents

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:11:08 GMT

ABC News, which naturally cares more about President Obama’s re-election prospects than anything else, came out with a story yesterday lamenting that his climb back to the Oval Office is “getting steeper.”

This is because of the staggering number of defections (825,000) from the Democratic Party in crucial swing states since 2008, representing an overall 5.4 percent drop.

But Republicans have equal reason for concern, since their registration has slumped 3.1 percent.

Shocking Charts And Statistics That Prove That America Is No Longer A Wealthy Nation

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:15:09 GMT

How do you decide whether you are wealthy or not? Do you determine that by how much money you spend at the stores? Of course not. You can tell if you are wealthy or not by comparing your assets (the money in your bank account, equity in your home, etc.) to your liabilities (your mortgage, credit card debt, student loan debt, etc.). Well, a lot of Americans seem to believe that just because a lot of money is circulating in our economy that it must mean that we are a wealthy nation. But that is simply not true. To tell whether or not America is a wealthy nation, you need to look at the balance sheet numbers. And when you look at the balance sheet numbers, a very sobering story emerges. Over the past three decades, government debt, business debt and household debt have absolutely exploded, but our assets have not. That means that we are getting poorer as a nation. Hopefully the shocking charts and statistics in this article will help a lot of Americans to wake up. Yes, we once were the wealthiest nation on earth, but today America is no longer a wealthy nation.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: God Guarantees Our Salvation

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:36:34 GMT

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (I Peter 1:3-5 ESV).

Bryan Fischer: Newt about to experience Armageddon

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:07:27 GMT

The long knives are out for Newt Gingrich, and his sturdiness as a candidate is about to be tested in ways that perhaps no candidate has been tested before.

Indications are that Newt is about to be blasted on all fronts, besieged from the left, the right and the center.

20 Signs That The Culture Of Government Dependence Has Gotten Completely And Totally Out Of Control

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:06:23 GMT

More Americans are financially dependent on the government than ever before. For a variety of reasons, there are now tens of millions of Americans that would not be able to survive without government assistance. As I wrote about the other day, the insane economic policies of our "representatives" in Washington D.C. have created a situation where there are not nearly enough decent jobs for everyone. So the job market has become a giant game of "musical chairs" and a lot of American families have been left out in the cold when the music has stopped. Of course we are not going to let them starve in the streets. There are also some Americans that simply do not have the capacity to take care of themselves. It is certainly the compassionate thing to do to give them a helping hand.

Probe Ministries: How Do We Know Christ Rose from the Dead? And Who Wrote the Bible?

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:41:37 GMT

I have been struggling within myself for nearly all my life as to whether to believe that Christ actually rose from the dead. For without that fact, Christianity is an empty promise. So I ask myself, "What evidence is there?" The Bible is the only source of documentation we have to examine. I have often asked and never received an answer, as to exactly who wrote the Bible. The New Testament appears to have been written (opinions differ) from 75 to 400 years after Jesus was to have been around. Who put the pen to the paper on the originals? Who wrote the Old Testament? And when? Jesus was using a copy. Who compiled all the books of the O. T.? Why were they compiled before the coming of Christ? Did they come from a common geographical area, or were different continents involved? What language was used?

Bryan Fischer: Perry is starting his comeback in Iowa

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:00:31 GMT

Newt eventually is going to flame out. He was still supporting the individual health mandate as recently as May, 2011, and has been a worse flip-flopper than Romney on any number of other issues, ranging from the mandate to climate change to cap-and-trade to when human life begins. The only thing keeping his candidacy afloat right now is voter ignorance of his abysmal policy record.

Ron Paul has been beating Newt about the head and shoulders for his “serial hypocrisy,” and he is exactly right to do so.

Rush has been complaining that conservatives shouldn’t be criticizing other Republicans at this stage since the enemy is Obama. He’s wrong about this, and by the way, violated his own tenet by going after Paul on his program yesterday.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Strangers in a Strange Land

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:03 GMT

Today we are beginning a journey through I Peter. I encourage you to crease your Bible open to this little book because we’re going to be here for several months. We’re going to go through this epistle verse-by-verse so that we can discover what God is saying to us today. Here’s a suggestion: Read 1 Peter this week. It’s short—only 105 verses—and you can easily read it in 30 minutes. If you do that, you’ll get a basic grasp of the message that will help you as we journey through the book together.

David Limbaugh: The Orwellian American Left

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:03:41 GMT

As I heard Barack Obama and his propaganda minister, Jay Carney, endorsing tax cuts as a vehicle for economic growth, I was reminded, again, of George Orwell's "1984" and the striking similarities between his Oceania and the American left's vision for America.

The Worst In The World – The U.S. Balance Of Trade Is Mind-Blowingly Bad

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:32:16 GMT

Did you know that we buy about a half a trillion dollars more stuff from the rest of the world than they buy from us? The U.S. balance of trade is not only mind-blowingly bad - it is the worst in the world. It is being projected that the U.S. trade deficit for 2011 will be 558.2 billion dollars. That would be an increase of more than 11 percent from last year. As I have written about previously, the United States is the worst in the world at a lot of things, but as far as the economic well-being of our nation is concerned, our balance of trade is particularly important. Every single month, far more money goes out of this country than comes into it.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Faded Glory: Why Christ Had to Come

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:55:52 GMT

Psalm 8 & Hebrews 2:5-9

On Christmas Eve, 1998, George Will wrote a column called “The Happiest Holiday.” It began this way:

A sardonic British skeptic of the late 19th century suggested that three words should be carved in stone over all church doors: “Important if true.” On Christmas Eve, at the end of the rarely stately and always arduous march that Americans make each year to the happiest holiday, it sometimes seems that they are supposed to celebrate Christmas as though they have agreed to forget what supposedly it means.

Bryan Fischer: Homosexual bigots commit hate crimes, Part 14: Macy’s guilty

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:26:09 GMT

The parade of hate crimes committed by homosexual bigots and their accomplices continue.

The latest is a hate crime committed against an employee at a San Antonio Macy’s whose crime was to prevent a male from using the women’s dressing room. Yes, you read that right. Because she had the audacity to think that men should not be allowed in dressing rooms reserved for females, she was summarily fired from her job.

Chuck Norris: Feds allow arsenic in apple juice?

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:01:50 GMT

This past year, I started writing a health and fitness column through Creators Syndicate titled "C-Force." It is no surprise that in researching for that column I've discovered repeat offenses of food and beverage tampering by the federal government. But arsenic in apple juice?

Dr. Oz received significant flak when he reported in September that "some of the best-known brands of apple juice contain arsenic." Since then, however, Oz has been redeemed and his claims substantiated!

Bryan Fischer: Governor Flip, Speaker Flop

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:55:37 GMT

Mitt Romney, whom, inspired by James Carville, I have affectionately dubbed “Governor Windsock,” is a notorious political panderer. He literally will say anything to get elected. A 1994 videohas surfaced which perfectly illustrates this, and indicates that Romney has, well, always been Romney.

In the video, Romney, running for the Senate against Ted Kennedy, is interviewed by a teenage kid. Some kind of tuneless music is playing in the background, and the kid asks Romney whether he likes it.

Barack Obama Is Taking A 17 Day Vacation Even As America Falls Apart All Around Him

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:45:03 GMT

What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? The United States of America is falling apart all around him, and yet he decides to take a 17 day Hawaiian vacation. Does he even understand that he is the leader of the free world? Does he even understand that this country is mired in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression? Last year, a similar Hawaiian vacation by the Obamas ending up costing more than 1 million dollars. Other than when I was in school, I don't remember ever taking a 17 day vacation. In fact, most Americans do not even get 17 vacation days for an entire year. Yet the Obamas seem to think that part of occupying the White House is to take as many vacations as possible. It has been reported that Michelle Obama spent over 10 million dollars of U.S. taxpayer money on vacations during just one recent 12 month period alone.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Church of the Living Dead

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:41:55 GMT

“Did I dream this up?”

The woman who wrote those words said she was looking for an article by me called “Signs of a Dying Church.” After searching our website and finding nothing, she wrote asking for my help. After searching myself, I couldn’t find anything by that particular title.

And that set me to thinking.

David Limbaugh: Obama Pleads for 4 More

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:45:38 GMT

Instead of trying to govern, a matter about which I suppose we should be grateful, President Obama is once again galloping from fundraiser to fundraiser, straining to make the implausible case that the country needs his second term.

In New York for three events -- in which he raked in $2 million from the very type of fat cats he daily condemns -- he pleaded with voters (Reuters' terminology, not mine) to be patient with him and to give him more time to fulfill his 2008 "hope and change" campaign promise.

Have You Heard About The 16 Trillion Dollar Bailout The Federal Reserve Handed To The Too Big To Fail Banks?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:39:31 GMT

What you are about to read should absolutely astound you. During the last financial crisis, the Federal Reserve secretly conducted the biggest bailout in the history of the world, and the Fed fought in court for several years to keep it a secret. Do you remember the TARP bailout? The American people were absolutely outraged that the federal government spent 700 billion dollars bailing out the "too big to fail" banks. Well, that bailout was pocket change compared to what the Federal Reserve did.

Mike Adams: Chancellor Miller Tear Down This Wall

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:40:09 GMT

Dear Dr. Miller:

Let me first express my great satisfaction over your selection as our new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I am delighted to have a former Mississippi State Bulldog in charge of our university. I am also impressed by your qualifications. Unlike your predecessor, you were not selected on the basis of your gender or any other irrelevant demographic characteristics. You were selected on the basis of your qualifications. You deserved the position you were awarded. And you’ve been doing an outstanding job so far.

Bryan Fischer: Does Newt’s troubled past disqualify him for the presidency?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:15:04 GMT

There is one major takeaway from Dr. Richard Land’s open letter to Newt Gringrich, calling for him to address his troubled marital past, and it is this: Newt’s past is still an issue, and it’s not going away anytime soon.

And it’s an indication that Newt’s efforts to deal with this in 2007, particularly through his mea culpa on James Dobson’s radio program, didn’t solve his problem.

Mike Adams: A Five Gun Salute to Great Self Defense Weapons

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:21:16 GMT

Recently, I have been getting a lot of complaints about the lack of diversity in my opinion column. The Feminazi Party has been complaining that I write about abortion too often. The Gaystapo has been complaining that I write about homosexuality too often. Atheists have been complaining that I write about God too often. College administrators have been complaining that I write about college administrators too often. I just can’t win.

What Have The Central Banks Of The World Done Now?

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:50:56 GMT

The central banks of the world are acting as if it is 2008 all over again. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and right now the central bankers are pulling out all the stops. The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank have announced a coordinated plan to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. According to the plan, the Federal Reserve is going to substantially reduce the interest rate that it charges the European Central Bank to borrow dollars. In turn, that will enable the ECB to lend dollars to European banks at a much cheaper rate.

Probe Ministries: Lessons from C.S. Lewis

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:22:44 GMT

Written by Rick Wade

"The Poison of Subjectivism"

C.S. Lewis was both a serious scholar who could tangle with the great minds of his day and a popular author who had the wonderful ability to write for children. Lewis, who died in 1963, is still an intellectual force who is well worth reading.

Tens Of Millions Of American Families Are Living On The Edge Of Desperation – And The Economy Is About to Get a Lot Worse

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:36:42 GMT

Have you ever been so poor that you had to live in your car? Have you ever been so low on funds that the only place you could afford to live was a rat-infested motel? Have you ever spent a night living in a tent city or sleeping in the streets? If not, you should consider yourself to be very fortunate. As the recent Black Friday madness demonstrated, there are still lots of Americans that are doing well enough to go on wild shopping sprees, but the reality is that there are also millions of American families that are falling through the "safety net" to a place of total desperation.

Bryan Fischer: GOP: here’s the campaign platform conservatives want to see

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:39:58 GMT

If a GOP candidate wants to win the nomination of his party, here’s the campaign platform that’ll do it. If the GOP candidate wants to defeat Barack Obama and win the White House, here’s the campaign platform that’ll do that to. This is the ideal GOP candidate speaking:

David Limbaugh: A Quick Look at the GOP Field

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:52:05 GMT

The GOP presidential nomination process is a roller-coaster ride -- sometimes uplifting, other times discouraging, but we press forward.

President Obama and his agenda are unspeakably disastrous for the nation, so this election matters more than any in my lifetime. The national debt clock is ticking faster than Obama's heart beats for big government, and his re-election would guarantee virtual national bankruptcy. That's why the grass-roots tea party phenomenon sprouted, and it's why there is so much scrutiny of the GOP candidates.

22 Reasons Why We Could See An Economic Collapse In Europe In 2012

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:48:18 GMT

Will 2012 be the year that we see an economic collapse in Europe? Before you dismiss the title of this article as "alarmist", read the facts listed in the rest of this article first. Over the past several months, there has been an astonishing loss of confidence in the European financial system. Right now, virtually nobody wants to loan money to financially troubled nations in the EU and virtually nobody wants to lend money to major European banks. Remember, one of the primary reasons for the financial crisis of 2008 was a major credit crunch that happened here in the United States. This burgeoning credit crunch in Europe is just one element of a "perfect storm" that is rapidly coming together as we get ready to go into 2012.

Mike Adams: Tangled up in Blue

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:51:47 GMT

If you are reading my column, you probably fit into one of two categories. You might love everything I write - in which case you are slightly mentally disturbed. Or you might hate everything I write but can’t stop reading my column – in which case you are severely mentally disturbed. Regardless, you all have one thing in common: You have a God-given gift and a choice as to whether you will take it for granted.

I’ve been playing guitar off and on since I was about twelve years old. Ever since then I have wished I had a singing voice but I just don’t. Friends have tried to encourage me by pointing to the example of Bob Dylan. I’ve always responded by letting them know that Bob has a much better voice than I do. On a couple of occasions, I’ve had to prove it to them. I usually sing a couple of lines and it works every time. They never bother me again.

Chuck Norris: Secrets of Soros, Obama, Occupy and MSM, Part 3

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:44:16 GMT

In Part 1, I discussed how the mainstream media, or MSM, billionaire progressives like George Soros, the White House and even the Occupy movement are in cahoots with one another.

In Part 2, I discussed the MSM's maneuvering to coronate their choice for GOP nomination, George Soros' covert investments in the 2012 presidential election and Agenda 21's relation to progressivism and the Occupy movement.

Today, in Part 3, I will not only address exactly what is the end goal and meaning of progressives' "total transformation of the United States of America" but also what I and America's founders believe we can do to stop that onslaught from overturning of our republic.

Bryan Fischer: Get ready for a Perry comeback

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:37:18 GMT

Newt is the current flavor of the month in the GOP race for the presidential nomination, and grabbed a coup in New Hampshire with the endorsement of the Union-Leader.

However, Newt has enough baggage with enough rocks in it to drag him below surface again. His amnesty stance on immigration puts him to the left of Perry on that issue, and we now know he took $1.8 million from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac right when they were dragging the housing industry to the bottom of the sea. Newt’s at the bottom of the pile on that one.

Black Friday Violence Worse Than Ever As American Consumers Fight Over Deals

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:52:18 GMT

We all knew that this was coming, didn't we? Each year Black Friday violence just seems to get worse and worse. What does it say about American consumers when they are willing to fight like crazed animals just to save a few bucks on cheap plastic crap made in China? Not that retailers are innocent in any of this. It certainly seems as though many of them purposely create wild situations on Black Friday where customers will rush like crazy people into their stores and nearly riot as they fight over discounted merchandise.

Mike Adams: In My Life

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:47:13 GMT

Author’s note: This column is a continuation of my previous column, “The Dance.” All past columns can be accessed by clicking on the link to my archive. That’s what an archive does. It preserves nearly all of my sarcasm for future generations.

That Takamine guitar just sat in the corner of my closet for three years. The bag of Lee Oscar harmonicas sat right next to it collecting dust. Then, one day during the late summer of 1996, I got a phone call from my old friend Harry Wilson. He wanted me to fly out to Columbus, Mississippi – my place of birth – to play in his wedding. The song choice was a no-brainer. It was Harry’s favorite Beatles tune In My Life. It was the one he wanted me to play - and wanted Shannon Ruscoe to sing - at his funeral. Harry always thought we would outlive him. In college, we made sure we practiced playing In My Life at least once a week. We never knew when Harry might go.

Mike Adams: The Dance

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:55:40 GMT

Some twenty years ago, there was a rough-looking man who used to frequent the Mississippi bars where I once made my living playing music in acoustic duos and trios. I remember him because he always stood in the back and applauded enthusiastically. He would even shout out words of encouragement in between requests. I remember that he liked the Allman Brothers and wished we would play more of their songs.

Probe Ministries: Deism and America's Founders

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:43:17 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Introduction

In his book Is God on America's Side, Erwin Lutzer asks the important question, "Is the American dream and the Christian dream one and the same?"{1} If our national dream fails, does it necessarily follow that our Christian dream also dies? Lutzer's book makes the point that it's dangerous to see the goals of the state and the purpose of the church as one and the same. It's dangerous to equate the "city of man" with the "city of God."

David Limbaugh: Even Obama's Cheerleaders Are Falling Away

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:44:02 GMT

President Obama's cheerleaders are starting to peel away along with his approval ratings, and it's a fascinating sight to behold. They offer different reasons, but they all boil down to one obvious thing -- Obama is first and foremost about Obama -- and one less obvious: He has been a failed president.

Chuck Norris: Secrets of Soros, Obama, Occupy and MSM, Part 2

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:32:44 GMT

Last week in Part 1, I discussed how Wall Street Occupiers are being directly aided by the mainstream media, or MSM, and indirectly aided by White House stimulus monies as well as Mayor Bloomberg and even Vice President Biden's households. I also detailed how the MSM are accelerating their progressive blitz, not only to hasten the second coming or election of President Obama, but also to help him and other progressives in reaching their final goal of "fundamentally transforming the United States of America."

Kerby Anderson: Making Moral Choices

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:06:06 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Love and Biblical Morality

In this article we will be talking about making moral choices using the Bible and biblical principles. Our approach will be both philosophical and practical.

A Christian view of morality is based upon the assumption that God exists and has revealed Himself to the human race. He has chosen to reveal Himself in nature (Psalm 19, Romans 1) and in human conscience (Rom. 2:14-15). He has also revealed Himself through the Bible (Psalm 119, 2 Tim. 3:16) and in the person of Jesus Christ (John 10:30, Heb. 1:1-4).

The Bottom Line on a Part Time Congress

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:46:49 GMT

Rick Perry has suggested the unthinkable. He has suggested something so revolutionary that it would change the way American politics fundamentally operate. What is it? He thinks Congress should go part time. And I agree. “It’s time to create a

David Limbaugh: The Same Old Obama

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:07:44 GMT

President Obama's various remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO business summit in Honolulu over the weekend show he is simply incapable of growing in office. In just a few short statements, we saw many of the familiar practices through which he has alienated such a large percentage of the American people and damaged the economy.

Chuck Norris: Secrets of Soros, Obama, Occupy and MSM, Part 1

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:41:38 GMT

While Occupy protesters continue to rant in select cities around the country, I'm wondering who is shadier: corporate Wall Street or corporate media?

Of course, there's no surprise or secret in saying that the mainstream media, or MSM, is biased. But have you noticed the particularly intense acceleration and force of progressive MSM news reports in the last decade? How fair is that accelerated bias for most trusting and unsuspecting Americans, young or old?

Mike Adams: Anarchy at UK

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:05:15 GMT

I wish George Orwell were alive today. He could have seen just how right he was on such a wide range of issues. If he were still with us, I would show him an email written by University of Kentucky (UK) President Eli Capilouto. I’ve reprinted the email below. But in between each paragraph I’ve interjected some sarcastic observations.

David Limbaugh: The Left's Many Double Standards

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:49 GMT

Today's liberals would have you believe they occupy the moral high ground on every political and cultural issue. But have you ever taken inventory of their double standards?

Mike Adams: The Right to be Governed

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:12:01 GMT

There are a number of differences between the college students of the 1960s and the college students of today. Perhaps none is more striking than the desire of the former to be free and the latter to be controlled by the university administration. A recent controversy at UNC-Chapel Hill shows just how upset students become when administrators tell them they are free to associate with whomever they choose.

Probe Ministries: Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:17:41 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

The Low Status of Women in Jesus' Day

Some feminists charge that Christianity, the Bible, and the Church are anti-female and horribly oppressive to women. Does God really hate women? Did the apostle Paul disrespect them in his New Testament writings? In this article we'll be looking at why Christianity is the best thing that ever happened to women, with insights from Alvin Schmidt's book How Christianity Changed the World.{1}

Mike Adams: New Charges Surface Against Muslim Professor

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:08:51 GMT

Dear Governor Kasich (http://governor.ohio.gov/):

It has been awhile since we talked about the case of Julio Pino – a tenured member of the faculty of Kent State University. Shortly after I last wrote to you there was a Secret Service raid on his home. The raid was meant to ensure that certain veiled threats directed to the Obama White House were not a prelude to some planned act of violence. I thank you for any role you may have played in helping alert the federal authorities.

David P. Smith: Lack of Knowledge Doomed Initiative 26

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:01:14 GMT

The failure of Mississippi’s Initiative 26 to pass is a shock to many people, especially since polls only a couple of weeks ago showed the initiative likely to briskly sail into it’s place in the state constitution. That was before the national media and pro-abortion groups began their campaign to cause confusion in the minds of those who initially voiced support for the measure.

The Bottom Line on the Christmas Tree Tax

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:33 GMT

The federal government is about to take a little bite out of the holiday cheer.

The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will impose a 15 cent tax on all sales of Christmas trees.

David Limbaugh: Leftist Exploitation of Race Issue

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:21:25 GMT

It's almost 2012, and we have a black president, yet the white ghost of racial tensions still haunts our national politics. Will it ever end?

Far too many liberals continue to paint conservatives as racists based on their ideological leanings and party affiliation. Some believe it; others know better but milk it for their political gain. Still others selfishly and recklessly cling to this view to make themselves feel morally superior, wholly indifferent to their own immorality in impugning a category of people in the same way racists categorically impugn entire races of people and wholly indifferent to the facts.

Chuck Norris: The venom in feds' vaccinations

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:10:40 GMT

While most mainstream news covers presidential campaigns or economic conditions, the feds are going under the radar and your skin – literally – with something that could be detrimental to your children's and your health. And news just broke about the cover-up, but few, if any, agencies passed along the wire.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, one in 110 children have autism spectrum disorders, or ASDs, which is strikingly higher than ratios just two decades ago. (ASDs are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause communication, behavioral and social challenges.) The National Autism Association, or NAA, calls the 644 percent increase of ASDs among all U.S. children since the early 1990s "a tragic epidemic of autism."

David Limbaugh: The British Empire -- Vindicated

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:11:25 GMT

As many Americans no longer believe in American exceptionalism and others believe America's greatness is guaranteed to extend perpetually, we could all benefit by reviewing the history of the British Empire, the realm from which we sprung and acquired so much.

Probe Ministries: Jesus in the Qur'an

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:39:14 GMT

Written by Patrick Zukeran

The Debate

Islam and Christianity both recognize Jesus as a significant historical figure. However, they teach contrary doctrines regarding the nature and person of Jesus Christ. Christians have taught from the beginning that Jesus is the divine Son of God. This was not a doctrine invented centuries after the life of Christ as some allege, but was taught from the beginning by Christ Himself and the church. There is strong evidence that the New Testament was written in the first century, and there are numerous verses proclaiming the deity of Christ (Matt. 1:23; Mark 2:1-12; John 1:1). Old Testament prophecies regarding the nature of the Messiah proclaimed that He would be human as well as divine (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6). Even non-Christian Roman historical works, such as the writings of Pliny the Younger (AD 112) and Celsus (AD 177), acknowledge that the Christians worshipped Christ as God.

David Limbaugh: Obama's Class Warfare: It's All He's Got Left

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:09:10 GMT

There he goes again. President Obama, on the campaign stump, rails against the "rich," saying our "wealth gap" shows a need for a "fairer approach."

Does he really believe our economic problems have been caused by insufficient taxes on the rich? Insufficient taxes overall? If not, then what can we conclude about his insistence on hammering this point rather than addressing the real causes and real solutions?

Chuck Norris: President Obama and the children of the corn

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:43:52 GMT

Want to know something almost as scary as an Obama re-election?

Many news sources reported over the last couple months how Monsanto, the world's biggest vegetable seed maker, will begin selling biotech or genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn this fall for U.S. consumers.

There are at least three alarming aspects to this particular vegie-gene mutation and its distribution.

Mike Adams: Death to Tenure

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:54:06 GMT

Julio Pino is a genocidal anti-Semite who uses his university email account to boast of sodomizing the mothers of his political opponents. But he has the protection of tenure. And he also has the protection of a cowardly administration, which fails to sufficiently condemn the behavior of a man who is probably too effeminate to act on his threats of violence and intimidation.

Pino, the unhinged Kent State University history professor, recently shouted "Death to Israel" during a speech by a former Israeli diplomat. The university’s president, Lester Lefton, now says that statement was “deplorable.” Lefton issued a statement saying Julio Pino had a right to shout "Death to Israel” and disrupt someone else’s speech. That’s good to know because I plan to barge into Julio Pino’s history class next week and shout “Death to Julio Pino!” If the president doesn’t write a letter supporting my right to do so, I plan to barge into his office and shout “Death to President Lefton!”

David Limbaugh: Obama's Illusory Student Loan Scheme

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:58:39 GMT

With his latest pseudo-compassionate expansion of the student loan program, President Obama reminds us why we ask whether he is simply unable to learn from history or he is indifferent to government waste incurred in pursuit of "good intentions."

Probe Ministries: A Probe Mom Looks at Halloween

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:47:57 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

A number of articles are available advising Christians to have nothing to do with Halloween. And I do agree that Christians have no business celebrating a holiday that glorifies something that delights the enemy of our souls. And potentially opens us up to demonic harrassment, to boot!

But if we've got kids, especially kids in public school or who hang around other kids in the neighborhood, it's entirely possible that parents can feel pressured to do something about Halloween. After all, it's pretty hard to hide under a rock for the whole month of October. A number of houses on our street are more decorated for Halloween than for Christmas!

Mike Adams: My New Diversity Merger Proposal

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:13:34 GMT

Diversity never held anyone together because people usually bond over their commonalities, not their differences. At one little state-run university, diversity is starting to cause a great campus divide. It all started when the university decided to merge the Physics and Physical Oceanography Department with the Geography and Geology Department. The move will undoubtedly hurt the prestige of the university. But that isn’t the only thing that has people angry. They are also mad because the merger occurred on the heels of an expansion of diversity initiatives and right during the middle of an expansion of the campus recreation center.

David Limbaugh: You Can't Wait? Neither Can We

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:32:41 GMT

President Obama couldn't have chosen a more fitting slogan than "We can't wait" to promote his latest legislative elixir for our ailing economy. What could be cleverer than to employ double meaning in aid of doublespeak?

Chuck Norris: The 8th miracle that saved America

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:03:59 GMT

We are repeatedly asking, "Which GOP presidential candidate can survive, let alone have victory over, the Obama machine?"

Mike Adams: Alphabet Soup for the Conservative Soul

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:07:10 GMT

It isn’t always fun being a conservative activist. There are some days I want to throw in the towel and find an easier job – like selling flannel shirts at Indigo Girls concerts or booking campus speeches for Noam Chomsky. Just a few weeks ago, I had one of those days.

David Limbaugh: Murders, Rapes, Falling Bridges and Phantom Jobs

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:18 GMT

What are we to think about a president and vice president who blow nearly a trillion dollars in borrowed money, accept no responsibility for it and then traverse the nation trying to convince Americans that if we don't spend half that much again, people will die from dilapidated bridges and women will be raped because we can't afford cops?

The Bottom Line: OWS Not Like Jesus

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:15:52 GMT

There is no more discrediting incident than when a "pastor" comes out and says something that is so off base that everyone knows how mistaken they are. Especially if you have ever read the Bible.

The Bottom Line on Herman Cain's Church

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:32:47 GMT

While Herman Cain continues to enjoy popularity among the polls for the 2012 GOP Presidential nod, the vetting process for the Republican hopeful has kicked it up a notch.

They went to his church.

Probe Ministries: Tradition and Scripture

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:25:22 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

Understanding Tradition

In this article we'll be thinking about tradition and its relationship to Scripture. Now I realize that some of you may already be asking, "Tradition! Can anything good come from there?" The answer of course is "yes"—for if it were not, then I wouldn't bother writing about it. Indeed, it's actually an important topic to address, for in our day many evangelicals seem to harbor an attitude of suspicion—if not outright hostility—toward the very notion of tradition.{1} In support of this attitude, some might point to what Jesus said to the religious leaders of his day: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions" (Mark 7:9 NIV). And if this is what Jesus said, then aren't we better off to simply dismiss tradition and focus solely on the teaching of Scripture?

David Limbaugh: Obama and Occupy Wall Street Are One

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:19:47 GMT

President Obama acts as though he merely sympathizes with the Wall Street occupiers' "broad-based frustration" about how America's financial system works, but he's doing a lot more than sympathizing. He's fanning their flames.

Perhaps we should take a look at what, exactly, Obama is supporting and contrast it with the tea party movement he so roundly condemns.

The Bottom Line on an Electrified Fence

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:49:45 GMT

Herman Cain is under fire from some Latino Republican groups, specifically Somos Republicans, for some comments he made over the weekend of developing an electrified fence along our southern border with Mexico.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 8

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:01:02 GMT

Written by Don West

My last effort in attempting to convey the interesting and significant concept that God is the giver of the land to Israel because He is the Owner of the land did not get very far. I was able to quote Leviticus 25:23 where God says: “...the land is Mine...”; and Joel 3:2 where God says, ... “My land”; but that would be the only two scriptures I was able to use in that article regarding what I believe to be is this extremely important aspect of modern Israel’s claim to the land: God’s ownership of the land, and hence His right to convey the land to His Chosen People, Israel.

Chuck Norris: 8 miracles that saved America?

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:32:34 GMT

As I recently wrote on my Twitter account, I read through the book, "The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points that Saved the World," by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart. I highly recommend it.

Immediately after, I started reading their other book, "Seven Miracles That Saved America," and have been equally inspired by it. But it has prompted me also to wonder: Is there an eighth miracle coming and needed to save our republic again?

Mike Adams: Judging Mrs. White

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:01:04 GMT

It is a truism to say that Marxist thought has done much to undermine the quality of today’s college experience. But few people realize just how deeply Marxist thought has penetrated education in America. Its influence is not restricted to the realm of higher education. Nor is it restricted to the realm of economics. Marxism also affects our moral reasoning and it begins to do so in grammar school. The case of Mrs. White is illustrative.

David Limbaugh: Obama Will Not Be Deterred

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:41:32 GMT

If it's not narcissism, what explains President Obama's habit of demanding something against the people's will, being rejected, refusing to take no for an answer and berating the public he is pretending to represent?

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 7

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:16:41 GMT

If you have ever received a gift of real or personal property from someone, then whether we give it any actual consideration or not, we act on the assumption that the donor, grantor, or benefactor of the gift is in fact the owner or legal possessor of the object that constitutes the gift and has the power and legal authority to convey and transfer that gift to us.

Probe Ministries: Authority of the Bible

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:55:21 GMT

There are many books today that claim to be the Word of God. The Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Mormon, and other religious works all claim to be divinely inspired. The Bible claims to be the only book that is divinely inspired and that all other claims of inspiration from other works should be ruled out. Does the Bible confirm its exclusive claim to be the Word of God? The totality of evidences presents a strong case for the divine inspiration of the Bible.

Mike Adams: How America Fell

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:39:50 GMT

Son, you sure ask tough questions, but I’ll try my best to answer. Having lived a long life (and seen America at both its highest and lowest points) I think I have some insights. Many of those insights came from my parents, rather than mere experience. My mother was the first one to tell me that America would fall from the inside as a result of moral decline – not from some outside threat. She first told me that during the Cold War. I didn’t believe her then, but time has shown just how prescient she was.

David Limbaugh: Obama Is Occupying America

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:34:12 GMT

Rational people realize that President Obama's policies have been an abysmal failure, which is why his only hope for re-election is to try to sow confusion among the voters, such as those populating "Occupy Wall Street."

People often say the success of democracy depends on an informed electorate. Given his record, that's the last strategy Obama can afford to embrace. Short of a fortuitous economic miracle falling into his lap, his only hope for re-election is that enough voters are misinformed.

Chuck Norris: Guns, guitars and government raids

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:30:41 GMT

It's enough to make all tree-hugging, EPA-loving, spotted owl seekers weep.

David Limbaugh: Obama's Behavior Is Getting Worse

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:25:06 GMT

Obama's Thursday news conference was a sober reminder of the nature of the man in the Oval Office. I infer that even many of his supporters in the liberal media are finally catching on to the magnitude of his personality disorders.

Elijah Friedeman: Big Difference in Racism and Illegal Immigration

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:05:17 GMT

The controversial Alabama immigration law has from its inception ignited a widespread outcry among illegal immigration proponents. This isn’t really a surprise, especially considering how Arizona was vilified after passing its own version of immigration legislation which cracked down on illegal aliens.

Probe Ministries: Christianity, Zen and the Martial Arts

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:24:11 GMT

Written by Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese

Zen and the Martial Arts

In the beginning of the movie Enter the Dragon Bruce Lee admonishes his young disciple to feel, not think! He wants to see “emotional content,” not anger, in developing his practice. Technique is like a finger pointing a way to the moon, but we must not focus on the finger or we will miss the heavenly glory. Lee sends his pupil away after several slaps on the head, convinced he has mastered the lesson.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 – Part 6

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:08:48 GMT

From the previous article we have learned that God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham to be his God and the God of his descendants after him “in their generations,” Gen. 17:7, and would further declare in verse 8 that “…I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan (presently serving as the nation of Israel, but which is claimed by the Palestinians as their homeland) as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” God then, in verse 19, declares that Abraham’s wife, wondrously, (she is now ninety years of age) will bear a son whom Abraham is directed to name Isaac; and additionally states: “I (God) will establish My covenant (the same one He has made with Abraham) with him (Isaac) for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.” So the land that is the source of this present conflict now has an additional beneficiary, Isaac, pursuant to the declaration of God.

David Limbaugh: Petty, Radical Obama Blasts GOP for Smallness and Extremism

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:07:10 GMT

It's clear that Obama's re-election strategy is to demonize conservatives and his Republican opponents as extremists, "small," intolerant and morally deficient. That's a safer course, I suppose, than running on his miserable record.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 5

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:11:19 GMT

As I attempt to convey my sense of the importance of the nation of Israel and God’s deep and ongoing involvement with it, the political arena in the United States has been somewhat shaken recently. President Obama made an announcement on May 18, 2011, that Israel should consider the pre-1967 Six Day War borders as the basis of a peace arrangement with the Palestinian Authority. Those borders, established by an armistice between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the newly created State of Israel at the end of the Israeli War of Independence in February, 1949, had left Israel with a very narrow territorial waistline of nine miles between the territory of the Jordanian West Bank (of the Jordan River) and Israel’s Mediterranean coastline. Israel carried a definite sense of insecurity with that strategic vulnerability from its creation in 1949 until June, 1967, when Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and Hafez Assad of Syria instigated and provoked the Six Day War. Here is just a sampling of the Arab bombast and invective directed against Israel prior to that war:

Chuck Norris: Stop Obama's 'pay-their-fair-share' shenanigans

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:32:48 GMT

The White House's buzz words for the propaganda campaign to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations are "pay their fair share." But is President Obama's pitch reflecting honest economic inequity or more dishonest spin from their bag of duck-n-weave political manipulations?

David P. Smith: Where Will This Stop?

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:48:42 GMT

Hurricanes and tropical storms are named as either male or female with names that typically sound male or female. In this era of inclusiveness, it’s only a matter of time before the hurricane naming procedures need to undergo some changes. To accommodate everyone who now demands that we be tolerant, the naming procedures should name some of the “male” hurricanes and tropical storms with female names and vice versa. Also, some percentage of them should be named as male or female, but then the name could be considered to change gender at some point before it’s dissipated. Maybe we should just have all gender neutral names for the hurricanes and tropical storms. This may sound ridiculous, but it’s not anymore ridiculous than what we are seeing taking place all over this country right now.

David Limbaugh: May 2012 Be a Referendum on Obama's Perverse Vision for America

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:10:14 GMT

Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was grounded in meaningless platitudes, such as "hope and change." His 2012 re-election effort is grounded in meaningful platitudes centered in the destructive politics of class warfare.

Despite his best efforts to paint his abominable economic record in a favorable light, Obama simply cannot run on it, unless he succeeds in completely changing the traditional yardsticks by which we have always measured economic success: growth, unemployment, inflation and general prosperity.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 4

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:02:23 GMT

Written by Don West

Amid the widespread and general chaos of the Middle East today, there comes a core of constant and consistent roiling and boiling from the Israeli-Arab-Palestinian conflict, and it has afflicted that region and the world for more years than Israel has been a reconstituted state, the sixty-third anniversary of which was May 14, 2011. One could point to the early years of the 1880’s as the beginning of this latest conflict when persecuted Jews in Tsarist Russia made the decision that life there was no longer bearable with its anti-Semitism and the recurring malevolent mayhem and murder of its Jewish pogroms (from the Russian word “pogromit” which means to destroy utterly).

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 3

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:10:25 GMT

As already mentioned in the previous two articles, God chose Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom we collectively know as the Patriarchs; changed Jacob’s name to Israel so that Jacob would bear his Creator’s name, that is God (EL); and then with Jacob/Israel’s twelve sons would begin the process of growing Himself a nation. Through twenty-one centuries( 2000 BC-100 AD) God would develop and use this nation of Israel, through its prophets and apostles, to prepare a record for the world (the Bible) to reveal Himself as the One, Sole, and Only God and the many aspects of His nature: Perfection, Supremacy, Incomparability, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Patience, Longsuffering, Forbearing, Kindness, Tenderness, Compassion, Loving, Merciful, and Gracious, to name just a few; as well as His Triuneness, as Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit.

Probe Ministries: The Just War Tradition in the Present Crisis

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:58:15 GMT

Written by Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese

Searching for Answers

Recent events have prompted Christians to ask moral questions concerning the legitimacy of war. How far should we go in punishing evil? Can torture ever be justified? On what basis are these actions premised? These problems remain especially acute for those who claim the Christian faith. Fortunately, we are not the first generation to face these questions. The use of force and violence has always troubled the Christian conscience. Jesus Christ gave his life freely without resisting. But does Christ's nonviolent approach deny government the prerogative to maintain order and establish peace through some measure of force? All government action operates on the premise of force. To deny all force, to be a dedicated pacifist, leads no less to a condition of anarchy than if one were a religious fascist. Extremes have the tendency to meet. In the past, Christians attempted to negotiate through the extremes and seek a limited and prescribed use of force in what has been called the Just War Tradition.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 2

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:18:29 GMT

Written by Don West

As previously submitted, Israel is important because it has a special relationship with God; a relationship created by God, and Him alone, pursuant to His sovereign will. And as part of that sovereign will, God would use this special and chosen nation to provide the world with His Written Word, the Bible (remember: of the sixty-six books of the Bible, a minimum of sixty-four of them are Jewish authored); but even more importantly and critically, God would use Israel to provide the world with the ultimate of all gifts, the Living Word: the Savior, Jesus, who is the Christ. As we explore and study this relationship between God and His people, Israel, we should start with a basic, but largely unknown, piece of information that may surprise you.

Prophecy Matters: Israel 101 - Part 1

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:26:16 GMT

Written by Don West

I’d like to talk to you about a subject that has become the passion of my life over the last seventeen years. The subject’s origins began a little over 4000 years ago, and yet it is considered to be part of one of the most important geopolitical issues confronting the world today. That issue, and the subject of my interest, is the nation of Israel.

Chuck Norris: The U.S., U.N., and genetic engineering

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:06:57 GMT

Would you know if you are eating genetically engineered foods?

Probe Ministries: Christians in the World

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:19:08 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Introduction

Have you ever heard a sermon that tried to convince you that our earthly possessions should be looked at more like a hotel room rather than a permanent home? The point being that earth is a nice place to visit, but it's not a believer's final destination. As aliens and strangers, our real residence is with God which usually implies a heavenly spiritual existence that is completely foreign to our current one. In a bit of a twist, a recent article in Christianity Today argued that most evangelicals have things backwards. We are wrong if we think that at Christ's return the wicked will be "left behind" and the righteous will be taken away to a heavenly abode. It's the wicked who will be removed while the righteous remain on earth. The author's conclusion is that we should be more caring about this world because it, not heaven, will be our eternal home.

Chuck Norris: How stimulus monies are radiating you

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:22:47 GMT

Smart meters are being stealthily installed by water, gas and electric utility companies on houses and buildings across the country, despite the fact that the majority of the public still doesn't know about their potential health risks.

Probe Ministries: God Wins: A Critique of Rob Bell's Love Wins

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:39:59 GMT

Written by Patrick Zukeran

A New Kind of "Christianity"

Will all people regardless of their belief enter heaven? In a new book, Love Wins, mega church pastor Rob Bell presents his case for universal salvation. Bell states that a Christianity that teaches many will spend eternity in hell while some go to heaven is "misguided and toxic."{1} Bell asserts that the message Christians have preached for centuries is actually a harmful message.

Janet Porter: I can see the end of abortion from here

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:10:23 GMT

We are so close, I can see the end of abortion from here.

When we stood at the foot of Mount Rushmore we were hundreds of thousands of votes away from our goal. Right now we are 17 votes away from restoring legal protection to every child whose heart we can hear.

David P. Smith: Obama’s Betrayal of Israel

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:37:49 GMT

It has been shocking to behold the rapid change that has been taking place around the world over the last few years. Only a few years ago, although still very challenging, Israel had enough allies that its future was more certain. Now, after the fall of one after another leader in the Middle East and North Africa, Israel finds itself surrounded by countries which oppose them and vocally want to see their demise. In May of this year, President Obama even publicly stated, ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to America, that he thought Israel should return to its pre-1967 borders which are well understood to be indefensible by Israel.

Prophecy Matters: Interview with Pamela Geller

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:39:50 GMT

Written by Jim Fletcher Tuesday, 06 September 2011 01:38

We had a chance recently to visit with Pamela Geller, blogger (“Atlas Shrugs”), and the author of a sensational new book exposing Islam—Stop the Islamization of America. Geller works with the wonderful Robert Spencer (“Jihad Watch”), and we visited with us about her work, and where she sees the fight with the jihadists taking us.

PM: How did you arrive at this place of being a sentinel who began to sound the alarm about sharia law?

Chuck Norris: Feds: No child's lunch left behind

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:51:32 GMT

It seems like yesterday when the No Child Left Behind law brought sweeping changes to education across the nation nearly a decade ago. Now, the feds are making sure no child's lunch is left behind with their overreaching food tampering in local schools.

On Dec. 13, 2010, President Barack Obama signed S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, into law. In the months since then, the USDA has told state agencies and school food authorities how to implement various provisions in it.

Probe Ministries: The Meaning and Practice of Tolerance

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:58:12 GMT

Introduction One of the most damaging charges aimed at Christians today is that we and our religion are intolerant. This is an effective insult, not because some Christians are indeed intolerant, but because Christianity itself is judged to be an

Chuck Norris: Feds still enable terrorists 10 years after 9/11

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:55:18 GMT

Ten years ago after 9 11, Americans chanted, "We will never forget." Ten years later after 9 11, the White House is chanting, it is not "just about us." It's time to resist creeping

Prophecy Matters: Rare Courage

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:25:35 GMT

I went to bed on the night of July 3, 1976 eager with anticipation. Like all Americans, for me the Bicentennial celebration was special; 200 years! All year we had anticipated it.

My father was a real patriot and loved the country. He also loved the Bible.

So it was that when I woke up on the morning of the 4^th, a Sunday, I knew something unusual had happened. I could hear my parents talking and it wasn’t about America’s wonderful holiday and anniversary. We didn’t discuss it the rest of the day.

Probe Ministries: How Can I Respond to the Argument that Christ as the Only Way is Too Intolerant?

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:54:13 GMT

An issue that often comes up in talks about Christianity is tolerance. Can you help me respond to the argument, "Christ as the only way to Heaven is too intolerant"? Is Islam tolerant? Do Muslims believe Christians will go to heaven?

Probe Ministries: Why Study Church History?

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:36:21 GMT

Written by James Detrich

Introduction

When I was in college, we had to do what was called “evangelism night.” It was a night in which a group of us would pile into someone’s old, broken-down car (we were all poor back then) and skirt downtown to the city’s walking bridge, a large half-mile overpass extending over the Chattanooga River. We were always sure that plenty of people would be there that needed our message. One night I began talking to a man about Christ and he quickly cut me off, “I am a Christian,” he exclaimed. “Great,” I replied. As we continue talking, though, I soon discovered that he was a “different” Christian than me.

Chuck Norris: A singular solution to many problems

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:38:49 GMT

Loyal readers know that I have been calling attention to a range of Second Amendment issues in the past week. In last week's column, I wrote about the scandals and illegitimate regulations emanating from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. In another outlet, I documented the threat to our rights that is posed by the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

Frank Turek: Who Are the Real Gay Bigots and Bullies

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:27:11 GMT

George Orwell said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” When you tell the truth about homosexuality today, you can be sure that the central tools of deceit—name-calling and bullying—will be unleashed.

I recently was having a respectful conversation with a homosexual activist, but after I made a point he couldn’t answer he called me a “bigot.”

I asked, “What’s your definition of bigotry?”

He said, “Fear and intolerance.”

Probe Ministries: Judaism

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:49:46 GMT

Written by Patrick Zukeran

Throughout the last several decades, the eyes of the world have frequently focused on the tiny nation of Israel. What is the significance of this nation and her religion?

The Bottom Line on Joe Biden

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:25:16 GMT

Looking forward to the upcoming elections, I have to look at the character of the candidates, as well as what they stand for.

And boy oh boy, is Joe Biden a character.

Probe Ministries: Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Social Consciousness

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:30:09 GMT

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, Rupert Wyatt) continues a long movie franchise history of social commentary begun with the original science fiction classic The Planet of the Apes (1968, Franklin J. Schaffner). The first movie teemed with theological and political themes from race relations, to church and state struggles, to religion versus science debates, to the evolution and creation controversy, to issues of law and nature and finally nuclear fear. The apocalyptic masterpiece contains one of the greatest surprise endings in movie history with astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) cursing humanity for its murderous tendencies in front of the ruined Statue of Liberty.

Chuck Norris: Obama smuggling guns and registering yours

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:30:54 GMT

President Obama wants you to believe America's founders were in error when they gave citizens the right to bear arms.

Probe Ministries: How Strong Does My Belief Need to be for Me to be Saved?

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:44:33 GMT

This may seem like a strange question, but how strong does my belief need to be in order for me to be saved? I have been living I guess what you would call a carnal life (not praying or even thinking about God) for around 20 years and am beginning to wonder if I have lost my salvation or if I cannot be reconciled. Please help me, something is missing. I am worried that some of the feelings I sometimes have mean that I don't want to serve The Lord.

Probe Ministries: Complete in Christ and Captive to Empty Deception

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:44:57 GMT

Does the Bible provide any insight into cultural captivity and the tools for setting believers free? In an earlier article, we looked at the differing types of cultural captivity: carnal, confused, compromised, and contented Christians.{2} In this article we will see insights from the second chapter of Colossians.

Elijah Friedeman: The local church is where it's at

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:10:14 GMT

The local church is more important than any other organization, group, or movement.

Chuck Norris: Oh-bummer for Obamacare!

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:42:43 GMT

President Barack Obama's pride-and-joy health-care reform law (aka the Affordable Care Act of 2010) suffered a super setback Friday when an appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to force all Americans to purchase medical insurance or pay penalties.