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David Limbaugh: Obama Not Outraged; He Adores the IRS

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:13:02 GMT

So, we are to believe that it is just a coincidence that tea party groups oppose the Obama administration and for 27 months, beginning in March 2010, the Internal Revenue Service didn't approve even one tea party application for tax-exempt status?

Ray Rooney, Jr.:Why the President’s Lies Matter

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:40 GMT

It’s one thing if your five year old lies to you about eating a cookie he was told not to eat despite the fact that he has cookie crumbs on his shirt and around his mouth. It is quite something else when you stand in front of the American public and tell lie after lie after lie about issues that involve the basic and fundamental rights of all Americans.

Will It Be Inflation Or Deflation? The Answer May Surprise You

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:06:40 GMT

Is the coming financial collapse going to be inflationary or deflationary? Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? This is a subject that is hotly debated by economists all over the country.

Ray Rooney, Jr.: Is God Judging America?

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:50 GMT

The issue of divine judgment frequently arises whenever cataclysmic or catastrophic events happen in rapid succession somewhere across the globe. Whether its tsunamis, earthquakes, genocide, serial killings, mass murders, or political or economic meltdowns, the question of divine retribution almost always rears its head soon thereafter.

Probe Ministries: The Inspiration of the Bible(2)

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:27:02 GMT

A question we often encounter when talking with non-believers about Christ is, "Why should I believe the Bible?" Or a person might say, "You have your Bible; Muslims have their Koran; different religions have their own holy books. What makes yours special?" How would you answer such questions?

David Limbaugh: Partisan Obama Culture Spawned a More Abusive IRS

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:49:25 GMT

In case you're hiding under a rock, you should know that an audit conducted by the inspector general for the Internal Revenue Service has found that IRS officials targeted for scrutiny certain groups critical of the administration.

America’s Bubble Economy Is Going To Become An Economic Black Hole

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:42:27 GMT

What is going to happen when the greatest economic bubble in the history of the world pops? The mainstream media never talks about that. They are much too busy covering the latest dogfights in Washington and what Justin Bieber has been up to. And most Americans seem to think that if the Dow keeps setting new all-time highs that everything must be okay.

Bryan Fischer: Policy change would gut Scouting oath

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:48:48 GMT

The 1400 members of the Boy Scouts’ National Council will vote Thursday on a policy change that, if adopted, will allow out, loud and proud 17-year-old homosexuals to sleep next to your 11-year-old son in a tent. With no adult supervision whatsoever. Good luck with that.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Can We Still Believe in Romans 8:28?

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:46:30 GMT

Do all things really work together for good? Consider the following.

Chuck Norris: The Ultimate Clutch Player

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:11:47 GMT

America has the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships) and the UCP (Ultimate Clutch Players). One is mixed martial artists, and the other is quarterbacks of the NFL. They all are athletic warriors who are extremely determined to win.

An Even Bigger Scandal: Why Are IRS Audits Being Used To Punish Obama’s Political Enemies?

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:16 GMT

Is it right for Barack Obama to use IRS audits to punish his political enemies? As crazy as that sounds, there is a mounting body of evidence that indicates that this is actually happening. And if this can be proven,

David Limbaugh: There's Way Too Much Administration Smoke on Benghazi

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:59 GMT

A former National Security Council spokesman, Tommy Vietor, is representative of the arrogance of the Obama administration in mocking the congressional hearings on Benghazi, Libya, which he contemptuously derided as "amateur hour" and conspiratorial.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: The Mystery of Unanswered Prayer

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:09:17 GMT

“You won’t believe the things that have happened to me."

The man stood over my desk as he spoke those words. Then he proceeded to tell a tale of woe the likes of which I had not heard in many years. As I listened, it seemed to boil down to three basic parts.

David P. Smith: Double Standards for Lying

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:05:31 GMT

A 2010 national survey study by Michigan State University asked one thousand American adults to report the number of lies told in a time period of twenty-four hours. According to the survey, “sixty percent of subjects report telling no lies at all, and almost half of all lies are told by only 5% of subjects; thus, prevalence varies widely and most reported lies are told by a few proliﬁc liars.”

Bryan Fischer: Evangelical leaders mistaken: Latino immigrants not hard-wired to be conservatives

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:19 GMT

The New York Times recently featured a piece on evangelical leaders and their support for the Rubio amnesty bill.

Probe Ministries: The Purpose of Life

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:07:18 GMT

On a warm day recently I visited my alma mater. And between the hallowed halls of old, a chance encounter reconnected me with an old friend. Eager for news, she asked me what I’d done since graduating, and my easy reply included mission work and how much I enjoy it.

Mike Adams: Future IRS Agents

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:23:04 GMT

Many were shocked to learn that IRS agents actually targeted conservative advocacy groups for heightened scrutiny when making decisions concerning their tax exempt status. I don't know why so many people were shocked.

Chuck Norris: My mom's advice for America, Part 2

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:08:48 GMT

Last week in Part 1, I cited my 92-year-old mother’s wisdom from her new autobiography, “Acts of Kindness: My Story.”

THE BOTTOM LINE ON BLATANT HYPOCRISY

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:11:07 GMT

One of my biggest problems with elected officials is the idea of hypocrisy. In case you don't know here is the Webster's definition of the word hy·poc·ri·sy hi pok ruh see Show IPA noun, plural hy·poc·ri·sies. 1. a pretense of

David Limbaugh: Liberal Media: Obama's Front Line

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:57:18 GMT

It seems the liberal media are more concerned about Sen. Marco Rubio's midspeech sip of water than about President Obama's State of the Union commitment to double down on his disastrous policies.

David P. Smith: How Will You Handle The Coming Suffering?

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:52:06 GMT

Every person has at some time questioned why we have suffering and disease. We all struggle at some point with trying to understand in the inevitable attempt at making sense of what happens to ourselves and others. It’s an old question that not just physicians ponder when faced with illness, accidents, and death. One way of trying to gain some meaning in midst of suffering is to consider what our lives be like if we had no suffering at all. We all long for that. We all want that. We work for it.

Mike Adams: Phoenix Uprising

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:46:04 GMT

Elon University has now ceased to be a serious institution of higher learning. In fact, it no longer deserves to be called a university in the wake of its decision to create a new Vendor Policy Study Committee. The committee, which was created by Elon's Board of Trustees in October, is part of a response to efforts to ban Chick-fil-A from the Elon campus. Its very existence shows that Elon cannot expeditiously handle simple issues concerning tolerance and inclusion. Instead, it legitimates bigotry by giving serious consideration to anti-religious zealots who would best be ignored.

Probe Ministries: Jerry Coyne's Illusions

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:23:20 GMT

Written by Dr. Ray Bohlin

Jerry Coyne says science proves we make no real choices

Let’s see. This morning I chose my black t-shirt, tan dress slacks, black shoes, and black socks. After gathering all my things for the trip to the office, I put on my now-famous Grand Canyon felt hat and headed out the door, deciding I didn’t need an umbrella for the short walk in the rain.

Bryan Fischer: Comprehensive education reform in 14 words

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:10:13 GMT

Zero Hedge reports this morning the tragic statistic that 23% of Americans are illiterate. This explains many things, including why liberals keep getting elected to office. Too many Americans who are unable to read and, unable to think for themselves, swallow the pabulum they are fed by the meanstream media and the self-anointed elites in academia.

The Economic Collapse: Petrogold: Are Russia And China Hoarding Gold Because They Plan To Kill The Petrodollar?

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:47:40 GMT

Will oil soon be traded in a currency that is thousands of years old? What would a "gold for oil" system mean for the petrodollar and the U.S. economy? Are Russia and China hoarding massive amounts of gold because they plan to kill the petrodollar? Since the 1970s, the U.S. dollar has been the currency that the international community has used to trade oil around the globe. This has created an overwhelming demand for U.S. dollars and U.S. debt.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: God Never Wastes a Broken Heart

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:33:38 GMT

Recently a friend who has struggled mightily with issues of forgiveness wrote to share some things he has learned along the way. I thought his words were worth sharing with you:

David Limbaugh: Dr. Carson's Refreshing Jolt of Good Societal Medicine

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:07:29 GMT

President Obama must have been stunned at the "audacity" of Dr. Benjamin Carson in challenging his core assumptions right to his face in front of thousands of people at the National Prayer Breakfast.

The Economic Collapse: Show This To Anyone That Believes That “Things Are Getting Better” In America

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:28:06 GMT

How can anyone not see that the U.S. economy is collapsing all around us? It just astounds me when people try to tell me that "everything is just fine" and that "things are getting better" in America. Are there people out there that are really that blind? If you want to see the economic collapse, just open up your eyes and look around you. By almost every economic and financial measure, the U.S. economy has been steadily declining for many years. But most Americans are so tied into "the matrix" that they can only understand the cheerful propaganda that is endlessly being spoon-fed to them by the mainstream media. As I have said so many times, the economic collapse is not a single event. The economic collapse has been happening, it is is happening right now, and it will continue to happen.

Chuck Norris: Reducing violent crime in U.S. from the inside out, Part 4

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:53:41 GMT

(Editor’s note: This is Part 4 of Chuck Norris’ four-part series on reducing violent crime in the U.S.)

In the first two columns, I highlighted ways we can absolutely reduce violent crime in the U.S. But I’ve saved the best and most powerful solutions for last because they work from the inside out.

In Part 1, I revealed how rational and rewarding it would be to post armed guards at our schools.

In Part 2, I showed how reducing the number of firearms in the U.S. will not curb violent crime.

Bryan Fischer: Barack Obama is not the antichrist, but he is an antichrist

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:36:51 GMT

“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.” ~ 1 John 2:18

Christ is for religious liberty, babies in the womb and natural marriage. We can say without equivocation that Christ is for liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17), that he is unequivocally opposed to the dismembering of children in the womb (Ps. 139:13-16), and that he is for marriage as the union of one man and one woman (Matt. 19:5-6).

Mike Adams: The Truth in Love Police

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:05:55 GMT

Liberal academics have been using speech codes for years. They hear an idea they don't like and it makes them angry. But they don't quite know how to defeat the idea on its own merits. So instead of either a) taking the time to cool down and offer a rational response, or b) actually changing their view, they simply give in to the impulse to censor. That is why our campus speech codes really don't reduce so-called hate speech. They simply embolden those who hate speech.

David Limbaugh: Obama's Imperiousness Doesn't Have a Permanent Shelf Life

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:34:31 GMT

President Obama and his liberal cohorts are noticeably puffed up after his re-election and are making their move on a wide array of fronts. The liberals' voracious appetite is incapable of satiety.

Obama's cockiness was on full display during the fiscal cliff negotiations, during which he treated Republicans, the only ones remotely serious about addressing our deficits and debt, as annoying stepchildren he has to endure as a nuisance. Actually listening to their ideas is not on his playlist.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Lost in the Bureaucracy

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:33:58 GMT

“If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.” Ecclesiastes 5:8-9

Probe Ministries: Ex-Christians: Ways to Bring Back the Leavers

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:35:28 GMT

Written by Steve Cable

Over the last several years, Probe has been reporting on a changing young adult society that is marginalizing the church at an increasing rate. When we analyzed relevant survey data and our own survey taken of 18- to 40-year-old, born again Christians, the data revealed that even among Evangelicals, cultural captivity was the norm for the vast majority of Christians. One result of culturally captive Christians is that their children often become "leavers," leaving the faith entirely once they are out on their own.

The Economic Collapse: Do Wall Street Insiders Expect Something Really BIG To Happen Very Soon?

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:31:31 GMT

Why are corporate insiders dumping huge numbers of shares in their own companies right now? Why are some very large investors suddenly making gigantic bets that the stock market will crash at some point in the next 60 days? Do Wall Street insiders expect something really BIG to happen very soon? Do they know something that we do not know? What you are about to read below is startling. Every time that the market has fallen in recent years, insiders have been able to get out ahead of time.

David Limbaugh: The Senate Must Reject Hagel

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:02:20 GMT

The Senate's "advice and consent" role doesn't require it to rubber-stamp a presidential appointee for secretary of defense who senators believe would weaken America in this increasingly dangerous world.

Notwithstanding former Sen. Chuck Hagel's diminished view of the post -- "I won't be in a policymaking position" -- the secretary of defense is an exceedingly important position and must be filled with someone who understands the complexity and gravity of the threats we face.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Does God Bore You?

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:58:12 GMT

“When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, ‘‘My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God." Ecclesiastes 5:4-7

Bryan Fischer: Another Christian approach to immigration reform

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:42:39 GMT

My good friend Mat Staver’s op-ed in today’s Washington Times is entitled “A Christian Approach to Immigration Reform.”

I’m happy he called his a treatment “a” Christian approach rather than “the” Christian approach, for he thus admits the possibility that there may be other approaches that can lay equal claim to being Christian in nature.

David P. Smith: What’s next? Men as Girl Scout leaders?

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:16:18 GMT

This week the Boy Scouts are reportedly deciding whether or not to accept homosexuals as scout masters. I can’t help but wonder if the same people who want to see this happen would accept men as leaders of Girl Scout groups. What is the difference? If we are to continue to buy the notion that there is only relative morality, then how could any other choices be opposed? What argument would one have against having a man who thinks he’s a woman (they call that “transgendered”; however, you can remove or add body parts, but you cannot change the DNA) stay over for the next Girl Scout slumber party? Why not have women as Boy Scout leaders?

Chuck Norris: Reducing Violent Crime in U.S. from Inside Out

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:04:04 GMT

In the last two columns, I’ve highlighted ways we can absolutely reduce violent crime in the U.S. But I’ve saved the best and most powerful solutions for last because they work from the inside out.In Part 1, I revealed how rational and rewarding it would be to post armed guards at our schools.

The Economic Collapse: Shocking Numbers That Show The Media Is Lying To You About Unemployment In America

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:52:03 GMT

Did you know that the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is employed has continually been falling since 2006 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics? Did you know that the increase in the number of Americans "not in the labor force" during Barack Obama's first four years in the White House was more than three times greater than the increase in the number of Americans "not in the labor force" during the entire decade of the 1980s? The mainstream media would have us believe that 157,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January. Based on that news, the Dow broke the 14,000 barrier for the first time since October 2007. But if you actually look at the "non-seasonally adjusted" numbers, the number of Americans with a job actually decreased by 1,446,000 between December and January. But nowhere in the mainstream media did you hear that the U.S. economy lost more than 1.4 million jobs between December and January.

Mike Adams: Eat More Chicken and Your Skin Will Thicken

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:10:46 GMT

My friends at Campus Reform are on top of it, as usual. They always expose the thin-skinned idiocy of campus liberals and give me lots of column fodder in the process. Thanks guys. The next round of waffle fries is on me.

Campus Reform is reporting that Chick-fil-A, the popular fast food restaurant chain, has now been dubbed a "symbol of hate," by a professor at Eastern Illinois University (EIU). Lisa Moyer, who teaches in the Family Studies Department at EIU, apparently made the comment with a straight face, although some have suggested that the term "straight face" reinforces heterosexist oppression. Regardless, her comment reinforces my belief that it is always a mistake to choose a major ending in the word "studies."

David Limbaugh: Doctored Videotapes are Peanuts

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:46:14 GMT

Many have rightly condemned MSNBC's serpentine editing of a video to make it appear that certain gun rights activists heckled the father of a 6-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre, but let's not pretend this was a one-off event.

The liberal media long ago forfeited their respected role as watchdog over the government and have voluntary descended to the status of a public relations arm of the Democratic Party and various liberal causes.

Bryan Fischer: Rand Paul on the shortlist for 2016 but not at the top

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:02:46 GMT

I had the privilege of interviewing Sen. Rand Paul on my Focal Point program on Wednesday, January 30 (which you can see and hear here.)

My takeaway from my conversation with the junior senator from Kentucky is that he ought to be on the shortlist for 2016 but not at the top.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Guard Your Mouth

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:48:11 GMT

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words.“ Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

Probe Ministries: Digging Our Own Grave: The Secular Captivity of the Church

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:04:49 GMT

Written by Rick Wade

Our Real Enemy

If memory serves me correctly, it was my introduction to such concepts as secularization and pluralization. I’m speaking of the book The Gravedigger Files written by Os Guinness in the early 1980s. The subtitle of The Gravedigger Files is Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church. The book is a fictional dialogue between two members of a council which has as its purpose the undermining of the Christian church. The Deputy Director of the Central Security Council gives one of his subordinates advice on how to accomplish their goal in his area.

The Economic Collapse: The U.S. Has An Even Larger Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Than Downton Abbey Does

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:22:44 GMT

There are two very different Americas today. In one, the stock market is soaring, high end homes are selling briskly, big banks and hedge funds are rolling in money as if the last financial crisis never even happened, and life is really, really good. In the other America, good jobs are incredibly scarce, incomes are declining, and poverty is skyrocketing to levels that we have never seen before. The gap between the wealthy and the poor in America is getting wider with each passing day. In fact, it is my contention that the U.S. has an even larger gap between the rich and the poor than Downton Abbey does.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Things We Cannot Control

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:10:53 GMT

“Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor. There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

David Limbaugh: The Stuff of Third World Tyrants

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:51:30 GMT

President Barack Obama is not just a radical leftist; he is obviously so ensconced in his ideology that he believes -- or wants you to believe -- that anyone who opposes him must have sinister motives.

One of his recurring themes is that some Republicans would work with him but can't do so for fear of reprisal from Grover Norquist on taxes, the National Rifle Association on guns, the conservative House caucus, radio talk show hosts and your garden-variety racists, who allegedly oppose Obama just for sport.

Bryan Fischer: Rubio amnesty plan way worse than I thought

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:44:50 GMT

If the GOP grassroots is paying attention, Marco Rubio just kneecapped himself if he wants to be president in 2016.

His illegal alien amnesty plan turns out to be far worse than I thought. The bottom line is that if we implement the plan Rubio laid out last night to Sean Hannity, illegals will have no incentive to “come out of the shadows,” as they say, and get in the immigration line. They’ll like it much better right where they are.

The Economic Collapse: Federal Reserve Money Printing Is The Real Reason Why The Stock Market Is Soaring

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:27:24 GMT

You can thank the reckless money printing that the Federal Reserve has been doing for the incredible bull market that we have seen in recent months. When the Federal Reserve does more "quantitative easing", it is the financial markets that benefit the most. The Dow and the S&P 500 have both hit levels not seen since 2007 this month, and many analysts are projecting that 2013 will be a banner year for stocks. But is a rising stock market really a sign that the overall economy is rapidly improving as many are suggesting? Of course not. Just because the Federal Reserve has inflated another false stock market bubble with a bunch of funny money does not mean that the U.S. economy is in great shape.

Bryan Fischer: Jerry Sandusky as the new poster boy for Scouting

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:26:39 GMT

The Boy Scouts issued a statement on Monday saying that they are “discussing” removing the organization’s leadership and participation standard on sexual orientation.

They’re not fooling anybody. The decision almost certainly has been made, and they’re trying to let America down gently. “Discussed” today, “decided” tomorrow. There is no way, unless they are stupendously inept, that they would float an incendiary, inflammatory idea like this unless it was a done deal. They had to know that such a statement would trigger a firestorm, and they would not have lit the match unless unless their course had been set.

Chuck Norris: Do Gun Bans Actually Curb Violent Crime?

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:03:56 GMT

(Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of Chuck Norris’ three-part series on reducing violent crime in the U.S. Part 1 is available here.)

Who isn’t sickened by the moral decay and heinous acts of violence across our country? My heart and prayers continue to go out to victims everywhere. But do gun bans, like the one proposed last week by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., outlawing 120 specific firearms, actually curb violent crime?

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Together is Better

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:16:26 GMT

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

David Limbaugh: Right Must Summon Moral Courage To Fight Back

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:38:18 GMT

Welcome to an America with liberalism in full ascendancy as golfer Phil Mickelson apologizes for doing nothing wrong while the Obama administration lambasts its opponents for justly demanding it apologize for doing plenty wrong on Benghazi

Bryan Fischer: My thoughts on filibuster reform

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:01:53 GMT

I received a query from the office of a lawmaker in D.C. asking for some clarification from me in response to a Tweet I had sent in which I expressed agreement with Sen. Reid’s call for filibuster reform, but opposition to his specific proposal.

I dashed off a reply to articulate some of my convictions regarding the use of the filibuster. My point quite simply is that the filibuster as it currently exists frustrates and impedes the process of a representative form of government, since it is used to block the will of the majority. Here is my reply:

The Economic Collapse: Does China Plan To Establish “China Cities” And “Special Economic Zones” All Over America?

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:03:21 GMT

What in the world is China up to? Over the past several years, the Chinese government and large Chinese corporations (which are often at least partially owned by the government) have been systematically buying up businesses, homes, farmland, real estate, infrastructure and natural resources all over America. In some cases, China appears to be attempting to purchase entire communities in one fell swoop. So why is this happening? Is this some form of "economic colonization" that is taking place? Some have speculated that China may be intending to establish "special economic zones" inside the United States modeled after the very successful Chinese city of Shenzhen.

David P. Smith: The Broken SNAP – Part 2

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:05:28 GMT

While there is plenty of evidence of illegal trafficking of EBT (electronic benefit transfer) cards (the new food stamps) along with other fraud, there is other waste occurring in this program that is supposed to be helping the poor who are truly deprived of the ability to buy food. I can remember when it was embarrassing to have to get something free from the government during the days of “commodities” that certainly were not what we think of today when that term is used. People were given staple foods that were truly needed and not allowed to choose such extravagant food items that the people who earned the money and paid the taxes can hardly afford themselves. If one needs a lesson on this, just visit your grocery store around the first week of the month and notice how many buggy loads of expensive meats are being purchased that many times are then sold for cash to others.

Bryan Fischer: GOP debt ceiling gambit bad politics and unconstitutional to boot

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:13:47 GMT

The GOP debt ceiling ploy is simply a further display of Republican fecklessness in the face of monumental challenges.

The plan, roughly speaking, is to raise the debt ceiling without it looking like that’s what they are doing. The legislation would declare the statutory debt limit “shall not apply” until May 18. So in a Mickey Mouse maneuver that doesn’t fool anybody, the GOP is borrowing a boat load of money but sort of pretending they are not.

Chuck Norris: Israel: America's model for reducing violent crime

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:04:02 GMT

Last week, I made an audio recording endorsing the re-election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s general election on Jan. 22.

I explained in the endorsement, “You might think I’m a tough guy in my films, but in a rough neighborhood like the Middle East, Israel has his own tough guy. His name is Bibi Netanyahu” (the prime minister’s nickname).

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Things Are Going to Change

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:57:10 GMT

“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work” (1 John 3:8).

God’s will is seldom done on the earth. Too many things that go on are obviously not God’s will.

Bryan Fischer: Obama ignorant about homosexuality, Wallis about Second Amendment

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:13:19 GMT

Mr. President, all men are created equal. But no one is created gay.

The president linked the Declaration’s affirmation of the self-evident truth that “all men are created equal” to promoting, endorsing and sanctioning homosexual behavior.

Said the president, "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."

The Economic Collapse: 37 Statistics Which Show How Four Years Of Obama Have Wrecked The U.S. Economy

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:34:20 GMT

The mainstream media covered the inauguration of Barack Obama with breathless anticipation on Monday, but should we really be celebrating another four years of Obama? The truth is that the first four years of Obama were an absolute train wreck for the U.S. economy. Over the past four years, the percentage of working age Americans with a job has fallen, median household income has declined by more than $4000, poverty in the U.S. has absolutely exploded and our national debt has ballooned to ridiculous proportions.

Mike Adams: Kids Write Obama on Abortion

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:50:39 GMT

I’m getting sick and tired of the Obama administration using children selectively in order to help the president advocate his public policy positions. As I sat and watched his recent press conference, I finally understood his opposition to the Iraq War. It seems he and the late President Hussein are kindred spirits who share more than just a name. They share a sick penchant for using children as human shields in the middle of war. And make no mistake about it; America is currently at war with itself on many different fronts. As I sat and watched Obama surrounded by little human political shields, three things struck me as being especially hypocritical:

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Get Off Your High Horse

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:32:24 GMT

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble” (Luke 1:52).

It must be obvious to everyone that the world is not as it should be. This is not the world that God made because that world was “very good” (Genesis 1:31). What can we say about our world except that it is “very messed up"? There is no darkness like the darkness of not knowing how to get out of the trouble you are in. I met a man who has learned this from hard experience. For years he struggled with a serious alcohol problem. It impacted every part of his life and damaged every relationship. The turning point came, as it so often does, when those nearest to him would not, could not, live with him anymore.

David Limbaugh: Sandy Hook: Obama's Latest Crisis To Exploit

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:37:12 GMT

Liberals have an uncanny knack for designing solutions that do not address the problem at hand, and they're doing it again in their current effort to use the Sandy Hook shootings as fodder for promoting stringent gun control measures.

The Economic Collapse: Do You Want To Scare A Baby Boomer?

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:51:14 GMT

If you want to frighten Baby Boomers, just show them the list of statistics in this article. The United States is headed for a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude, and we are woefully unprepared for it. At this point, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are reaching the age of 65 every single day, and this will continue to happen for almost the next 20 years. The number of senior citizens in America is projected to more than double during the first half of this century, and some absolutely enormous financial promises have been made to them.

Probe Ministries: Are You a Safe Person?

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:35:27 GMT

We all want people in our lives that we can be real with, people we can trust with our hearts and our struggles, people we can risk opening up to. But it is foolishness to share the treasure of our hearts with unsafe people who will judge us, shame us, or condemn us.

So what does a safe person look like? How do we recognize them? And more importantly, how do we become one?

Bryan Fischer: Darwinians have no explanation for origin of life; we do

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:20:16 GMT

NBC News breathlessly headlines a piece on its website today, “Theorists are pumped up about their new origin of life proposal.”

What does this headline prove? That scientists still to this day have no earthly idea how life got here. None. Zip. Nada. All they have are fanciful theories.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Wonderful Counselor

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:25:22 GMT

“He will be called Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6).

Literally this title means “a wonder of a counselor,” speaking of the wisdom of his plan. The word “wonderful” means “astonishing” or “extraordinary." The writers of the Old Testament used it for acts of God which man cannot understand. The word “counselor” means “advisor” or “ideal ruler.”

Chuck Norris: Motivation to Prosper

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:37:21 GMT

On Nov. 29, 1766, Benjamin Franklin wrote for the London Chronicle, “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. – I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

The Economic Collapse: 35 Statistics About The Working Poor In America That Will Blow Your Mind

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:04:27 GMT

In America tonight, tens of millions of men and women will struggle to get to sleep because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as they possibly can. They are called "the working poor", and their numbers are absolutely exploding. As a recent Gallup poll showed, Americans are more concerned about the economy than they are about anything else. But why are Americans so stressed out about our economic situation if things are supposedly getting better?

Bryan Fischer: An open letter to Louie Giglio

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:10:57 GMT

Dear Pastor Giglio,

As a former pastor, I have admired your work for many years. Your winsomeness and appealing demeanor have made you a very effective communicator of the unchanging truth of the gospel. I applaud you especially for your passion for the youth of our nation. You have formed a true and abiding connection with America’s spiritually hungry millennials as evidenced by the 60,000 young men and women who turned out for your New Year’s Eve weekend rally in Atlanta just three weeks ago.

David Limbaugh: Rubbing Our Noses in His Victory and Radicalism

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:11:14 GMT

Hey, folks, remember the good old days when candidate Barack Obama at least pretended to be bipartisan and conciliatory? Now it's as if he's on a mission to prove he was faking it.

Obama is behaving like a bitter ex-spouse who knows all our hot buttons and delights in pushing them. He is governing by crisis, fear, alienation, cronyism and anti-constitutional fiat. He is openly flaunting his militant radicalism, as if he's trying to provoke us -- and his second term hasn't even begun.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Alone at the Top

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:06:10 GMT

Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. ‘‘For whom am I toiling,” he asked, ‘‘and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless—a miserable business! Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

The Economic Collapse: The Federal Government Hands Out Money To 128 Million Americans Every Month

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:54:12 GMT

The number of Americans receiving money directly from the federal government has grown from 94 million in the year 2000 to over 128 million today. A shocking new research paper by Patrick Tyrrell and William W. Beach contains that statistic and a whole bunch of other very revealing numbers. According to their research, the federal government hands out money to 41.3 percent of the entire population of the United States each month. Overall, more than 70 percent of all federal spending goes to what they call "dependence-creating programs". It is the most massive wealth redistribution scheme in the history of the world, and it continues to grow at a very rapid pace with each passing month.

Mike Adams: Stand For Life

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:05:10 GMT

A former student recently emailed that she was disappointed that I had gotten so heavily involved with the student pro-life movement in recent years. She said she could remember a time when I had a love for defending free speech rights. Her email was somewhat unfair as I am still defending First Amendment rights (did she read my last column?). Also, I have been involved in pro-life advocacy since I became a columnist in 2002. In fact, my very first published column was on the topic of abortion.

Bryan Fischer: 'Bigotry' ousts pastor from Obama inauguration

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:41:42 GMT

(Note: this article is based on an interview I did Friday on WND radio. The article can be found online here.)

WND RADIO

'We're going to see pushback against bullying tactics from the left'

Some high-profile Christians are alleging leftist bigotry is to blame for prominent evangelical pastor Louie Giglio being forced to back out from delivering the benediction at President Obama’s upcoming inauguration.

Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr.: The Giglio imbroglio – The public inauguration of a new moral McCarthyism

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:36:41 GMT

A new chapter in America's moral revolution came Thursday as Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction at President Obama's second inaugural ceremony. In a statement released to the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Giglio said that he withdrew because of the furor that emerged Wednesday after a liberal watchdog group revealed that almost 20 years ago he had preached a sermon in which he had stated that homosexuality is a sin and that the "only way out of a homosexual lifestyle … is through the healing power of Jesus."

Dr. Ray Pritchard: The Rare Jewel of Contentment

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:41:56 GMT

“And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

Bryan Fischer: Bully Bigots at Big Gay declare war on Obama inauguration pastor

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:21:43 GMT

UPDATE: Just as I was preparing to send this off for posting, I received word that the bullies at Big Gay won this round. Giglio has been forced to withdraw from the inauguration over the furor created by the intolerant fascists in the homosexual movement. Bigotry wins, while tolerance, diversity, truth, religious liberty and freedom of speech lose.

The Economic Collapse: Can America Survive If Americans No Longer Agree On A Core Set Of Shared Values?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:47:36 GMT

What does America stand for? That question is a lot more complicated than you might think. Our Founding Fathers established a Republic that was based on a set of shared values that were embodied in the text of the U.S. Constitution. But today, many of our politicians openly disregard the Constitution whenever they want and it has become fashionable to mock the U.S. Constitution. For example, the New York Times recently published a piece by Georgetown University Professor Louis Michael Seidman entitled "Let's Give Up On The Constitution" in which he publicly called the Constitution "archaic" and "downright evil". This is a man that has been teaching constitutional law to the next generation of lawyers at one of the top universities in the nation for nearly 40 years.

David Limbaugh: On Revenues, Obama Has Just Begun To Fight

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:49:31 GMT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells us the tax issue is behind us and that we can now move on to spending. Really? What makes him think the GOP will succeed this time when it couldn't last time?

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Waiting for Justice

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:42:13 GMT

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter. And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. Eccleasiastes 4:1-3

Chuck Norris: The most powerful weapons we possess

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:25:24 GMT

George Washington warned us in his presidential Farewell Address about a time in America’s future where we might be tempted to discard the pillars of civility: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.”

Bryan Fischer: How to handle the whole “judge not lest you be judged” thing

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:18:18 GMT

It used to be that the only Bible verse everybody knew was John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son that whosoever believes in him might not perish but have everlasting life.”

The Economic Collapse: If Obama Can Just Create A Trillion Dollar Coin, Then Why Do We Have To Pay Taxes?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:54:40 GMT

If Barack Obama can "solve" the debt ceiling crisis by printing up some trillion dollar coins, then why does the federal government need our money? As another debt ceiling showdown approaches, many in the liberal media are suggesting that if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling that Obama should just have the U.S. Treasury create a trillion dollar platinum coin and use it to pay our bills. It sounds crazy, but many notable voices (including Paul Krugman of the New York Times) are supporting this idea. But if the federal government has had the power to create trillion dollar coins out of thin air all this time, then why do we have to pay taxes? Not only that, why do we have a national debt? If the federal government can just create money whenever it wants, then why does the federal government ever have to borrow it from others?

David Limbaugh: The Right's Unwitting Obama Apologists

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:12:31 GMT

I hate to break it to those deniers who believe that President Obama's tax-guzzling capacity has somehow been diminished by the fiscal cliff provision to fix "permanent" tax rates. You're dreaming.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Unanswered Questions

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:21:43 GMT

“All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?” So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?" (Ecclesiastes 3:20-22)

These verses are often attacked for teaching a sub-Christian view of the afterlife. The truth is, Solomon isn’t dealing with the afterlife at all. He’s simply pointing out that from an earthly perspective no one can say what happens when we die.

David P. Smith: The Broken SNAP

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:11:30 GMT

Much debate is occurring regarding governmental spending in the United States for a wide array of programs. There are many solutions being proffered for reducing the overspending and everything must be examined in the process. Every program in place has objectives that can be measured to see if the specific program is meeting those objectives while also assessing for other effects of the program that may not have been initially anticipated. Each of us certainly does that in our own households. We look at what we are spending on a particular area and decide if the purpose of it is being fulfilled while also deciding how that expense is affecting otherwise the household. Then we make changes depending upon what we find when we assess it. It is certainly beyond the scope of this article to examine the entire topic, so we will have to focus a little more on one major area of expense. A major expense in most households is that of buying food.

Bryan Fischer: Uh-oh. Ryan supports freedom-destroying ENDA

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:07:40 GMT

It’s looking like Paul Ryan may not want to be president in 2016 after all.

After voting for a $620 billion tax increase and a $3.9 trillion increase in the federal deficit (“If you like something, you vote for it”), Ryan today reiterated his support for ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Bryan Fischer: Secret to school safety: God and a loaded gun

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:07:03 GMT

Sandy Hook elementary has reopened, this time with armed law enforcement on site.

In other words, school officials have taken the recommendation of the NRA that we ought to have an armed and trained presence on every school campus. This works so well that Newtown officials are already trumpeting that this school is “the safest school in America.

The Economic Collapse: 65 Percent Of Americans Believe That 2013 Will Be A Year Of Economic Difficulty

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:14:15 GMT

Do you believe that economic trouble is coming in 2013? If so, you have a lot of company. According to a brand new Gallup poll that was just released, 65 percent of Americans believe that 2013 will be a year of "economic difficulty" while only 33 percent of Americans believe that 2013 will be a year of "economic prosperity". Gallup has been asking this question for a lot of years, and the percentage of Americans that are anticipating economic difficulty in the year ahead has not been this high since the early 1980s. And without a doubt, there are a whole lot of reasons to be deeply concerned about the economy as we head into the new year.

Probe Ministries: Redesigning Humans: Is It Inevitable?

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:42:16 GMT

Written by Dr. Ray Bohlin

The People Are Restless

There is a general unease in the wind. People are a little squeamish concerning the coming revolution in biotechnology. There is a sort of stand-offish fascination where we wonder at the possibilities for curing genetic diseases and even for making ourselves smarter, prettier, or stronger. Yet we shrink from the potential horror of the world we might create for ourselves with no hope of turning back.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Original Sin

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:03:54 GMT

“And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there. I thought in my heart, ‘‘God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed.’” (Ecclesiastes 3:16-17)

Chuck Norris: Resolve to Conquer or Die

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:42:35 GMT

When President Obama was re-elected, the winds waned behind many patriots’ ships’ sails. My wife, Gena, and I felt that sock in the gut for our country and posterity, too. But instead of cowering in defeat, I believe we need to discard conventional (unsuccessful) strategies and advance in new directions.

David Limbaugh: Obama vs. America's Fiscal Health

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:32:44 GMT

The reason President Obama and Republicans can't come to an agreement on the fiscal cliff negotiations is that they don't share the same goals. This is also the key to understanding why President Obama appears far less worried about going over the cliff.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Here Comes the Judge

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:46:03 GMT

“Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.” (Ecclesiastes 3:15).

The wrath of God is a forgotten doctrine, even in the evangelical church. Part of the problem lies in the area of definition. When we use the word wrath we tend to think of uncontrolled anger. While that may be true of human wrath, it is far from the truth about God’s wrath. Here’s a working definition: God’s wrath is his settled hostility toward sin in all its various manifestations. To say it is “settled” hostility means that God’s holiness cannot and will not coexist with sin in any form whatsoever. God’s wrath is his holy hatred of all that is unholy. It is his righteous indignation at everything that is unrighteous.

Probe Ministries: What is a Biblical Definition of Miracle?

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:00:17 GMT

The term "miracle" has lost much of its luster in our day. And it isn't because we see miracles taking place so often that we no longer are sensitive to their meaning. It's because our speech has evolved in such a way that today, if I got to work on time this morning, "It was a miracle that I made it, seeing that there was so much traffic on the freeway."

The Economic Collapse: Government Dependents Outnumber Those With Private Sector Jobs In 11 U.S. States

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:54:21 GMT

America is rapidly becoming a nation of takers. An increasing number of Americans expect the government to take care of them from the cradle to the grave, and they expect the government to dig into the pockets of others in order to pay for it all. This philosophy can be very seductive, but what happens when the number of takers eventually outnumbers the number of producers? In 11 different U.S. states, the number of government dependents exceeds the number of private sector workers. This list of states includes some of the biggest states in the country: California, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, New Mexico and Hawaii. It is interesting to note that seven of those states were won by Barack Obama on election night.

Chuck Norris: To Heck With Charity? Part 2

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:40:59 GMT

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series titled, “To hell with charity.” Read Part 1 here.)

Imagine it’s Christmas Eve in your local church and the offering plate is passed to help a local orphanage build an addition because there’s “no room in the inn.” But just when you’re about to give generously to the cause, you all of a sudden recall that Washington, D.C., recently voted to reduce tax-deductions for charitable giving.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Nothing Left But God

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:20:08 GMT

“I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him." (Ecclesiastes 3:14)

Mike Adams: My Plan for Eliminating School Shootings

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:09:41 GMT

As president, I plan to attack the issue in two ways. First, I will use the bully pulpit to influence voters and state lawmakers. Second, I will take direct action to influence the federal judiciary.

The Economic Collapse: 75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:47:15 GMT

What a year 2012 has been! The mainstream media continues to tell us what a "great job" the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are doing of managing the economy, but meanwhile things just continue to get even worse for the poor and the middle class. It is imperative that we educate the American people about the true condition of our economy and about why all of this is happening. If nothing is done, our debt problems will continue to get worse, millions of jobs will continue to leave the country, small businesses will continue to be suffocated, the middle class will continue to collapse, and poverty in the United States will continue to explode.

Probe Ministries: Prophecies of the Messiah

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:48:53 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

The Place of His Birth

Biblical prophecy is a fascinating subject. It not only includes predictions of events that are still in the future. It also includes predictions of events that were future at the time the prophecy was given, but which have now been fulfilled and are part of the past. This latter category includes all the prophecies about a coming Messiah that Christians believe were accurately fulfilled in the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. If the Bible really does contain such prophecies, then we would seem to have evidence that's at least consistent with the divine inspiration of the Bible. One can see how an all-knowing God could accurately foretell the future, but it's not clear how a finite human being could do so. Thus, if there are accurately fulfilled prophecies in the Bible, then we have yet another reason to believe that the biblical worldview is true.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: By Faith Rahab

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:47:12 GMT

“Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab” (Matthew 1:5).

David Limbaugh: God Suffers With Us

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:18:32 GMT

I can't imagine anything more painful for a person than the loss of one's child, and so I won't pretend that I can adequately express the horror of the savage murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The Economic Collapse: What In The World Are Barack Obama And John Boehner Thinking?

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:35:34 GMT

Barack Obama and John Boehner both seem absolutely determined to drive U.S. government finances off a cliff. The mainstream media would have you believe that there are vast ideological differences between the two of them and that they are bitter enemies, but that is simply not the case. Both of them say that tax increases are "necessary", but they disagree over the details. Both are seeking about a trillion dollars of spending cuts and about a trillion dollars of new "revenue", but they don't see eye to eye on how to get there. But overall, they are both definitely playing in the same ballpark. And those numbers certainly do sound impressive until you realize that they are talking about a time span of ten years.

Chuck Norris: To Heck with Charity?

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:15:31 GMT

There are two weeks remaining for Washington to take action before the George W. Bush tax cuts expire and $1.2 trillion in spending cuts are triggered. And President Obama is in his normal duck-n-blame mode: “If Congress fails to act before the end of the year, middle class family’s taxes will skyrocket $2,000.”

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Living in the Here and Now

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:05:46 GMT

“I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 3:12-13).

Bryan Fischer: When God withdraws

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:16:55 GMT

In the wake of a senseless tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary, many people are asking, “Where was God?” Our hearts are broken with the tragic loss of innocent life in Connecticut, and we pray daily for the God’s comfort and peace for the shattered lives of the families of these victims. But still people will ask, “Why didn’t God stop this?” That is a question that deserves an answer.

David P. Smith: The Elephant and Gunkin Troll

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:15:06 GMT

You would have to have your head in the sand lately to have not read about the horrible acts committed this last week in the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, elementary school. Every time we have a tragedy, the public mourning and prayer of the politicians and public figures dies down quite rapidly to be replaced by the almost never ending blame game by those who want to have an opportunity to unveil, and hope to use, their own ax they have been grinding since the last incident. The same folks who have been publicly crying the loudest over these innocent lives lost think it is fine to kill the little ones as long as the mother chooses this awful fate before birth happens. This is a fallacious, hollow, and illogical position to have. Valuing human life should not start just at birth.

David Limbaugh: Republicans Do Have Leverage; Use It!

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:51:38 GMT

At this stage of the fiscal cliff pseudo negotiations, do the American people have any idea what the Republicans stand for other than to protect the wealthy and cut Medicare and Social Security to harm the sick and aged?

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A God-Shaped Vacuum

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:32:02 GMT

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Here is more good news and bad news. The good news is that everything has a purpose in God’s plan. The bad news is that no one can figure out the good news. To make matters worse—from a human perspective—God has put “eternity” inside every human heart.That means there is something inside each of us that yearns to understand what life is all about.

The Economic Collapse: Sorry Protesters: Your Jobs Are Being Sent To China And They Aren't Coming Back

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:34:56 GMT

Did you see the huge crowds of protesters that flooded the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday? They were there to protest two bills there were being considered by the state legislature that would limit the power of unions in the state. Michigan lawmakers approved the bills and this absolutely infuriated the protesters. There is a lot of passion on both sides of this debate, but I am afraid that both sides in this debate are missing the bigger picture. If we keep shipping millions of our jobs to China, there isn't going to be work for anyone no matter how much power unions have or don't have.

Probe Ministries: Ancient Perspectives on Happiness

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:42:01 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

Introduction

The Declaration of Independence says that all men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights," including "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."{1} Although we could say a lot about this statement, I want to focus on that very last phrase: the pursuit of happiness. What exactly is happiness? And how should we pursue it in order to have the best chance of attaining it? These questions not only interest us, they also interested some of the greatest thinkers from the far-flung past.

Bryan Fischer: Scientists finally give up on “strictly genetic link” to homosexuality

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:48:38 GMT

Researchers Peter Bearman of Columbia and Hannah Bruckner of Yale furnished proof that, as a matter of fact, gays aren’t “born that way.”

If gays are “born that way,” then the concordance rate in identical twins should be 100%. If one twin is gay, the other one ought to be 100% of the time since they share identical DNA. After all, if one identical twin is tall so is the other. If one is blond, so is the other. If one has green eyes and red hair, so does the other.

Mike Adams: Adams 2016

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:58:31 GMT

I'm getting sick and tired of people asking me why I'm running for president in 2016. The answer is that I have to run. The GOP can't run another big government establishment candidate masquerading as a true conservative. So I'm stepping up to the plate. And I'm going to win, largely because my policies will appeal to young people, libertarians, and Reagan Democrats. But that’s enough of the generalities. Here are the twelve specific changes you can expect when I become your 45th president.

David Limbaugh: Conservative Media Are Not the Problem

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:40:59 GMT

It is really getting old to hear liberal politicians and pundits complaining about conservative media as being destructive, as if the country would be better off returning to the halcyon days of the monolithic liberal media.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Grasping at Shadows

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:58:40 GMT

“What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has kid on men.” Ecclesiastes 3:9-10

Chuck Norris: Obamacare jiu-jitsu

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:04:21 GMT

The art of jiu-jitsu is to use an opponent’s weight and strength to your advantage. I believe we can further choke the life out of Obamacare by using this martial arts technique. Let me explain.

Bryan Fischer: Will the Supreme Court disenfranchise the entire United States?

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:42:59 GMT

If the Supreme Court overturns DOMA, it will be the end of representative government in the United States. It will be the end of the facade that the American people can establish public policy through their elected representatives.

The Economic Collapse: From Good Jobs To Bad Jobs To No Jobs - The Tragic Downfall Of The American Worker

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:16:36 GMT

There was a time in America when virtually anyone that wanted a job could go out and get one and the United States boasted the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world. Sadly, those days are long gone. Back in 1969, 95 percent of all men between the ages of 25 and 54 had a job. But now there are millions of Americans in their prime working years that cannot find a job. Millions of others are working low wage jobs or part-time jobs because that is all they can get.

David Limbaugh: It's Time To Turn the Tables on this Presidential Bully

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:22:12 GMT

Something is very wrong in the world when the most dogmatic and inflexible president in recent memory can make unreasonable demands of his GOP budget opponents and yet be confident they'll be blamed for the impasse.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A Time for War

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:39:43 GMT

“A time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:6-8

Bryan Fischer: Column Update: Women in combat a really, really bad idea

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:50:29 GMT

For the column update, go to the end of the original article.

America’s daughters should not be sent into combat. Period.

Part of the reason is philosophical: we want to live in a nation where we expect men to use their strength to protect the women in their world, not the other way round.

Mike Adams: A Queer Need for Rejection

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:40:37 GMT

Whenever I write about the issue of First Amendment Freedom of Association, I defend the right of campus groups, not government administrators, to control their own belief structure and membership requirements. This often involves discussing real life cases with real life tension between religious groups and homosexual activists. This results in a slew of emails asking why a homosexual student would ever want to join a fundamentalist religious group. The short answer to the question is that homosexual activists don't really want to join these organizations. Some want to use them for political gain before shutting them down altogether.

Probe Ministries: Taking Religion Seriously

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:24:48 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Religious Neutrality and Our Schools

The last century has seen a purging of both religious influence and information from our classrooms. For many, this seems only natural and proper. They would argue that the Supreme Court has determined that government schools must be neutral regarding religion. Since the landmark Everson v. Board of Education case in 1947, the law of the land has been that "Neither a state nor the Federal government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another."{1} However, writing for the majority, Justice Hugo Black added that the state must be neutral in matters of religion in two specific ways. First, it must be neutral among the different religions, but it must also be neutral in how it treats religious belief and non-belief.{2}

The Economic Collapse: Wake Up! 11 Facts That Show That Europe Is Heading Into An Economic Depression

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:18:03 GMT

Europe is not just heading into another recession. The truth is that Europe is heading into a full-blown depression. The economy of the EU is actually larger than the U.S. economy, and we are watching it melt down right in front of our eyes. Things just continue to get worse in Europe, and yet somehow the authorities over in Europe just keep insisting that everything is going to be "just fine". Well, everything is not "just fine" over in Europe right now. Unemployment in the eurozone has just hit another brand new record high. In some nations in Europe, the unemployment rate is already significantly higher than anything the United States experienced during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Europe is a continent that is collapsing under the weight of its own debt, and this is just the beginning.

David Limbaugh: Obama Barreling Toward Real Fiscal Cliff

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:13:20 GMT

Some commentators wonder why President Obama always engages in brinksmanship. Why can't he meet Republicans halfway, like Clinton did, they ask. Let me try to respond.

Bryan Fischer: When America HAD to pack heat to church

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:33:32 GMT

In all the bloviating about banning guns in the aftermath of the tragedy involving Javon Belcher, the Kansas City Chief linebacker who shot his girlfriend nine times and then turned the gun on himself, it’s intriguing to remember one thing: it is used to be illegal in America not to pack heat. Even in church. In fact, especially in church.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: A Time to Laugh

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:24:09 GMT

“A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain.” Ecclesiastes 3:4-5

Chuck Norris: Choke the life out of Obamacare

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:40:16 GMT

Now that Obama has been re-elected and Democrats control the Senate, Republicans no longer have the chance to repeal Obamacare.

But all is not lost. There’s still an opportunity for America to stop this disaster by choking the life out of the federal monstrosity. Obama’s signature legislative achievement is likely headed back to the Supreme Court.

David P. Smith: Marijuana: Don’t Let This Happen To Your Family

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:55:04 GMT

There have been several recent stories in the media regarding various suicides. Suicides are increasing in incidence and this is partly due to the fact that many people have neither the foundation nor the skills necessary for handling the stresses of life. There are many reasons for this and this article will shed some light only upon one contributor at this time, but is the initiator of many other problems that can lead in the direction of this awful choice of ending life. Inappropriate usage of drugs, whether legal or not, causes many problems and it is so disappointing to see the misguided laws that a few states are putting into place to legalize marijuana which was just recently proven to lead to brain damage with long term usage.

Bryan Fischer: Judges trample the Constitution in their war on Christ

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:55:00 GMT

This is the season when federal judges, aided and abetted by the religious bullies and bigots at the Freedom From Religion Foundation, wage their annual war on Christ.

The Economic Collapse: 34 Signs That America Is In Decline

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:01:33 GMT

The United States is clearly in an advanced state of decline. Many people around the world (and even inside America) rejoice at this, but not me. I mourn for the country that I was born in and that I still love. Yes, the United States has never been perfect, but the Republic that our Founding Fathers started truly has been a light to the rest of the world in a lot of ways over the centuries. Unfortunately, our foundations are badly rotting and our nation is collapsing all around us. Many Americans like to think that the United States is greater today than it has ever been before, but the truth is that America is like a patient that has stage 4 cancer that has spread to almost every area of the body. Our nation is being destroyed in thousands of different ways, and more distressing news emerges with each passing day.

David Limbaugh: Time for Congressional Republicans To Expose Obama's Agenda

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:15:15 GMT

We can get back to discussing GOP minority constituent recruitment soon, but in the meantime, we have a fiscal cliff issue that beckons -- the real fiscal cliff (America's imminent financial collapse), not the government shutdown molehill everyone is agonizing over.

Dr. Ray Pritchard: Times and Seasons

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:44:36 GMT

“A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build." Ecclesiastes 3:2-3

Mike Adams: Bankrupt State University

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:02:52 GMT

Many of my friends and readers are disheartened by recent cultural and political trends. Many blame our universities and wonder whether we can ever restore sanity in our nation, given that the enemy seems to control the modern university. They see no chance to win in the war of ideas as long as they are forced to support the public university and, therefore, forced to fund a war against their own cherished values.

The Economic Collapse: The Giant Currency Superstorm That Is Coming To The Shores Of America When The Dollar Dies

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:07:09 GMT

By recklessly printing, borrowing and spending money, our authorities are absolutely shredding confidence in the U.S. dollar. The rest of the world is watching this nonsense, and at some point they are going to give up on the U.S. dollar and throw their hands up in the air. When that happens, it is going to be absolutely catastrophic for the U.S. economy. Right now, we export a lot of our inflation. Each year, we buy far more from the rest of the world than they buy from us, and so the rest of the world ends up with giant piles of U.S. dollars. This works out pretty well for them, because the U.S. dollar is the primary reserve currency of the world and is used in international trade far more than any other currency is.

Probe Ministries: Dealing with Doubt

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:59:17 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

Have you ever doubted your faith? We all have doubts from time to time. We may doubt that our boss really hit a hole-in-one at the golf course last weekend, or that our best friend really caught a fish as big as the one he claimed to catch, or that the strange looking guy on that light night TV show was really abducted by alien beings from a distant galaxy! Sometimes the things we doubt aren't really that important, but other times they are. And the more important something is to us, the more personally invested we are in it, the scarier it can be to start having doubts about it. So when Christians begin to have doubts about something as significant as the truth of their Christian faith, it's quite understandable that this might worry or even frighten them.

Mike Adams: Cleaning Up After Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:25:03 GMT

Of all the sloppy and confused decisions rendered by the Supreme Court in recent years, few compare with CLS v. Martinez (2010). The decision was more than just poorly reasoned. It was also based upon willful blindness toward factual misrepresentations by the defendants in the case. Justice Ginsburg authored an opinion she knew she could arrive at only by pretending to believe facts she knew were not true.

David Limbaugh: Social Conservatives: GOP Can't Live Without Them

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:18:29 GMT

One of the largest elephants in the GOP's post-election room is the fate of Christian and other social conservatives. Party honchos can't just wish this problem away -- or, maybe they can.

The Economic Collapse: Hungry For The Holidays: 20 Facts About Hunger In America That Will Blow Your Mind

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:27:35 GMT

All over America there are millions of people that will be missing meals and going hungry this holiday season. Even as much of the country indulges in the yearly ritual of unbridled consumerism that we refer to as "the holiday season", more families in the United States than ever before will be dealing with not having enough food to eat. Food stamp use is at an all-time high. Demand at food banks is at an all-time high. They keep telling us that we are in an "economic recovery" and yet the middle class continues to shrink and the number of Americans living in poverty just continues to grow. We are witnessing unprecedented hunger in America, and this especially seems tragic during the holidays.

Chuck Norris: Embrace a thankful and giving heart

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:46:18 GMT

This holiday season, while we enjoy delicious food and visiting family and friends, let’s take a moment to give thanks for our many blessings.

It’s easy to get lost in all the bad news today – whether it be unfavorable election results, financial troubles, a struggling economy, an overreaching federal government, crisis in the Middle East or personal struggles. Our growing list of problems often seems overwhelming and endless.

Kerby Anderson: Thanksgiving Quiz

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:09:45 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

This nation was founded by Christians, and Thanksgiving is a time when we can reflect upon this rich, Christian heritage. But many of us are often ignorant of our country's origins, so we have put together a Thanksgiving quiz to test your knowledge about this nation's biblical foundations. We hope that you will not only take this test and pass it on to others, but we also hope that you will be encouraged to study more about the Christian foundations of this country.

The Economic Collapse: 55 Reasons Why You Should Buy Products That Are Made In America This Holiday Season

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:55:37 GMT

This is the time of the year when Americans run out to their favorite retail stores and fill up their shopping carts with lots of cheap plastic crap made by workers in foreign countries where it is legal to pay slave labor wages. By doing this, the American people are actively participating in the destruction of the U.S. economy. You see, buying products that are made in America is not just a matter of national pride. It is a matter of national survival. If we do not support American workers, they are going to continue to see their jobs shipped out of the country. If we do not support American businesses, they are going to continue to die off at a staggering rate.

Mike Adams: Soaring Toward Totalitarianism

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:23:31 GMT

(Some time in the not-too-distant future at a public university near you).

Good morning, everyone. My name is Dean Crawler and I would like to welcome everyone to new staff training here in the Dean of Student's Office at the University of Neo-Communism in Wonderland, or UNCW. I wish to welcome all returning Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, and Adjunct Deans as well. They say it takes a village to raise a child. One could say that it takes a fiefdom to raise a generation. Of course, we prefer to avoid references to Western civilization here at UNCW. We are soaring to greatness. And that means leaving past traditions behind. Even an Adjunct Dean of Diversity knows that. No offense or disrespect intended.

David Limbaugh: The GOP: A Most Unpopular Majority Party

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:47:55 GMT

Isn't it tragically ironic that the man who rode the perfect storm into public office on the horse of national unity has now perfected the politics of division so spectacularly that he won re-election despite the worst record in decades?

Bryan Fischer: Help for Marco Rubio: scientific evidence for a young earth

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:46:27 GMT

The meanstream media tried to hang Marco Rubio from the nearest creationist tree yesterday by asking him for his opinion about the age of the earth. He adroitly dodged the question by saying that he’s not a scientist, and by the way, what does that question have to do with a tanking economy? Good for him.

David P. Smith: Thanks For The Memories

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:33:27 GMT

“The only good thing about it is that you eventually don’t remember you have it.” That’s what I’ve jokingly told several patients over the years as we have discussed Alzheimer’s dementia. Many times we all attempt to make light of subjects that we find just too painful or uncomfortable to discuss without some humor mixed into it so it is not so disheartening. When seeing someone with memory loss who is afraid and they know they are losing their memory, it does sometimes help to get a few laughs when asking if they remembered to take their medication that helps them remember.

Chuck Norris: Horrors of FEMA disaster relief

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:30:43 GMT

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’”

– President Ronald Reagan

Those wise and yet haunting words spoken by one of our nation’s greatest presidents couldn’t ring more true – especially today, as winter sets in on an estimated 130,000 of our fellow Americans who are still struggling without power. Many live without heat, hot water or inhabitable homes and question the government’s efforts to alleviate their condition.

Mike Adams: What's Good for the Noose is Good for the Pander

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:34:20 GMT

Recently, Ann Coulter wrote a controversial column suggesting that numerous Republican losses in the 2012 election cycle could be tied to the GOP stance on abortion. After lamenting the problem, she suggested a solution: the GOP should officially abandon its opposition to the so-called rape exception to a ban on abortion.

David Limbaugh: Obama's Hostile and Evasive Presser

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:42:10 GMT

Obama's first post-election press conference, if you could call it that, tells us a great deal about his attitude and the approach he intends to pursue in his second term, which is the same failed policy mix on steroids.

The Economic Collapse: The Worst Economic Numbers In More Than A Year

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:23:59 GMT

With everything else that is going on in the world, a lot of people have failed to notice that we are seeing some of the worst economic numbers that we have seen in more than a year. For example, it was announced on Thursday that initial claims for unemployment benefits have hit their highest level in a year and a half. Hopefully this is just a temporary blip in the data, because initial unemployment claims tend to have a very strong correlation with the overall performance of the economy.

Mike Adams: Evidence Tampering U

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:26:23 GMT

For years, I've been writing about the issue of censorship on our nation's campuses. But I have given far too little emphasis to due process violations within the so-called campus judiciary. Today, that all comes to an end. This will be the beginning of a series of columns highlighting the worst colleges in America when it comes to due process violations. I will reveal the name of this week's winner after explaining why this university is being ushered into the due process Hall of Shame.

Bryan Fischer: The president sins on national television

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:33:26 GMT

It’s rare that you can actually watch the president of the United States commit a sin live and on national television.

But that’s what happened yesterday when President Obama told the nation that he is compelled to take more money from the rich.

Brian Bosche: FEMA and Heartless Federal Aid

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:59:40 GMT

Five boroughs in New York City and towns in New Jersey continue to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy—storm damage, power outages and of course the clean-up. The damage is unprecedented and the images are startling.

Probe Ministries: Jesus Christ Superstar

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:34:38 GMT

Kanye West vs. John Lennon

“Who do men say that I am?” (Matt 16:16)

In 1966, rock star John Lennon said the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” Lennon made the statement in the context of his predication about the demise of Christianity; “Christianity will go,” he said. “It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary.” Lennon’s failed predication about the demise of Christianity, like so many since the eighteenth century, grossly underestimated the enormous appeal of Jesus.

The Economic Collapse: Will The Wealthy Race To Dump Stocks And Other Financial Assets Before The Fiscal Cliff Kicks In?

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:18:13 GMT

The election results made it abundantly clear that taxes are going to be going up, and right now a lot of wealthy people all over America are trying to figure out how to best position themselves for the hit that is coming. There are a whole host of tax cuts that are set to expire on December 31st, and many analysts are now speculating that we could see a race to dump stocks and other financial assets before 2013 in order to get better tax treatment on those sales.

David Limbaugh: Before We Give Up, Could We At Least Try Selling Our Ideas?

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:28:41 GMT

We conservatives may never reach a consensus among ourselves as to the main factors that caused our election defeat, but surely we can agree that we must do a better job of selling our ideas.

Bryan Fischer: The GOP’s civil war being fought on three hills

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:29:47 GMT

If Republicans do not want to wind up on the ash heap of history, entombed with the fond memories of Ronald Reagan, they must take unapologetic and unambiguous positions on three issues: immigration, the debt ceiling, and marriage.

Mike Adams: Facing the Giants

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:24:34 GMT

Nearly ten years ago, I helped organize a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill. The university was forcing Christians to allow non-Christians to run their organizations. It took me 18 months to find a plaintiff but I did. In case you were wondering, we took the case to federal court and we won. For a time, freedom of association was preserved at North Carolina's flagship university.

Chuck Norris: Honor for whom honor is due

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:59:02 GMT

On the heels of a pivotal national election, I’d like to remind Americans that it is our troops’ service and sacrifice that safeguards our precious right to cast those ballots and savor the freedoms that we hold dear. They represent the best of America.

Today, we honor all U.S. veterans and troops currently serving for their unwavering courage and dedication to keeping our nation strong and protecting the liberties we continue to enjoy. We also pay tribute to the wounded, missing, fallen and their families.

David P. Smith: Conservative Backlash or Bow Down

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:53:26 GMT

The major media talking heads have been all jockeying to couch Romney’s loss in terms that are the most favorable to their own biases. There is an array of attitudes from downright depressed and despondent to outright maddening rage. It is the usual display of emotions that we all experience when there is a loss: (1) denial, followed by (2) anger, (3) bargaining, and then finally, (4) acceptance; there is wide variability in how long individuals remain in each of these stages and some stay in some of these stages quite a while. Depending upon how long the stage of anger remains, there will certainly be conservative backlash, and then the latter stages’ prevalence will dictate how much bowing down occurs to what liberals think they deserve in return for the retaining of the presidency.

The Economic Collapse: Share This Massive List Of Post-Election Firings And Layoffs With Everyone You Can

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:21:50 GMT

The victory by Barack Obama on election night has resulted in a huge wave of firings and layoffs all over America. A large number of businesses seem to have suddenly shifted into panic mode. The number of layoff announcements that we have seen in the last 48 hours has been absolutely shocking. So why is this happening? Well, the truth is that the federal government is absolutely suffocating small businesses all over America with rules, regulations and taxes. If you have never tried to run a small business, then you have no idea how oppressive this system actually is for people that are trying to run small businesses successfully.

David Limbaugh: Time for Introspection, but Not Surrender

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:46:07 GMT

Has the nation gone irreversibly blue? Did intraparty disunity sabotage Mitt Romney's presidential quest? Or is there some other explanation for the nation's re-election of a president with the worst record in decades?

The Economic Collapse: The Politicians We Have Chosen Reflect Who We Are As A Nation

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:52:24 GMT

The American people have spoken. It is estimated that approximately 6 billion dollars was spent on political campaigns in 2012, and we ended up exactly in the same place that we were before. Barack Obama is still in the White House, the Democrats still have solid control of the U.S. Senate and the Republicans still have solid control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Clearly, the American people want more of the same, and that is really bad news. The path that we have been on will only lead to unprecedented disaster, and now it is abundantly clear that there are not going to be any solutions to our problems on the national level.

Bryan Fischer: White evangelicals put Barack Obama back in the White House

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:15:43 GMT

Gov. Romney won 206 electoral votes on Tuesday night, and of course needed 270 to win.

The shortest path to victory for him involved just five states: Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Ohio. These five states together represent 66 electoral votes, which, if added to the Romney column, would boost him to 272 electoral votes and to the White House. If these states had gone for Romney rather than Obama, he would be.

Probe Ministries: The Glory of Grace

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:42:22 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

I bet you recognize "grace" as a theology word. Many of us are quick to say, "Oh yeah, I know what that is. We’re saved by grace through faith." Or we know of churches with the word "grace" in their name. But many of us don’t have a real handle on it. Often that’s because we haven’t seen it modeled in our families, our churches, or our communities. We’re too focused on trying to prove ourselves good enough, too busy trying to keep God from getting mad at us.

Bryan Fischer: Yesterday was Pearl Harbor; today we start planning for Normandy

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:31:29 GMT

There is no way to sugar coat what happened yesterday. It was a truly sobering setback for morality, economic sanity, political reality and common sense in our nation’s shared public life. But it happened, and it was bad.

Mike Adams: Things are Tufts All Over

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:22:44 GMT

Tufts University, a private school in Massachusetts, has now officially ceased to be a university. Tufts has a national reputation for heavy handed suppression of free speech despite its close proximity to places where many of our nation's first great free speech victories were fought and won. Few who are familiar with Tufts will be surprised to learn that their student government has initiated measures to de-recognize a Christian group because its leaders are required to adhere to "basic Biblical truths of Christianity."

David Limbaugh: Do You Want Revenge Against America or Loving Restoration?

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:37:23 GMT

Mitt Romney was very wise to pivot on Barack Obama's impromptu statement that "voting is the best revenge" and frame the campaign in the final days as a choice between that negative message and Romney's "love of country."

David P. Smith: Anxious?

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:54:24 GMT

I can remember when I was a boy, my mother would let me, my two brothers, and my friends get on our bicycles and we would ride around the area all day long it seemed. Having a multi-speed bicycle meant you really had something of which to be proud, but we were glad to get anything because it was all better than walking. We would ride for miles away from our homes in our little pack. We never encountered anyone from whom we had to flee, or be afraid of anyone near us.

Chuck Norris: Time to unleash the American spirit

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:08:23 GMT

With the troubling devastation of Hurricane Sandy on our nation’s doorstep – and so many people in need of food, shelter and emergency services after the storm – I encourage Americans to reach out to our neighbors and help them through this challenging time.

David Limbaugh: I'm Even More Confident That Mitt Will Win

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:47:24 GMT

I want to give you an updated list of reasons I believe that Mitt Romney will win the election Tuesday. So much information, so much confusion, so much uncertainty. But I don't think it's so complex as it seems.

The Economic Collapse: Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Island In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:08:39 GMT

Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is. Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy. More than 7 million people live on Long Island, and millions more live along the Jersey shore and right now they are getting a taste of what life would be like during a total economic meltdown.

Probe Ministries: Voting and Christian Citizenship: A Biblical View

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:45:53 GMT

Written by Byron Barlowe

Applying a biblical worldview to your voting choices is an important part of your role as a citizen. Byron Barlowe looks at how Christians should exercies their right to vote and make biblically informed decisions in the voting booth.

Summary

It is both a sacred duty and privilege for Christians to serve as citizens who salt (preserve) and light (illumine) our culture. Americans have inherited a government system based solidly on a biblical worldview, but one that also tolerates and protects other viewpoints. Truly humble, tolerant political engagement does not equal spiritual compromise. Christians found out how seductive political power can be in the 1980s and need to resist the pull of compromise. God doesn't take sides; we need to make sure we're on His side.

Mike Adams: The OFA Exception to Political Speech

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:13:12 GMT

Two Fridays ago, I was busy preparing for a campus debate and finishing the final edits on my next book. It was a busy day and I simply did not have time to deal with a totalitarian college administrator posing as a genuine liberal. But these people never rest. So when the phone rang I should not have been surprised. And I knew I had a responsibility to help the distressed student, despite my busier than usual schedule.

Bryan Fischer: Sobering: 45% of Muslims in America want to throw you in prison

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:45:46 GMT

Islam and America are fundamentally and totally incompatible: As Andrew Bostom writes, polling data from Wenzel Strategies reveals that 58% of Muslims in the United States do not believe "that criticism of Islam or Muhammad should be permitted" - IN AMERICA. In other words, they flatly reject the First Amendment of our Constitution. Which means they reject America.

The Economic Collapse: 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destruction Caused By Hurricane Sandy

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:45:03 GMT

It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now. Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood waters. It is being reported that more than 50 people are dead and more than 8 million people along the east coast have lost power. Those without power might not get it back for a week or more.

Probe Ministries: A Probe Mom Looks at Halloween

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:10:09 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: Putting on the Fresh Person Fifteen

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:28:53 GMT

All week long, people have been sending me emails expressing their outrage at UNC Chapel Hill's decision to remove the word "freshman" from all university documents in order to be gender inclusive. But why are they surprised? And why are they writing to me to express their outrage? I've been telling readers for over a decade that they need to directly call and write the universities that are responsible for encouraging hypersensitivity through the use of campus speech codes.

Brian Bosche: Trick-or-Treat: For or Against Either Schmo

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:10:10 GMT

It’s how most of us feel. We’re watching our favorite show on Hulu or listening to music on Pandora and then we hear a 30-second stack of lies, half-truths and a candidate having crafted the art of saying, “I’m so and so and I approve this message.” Yes. We’re in the middle of political ad mania.

Bryan Fischer: Does Anthony Kennedy regret the immoral Lawrence decision?

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:49:32 GMT

Anthony Kennedy wrote the infamous Lawrence v. Texas decision that made laws against sodomy unenforceable in America. The Court issued this egregious display of arrogant and immoral judicial activism despite the fact that sodomy had been a criminal offense in all 50 States until 1961 and was still against the law in 24 States and the District of Columbia when the Lawrence decision was issued.

The Economic Collapse: Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Biggest Storm Ever To Hit The Northeast

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:24:01 GMT

The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard. It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is. From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across. It is twice the size of the state of Texas, and meteorologists are calling this storm a "worst case scenario". It is currently coming ashore in New Jersey, but this is just the beginning. A winter storm approaching from the west is going to combine with Hurricane Sandy, and the combined storm is projected to hammer the northeast with wind and rain all the way through the end of the week.

Chuck Norris: Barack Obama: Spin master

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:31:04 GMT

Spin: to apply a slant or particular emphasis to information as to persuade or deceive

Obama is really pounding the pulpit these last few days before the election with the help of his speech writers. He sounds a lot like Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Bryan Fischer: Don't Let Republicans Lie To You About the Debt Ceiling

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:42:28 GMT

Don't let the Republicans lie to you: if the debt ceiling is not raised, THE U.S. WILL NOT DEFAULT. According to the government’s own numbers it took around $241.6 billion in 2012 to service our debt, while total revenue to the federal government in that same year was around $2.469 trillion.

Probe Ministries: Scientology: Religion of the Stars

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:27:52 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Introduction

Depending on your perspective, Scientology was either discovered or invented by the successful pulp and science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. He and his followers claimed to have uncovered deep secrets of the mind and spirit. But while adherents say Hubbard's discoveries can eradicate most of what ails humanity, critics argue that Hubbard invented a new religion with the same creative mind that fashioned popular works of science fiction. Hubbard's critics add that this new religion was formulated to make its founder and close associates very wealthy.

The Economic Collapse: 37 Facts About How Cruel This Economy Has Been To Millions Of Desperate American Families

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:34:59 GMT

Have you ever laid in bed awake at night with a knot in your stomach because you didn't know how your family was possibly going to make it through the next month financially? Have you ever felt the desperation of not being able to provide the basic necessities for your family even though you tried as hard as you could? All over America tonight, there are millions of desperate families that are being ripped apart by this economy. There aren't nearly enough jobs, and millions of Americans that actually do have jobs aren't making enough to even provide the basics for their families.

TBL: Green Energy and Socialism

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:26:04 GMT

The President recently spoke before a $25,000 a plate fundraiser in Los Angeles, assuring his donors that green energy is not part of a "socialist plot". So what kind of plot is it Mr. President? “On energy, I’m big on

Mike Adams: Unlearning Liberty

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:16:27 GMT

Author's Note: On Wednesday, October 24th, I will be debating liberal Rick Perlstein and libertarian Jim Harper at NC State University in Raleigh. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 pm in Dabney Hall.

Despite their feigned interest in tolerance, college campuses are among the most punitive and stifling environments in the country. Students are routinely punished for "offenses" ranging from penning mild satire to holding the wrong opinions on important social and political issues. One book, Unlearning Liberty, by Greg Lukianoff, documents these abuses better than any other that has been written since I joined the campus culture wars over a decade ago. Greg is able to document these things well and for a simple reason: he has been the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for the last seven years.

Frank Turek: North Korea and Christians in Politics

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:37:10 GMT

When I hear Christians saying we ought not get involved in politics but just “preach the Gospel,” I show them this satellite picture of the Korean peninsula. Here we see a homogenous population of mostly Koreans separated by a well-fortified border. South Korea is full of freedom, food and productivity—it’s one of the most Christianized countries in the world. North Korea is a concentration camp. They have no freedom, no food, and very little Christianity.

David P. Smith: Let’s Preserve Freedom, Not Give It Up

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:18:23 GMT

My wife and I had a quick trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this last weekend for a medical convention and while there had several hours of time on Saturday to do some sight-seeing. We walked so many blocks from the hotel where we stayed that we were wore out by nightfall, but saw many good people and places. Visiting Independence Hall and standing in the same room where the signers of Declaration of Independence committed their lives toward the pursuit of freedom that has now influenced the whole world is nothing short of inspirational.

Chuck Norris: Obama's class warfare: Don't get fooled again

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:10:44 GMT

Have you noticed how the Obama campaign has stepped up its class-warfare rhetoric as we draw closer to Election Day?

Obama is constantly resorting to this tactic because he’s simply unable to defend his own record in office as 23 million Americans are out of work or underemployed and the economy remains in distress.

Class warfare is all he has left.

Chuck Norris: Who you calling 'crazy'?

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:20:24 GMT

Chuck, I have a mental illness and am so tired of how society stereotypes those of us who do. Anything you can do to help remove the stigmas and talk about how prevalent mental illnesses are? – M. Williams, Oregon

Kerby Anderson: Gay Agenda in Schools

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:28:59 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Advancing the Gay Agenda in Schools

Since the early 1990s gay activists and various homosexual groups have been using strategies that provide them with greater access to public schools. Usually the focus is upon making the schools a safer place for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual students, thereby justifying the introduction of topics and speakers on the subject of homosexuality. And the establishment of homosexual clubs on campus provides an ongoing program to continue to introduce homosexuality to students on campus.

Chuck Norris: Voter fraud: The way to America's destruction

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:55:25 GMT

Does voter fraud actually exist?

If you ask the Obama administration, Democratic lawmakers or the left-leaning media, they often argue it’s a myth concocted by Republicans to suppress Democratic turnout.

Mike Adams: The Right To Choose... Rape?

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:12:35 GMT

I know it sounds outrageous, but the arguments my liberal readers make for abortion have convinced me that they are trying to legalize rape. Aside from the obvious fact that rape is a moral issue (and one can’t legislate morality), pro-abortion reasoning provides 10 additional reasons for making rape legal. I have enumerated all of them below. I have even taken the time to expand on some of the more disturbing arguments:

Probe Ministries: Body Building: Edifying Thoughts about Our Bodies

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:08:20 GMT

Written by Michael Gleghorn

Why Should I Care About This?

Our culture is obsessed with the human body. Have you turned on the television or stood in the supermarket checkout line recently? Images and information about the human body bombard our senses from almost every direction. And what we believe about the body can make a huge difference for our daily life, and for the life beyond! That's why we need to think carefully about a Christian view of the body. For when our ideas about the body go wrong, a lot of related Christian beliefs can also be affected.

Chuck Norris allergic? No, food allergic to him

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:50:14 GMT

Chuck, I just recently learned that allergies to peanut butter are among the most common negative food reactions and that they are rising. True? – “Not Skimping on Skippy” in Pennsylvania

Chuck Norris: True patriots

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:07:38 GMT

The third definition of “patriot” in the Oxford English Dictionary is “A person actively opposing enemy forces occupying his or her country; a member of a resistance movement, a freedom fighter. Originally used of those who opposed and fought the British in the American War of Independence.”

David P. Smith: Making a Good Stew

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:54:00 GMT

The future of healthcare is one of the main driving factors behind the decisions being made by the electorate in this year’s presidential election. Over the last several years, it has become more and more unaffordable for people to have health insurance and for those who are the most ill to even qualify for it. To not have health insurance is to take a chance with bankruptcy.

Mike Adams: How Mitt Romney Won My Vote

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:43:39 GMT

Back in May of 1999, I made a decision to leave the Democratic Party. It was an easy decision. I had been a Democrat for 11 years. I voted for Dukakis when I was a committed leftist. But, later, when I became a pro-life conservative, there was no room for me in the party. So I became a Republican and also joined the NRA. I've been a straight shooter ever since. Excuse me if that last line sounded heterosexist. I’m a work in regress.

Chuck Norris on kids: Brains overpower brawn

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:45:22 GMT

Chuck, sometimes I think my kid’s brain is Jell-O. It’s so frustrating at times just to try to get him to think. Any suggestions? – “Going Crazy in the Cranium” in Colorado

Being the father to seven children, I empathize with your struggle. But the first thing we need to remember about our children’s brains is that their substance is the composite of genius, not Jell-O.

Probe Ministries: In His H.A.N.D.S.: How We Can Know That Jesus is God

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:51:55 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Jesus Shares the Honor Given to God

Defending the deity of Christ can be a source of anxiety for some believers. Perhaps it is because our defense often consists only of a couple of proof texts which are quickly challenged by Jehovah’s Witnesses and others. Even worse, some Christians themselves are troubled by passages that seem to teach that Jesus is something less than God, that He is inferior to the Father in some significant way. They are fine with Jesus being the suffering servant, the Messiah who died for our sins, but less sure of His role in creation or as a member of the triune everlasting “I am” of the Old Testament.

Brian Bosche: Shelving Our Can of Whoop ...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:46:40 GMT

Written by Brian Bosche

By pursuing love and popularity, President Obama has dashed our foreign policy and embraced sheepish naivety. He's created a rise in hate and anti-American feelings in a Middle East set ablaze. In Egypt and Libya, he attempted purchasing "allies" in the Muslim Brotherhood—an organization with oft-cited connections to terrorist groups.

Chuck Norris: Together we can make a difference on Election Day

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:13:52 GMT

It’s time to take stock of where we stand as a nation. The election of 2012 offers us a stark contrast, between candidates who are looking to protect our Second Amendment rights and those who seek to restrict those same freedoms. Over the past month, I’ve been alerting you to some dangers on the horizon. As we consider the path we are about to embark upon, it’s good to recall what’s at stake.

Mike Adams: Diversity and Catatonic Schizophrenia

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:17:45 GMT

Dianne Harrison is the new president of California State University, Northridge (CSUN). It’s a small college in the Golden State but it sure is loaded with diversity. How do I know? Because Dianne has written a letter to the entire university, telling everyone how diverse they are and, more importantly, what a great person she is because she loves diversity. In her short email of around 800 words she refers to diversity no less than 17 times (and I have highlighted them in bold letters).

Mike Adams: Truth 1725

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:53:46 GMT

One of my readers reached out to me a couple of years ago with the hope that I could help him communicate with his prodigal nephew. The kid had grown up in a Christian home and seemed to be doing well until he enrolled at a local community college. It was there that he decided to abandon his conservative and Christian beliefs. Even worse than that, he decided to replace them by joining a neo-pagan cult. I will not mention the group by name as I do not want to give them more attention than they deserve.

Probe Ministries: Secularization and the Church in Europe

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:53:11 GMT

Written by Rick Wade

Introduction

At the end of a talk about the state of the evangelical mind in America, the subject turned to Europe, and a man said with great confidence, “The churches in Europe are all empty!” I’ve heard that said before. It makes for a good missions sermon; however, it doesn’t quite do justice to the situation. Not all the churches in Europe are empty! The situation isn’t like in Dallas, Texas, where churches dot the landscape, but there are thriving churches across the continent.

Mike Adams: Academic Malpractice Part 818

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:05:50 GMT

Dear Professor Hoplophobe (pseudonym):

First I would like to thank you for your willingness to discuss Second Amendment issues despite our deep disagreement about the scope and applicability of this important constitutional right. The first time we broached the issue, the tenor of our discussion was less than civil. Since then, you have agreed to continue our dialogue and I believe we would both agree that it has been constructive.

David P. Smith: Want to Live Longer?

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:03:25 GMT

Many times I’ve asked octogenarians if they thought they would live to be that age. I’ve noted that the great majority actually say that they did not think they would be that age. Besides the humbleness that most have to be blessed with that many years of life, there are other commonalities, such as having a history of eating from a home garden that has been worked yearly while providing for routine exercise for many years, a strong Christian faith, and a history of a strong, stable marriage. All of these characteristics are associated with living a longer life and many studies back up these statements.

Mike Adams: UNCW Invests in “Stimulating” Technology

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:00:29 GMT

The worst part about censorship is that there are college professors who are too stupid to know what it actually means, or worse, that sometimes pretend to be too stupid to know what it actually means. Censorship occurs when the government stops objectionable speech from being disseminated. It does not occur when the government refuses to actually subsidize speech that may be deemed objectionable. But sometimes professors and low-level college administrators pretend that refusal to fund government speech is censorship. They usually do this when the speech is so bad that no one else would ever subsidize it. So they adopt a false definition of censorship and pretend to believe it in an effort to attack those who would understandably oppose government support of bad speech.

Probe Ministries: What God Says About Sex

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:18:20 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

It's not surprising that in a time of growing biblical illiteracy, so few people have any idea what God thinks and says about the extremely important subject of sex. The world holds the Christian view of sex in contempt, considering it prudish, naïve and repressive. But the Bible elevates sexuality as God's gift to us that is both sacred and mysterious. The world's perspective degrades it to just something that feels good—another form of recreation or socialization.

Mike Adams: When Students Cheat Liberals Retreat

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:30:55 GMT

The best argument against liberalism is that it doesn’t work. That should be obvious to any teacher who has to deal with student cheating. Even some sociology teachers are beginning to learn this although they are not aware that they are learning it. Like rats in a Skinner box, their behavior is being modified by reality even when they lack the intellectual capacity to recognize it. It warms my heart to see old liberals changing their ways, even if mindlessly.

Mike Adams: Of Mitts and Muslims

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:02:32 GMT

Dear Mitt: Despite the fact that I really do not trust or respect you, I have decided to give you some free political advice. I do it for two reasons:

Probe Ministries: Examining Our Cultural Captivity

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:09:10 GMT

Written by Steve Cable

A common theme of many science fiction tales is mass delusion. From The Matrix to The Truman Show, we find fictional characters who think they are making decisions on their own volition based on an accurate perception of their situation. In each of these cases, the people are actually experiencing a false reality manipulated by outside forces using them for their own purposes.

Brian Bosche: Empty Wallets, Gutted Freedom

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:16:58 GMT

Get real. Our wallets and purses rule the day. Financial freedom often defines our ability to support movements, charities, churches and political parties. Not to mention, it fulfills our insatiable taste for the crack that is materialism—houses, cars, iPhones, flat screens and powdered doughnuts (related to crack).

Mike Adams: Problems Solutions and Trade Offs II

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:17:48 GMT

Most of my columns are meant to expose the hypocrisy of self-described liberals who have taken over our institutions of higher learning. However, on some occasions, I attempt to address misguided thinking among self-described conservatives.

Probe Ministries: What's My Purpose in Life?

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:34:57 GMT

A dear younger friend of mine recently posted this question on a forum:

"Do you feel that you have a great mission or purpose in life?

David P. Smith: Fracking Gag Orders

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:07:27 GMT

The reported tremendous potential for producing oil through the fracking procedure could result in many changes in our country and certainly would improve our economy. While there is great potential for positive changes, we all would be well served by following a conservative approach of fully investigating and considering all possibilities because all change isn’t always good. There are at least thirty states which have active natural gas drilling occurring and about 90% of these are using fracking.

Mike Adams: Problems Solutions and Trade Offs

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:41:26 GMT

Occasionally, a columnist must issue an apology for something he wrote that, while seeming correct at the time, later proved to be misguided. Today, is one of those occasions where I must take the time to write a retraction concerning a column I wrote some time ago.

Mike Adams: Romney and the Rapist

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:50:23 GMT

I have a friend who suffered through a horrific gang rape nearly twenty years ago. There were three perpetrators but one in particular served as the ringleader and principal conspirator. He was in his early thirties when he planned the crime and convinced a twenty-one year old and a nineteen year old to join him. His victim was only sixteen years old.

Kerby Anderson: Truth Decay

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:37:18 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Three Views of Truth

We live in a world that has dramatically changed its view of truth, and thus have inherited an ethical system that denies the existence of truth. The worldview of the twenty-first century is postmodernism, and the dominant ethical system of the last two centuries has been relativism.

Brian Bosche: Millennials: How to Build Prosperity’s Casket

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:27:34 GMT

Shallow minds we have thinking November is about the next four years. No. This is about the remnants of our productive lives. We have two choices with no gray area. Either we preserve the pursuit of prosperity or float from crisis to crisis like those in power.

Probe Ministries: Why Worldview?

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:05:41 GMT

Written by Don Closson

Introduction

Probe has called itself a worldview ministry since its birth in 1973. When my wife and I joined Probe in 1986, the term “worldview” meant little to our friends and family; they supported our work with Probe mainly because they knew that we were passionate about our faith and that the ministry involved defending Christianity on college campuses. Since then, the concept of a Christian worldview has become popular among evangelicals, resulting in numerous publications and worldview ministries.

Mike Adams: All My Exes Live in Texas

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:54:58 GMT

A former Texas high school teacher was convicted of multiple felonies after having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. The conviction was a victory for the prosecution but it was a setback for the feminist movement. It was also a setback for the homosexual uncivil rights movement, which seeks unlimited authority to redefine relationships among consenting adults.

David P. Smith: Going Back to the Roadside Park

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:53:18 GMT

I wonder how many people in this area of southwest Mississippi visited the Roadside Park that used to be open on Highway 24. When I was a young boy, my mother used to pack a lunch for us and my two brothers that we would eat together at the park about every other Sunday afternoon when we would travel from McComb after church services to go to Gloster. I always looked forward to stopping at the park because it was a nice break for what any child viewed as such a long trip.

Mike Adams: Ethnocentric Studies

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:05:38 GMT

Ethnocentrism is under-rated. Most college students are exposed to the concept only if they take a course in Introductory Sociology or if they should chose to major in sociology. Even then, the concept of ethnocentrism is presented as an evil to be extinguished by fostering the value of anti-ethnocentrism.

Kerby Anderson: Capitalism and Socialism

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:19:22 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Poll About Capitalism

Americans traditionally have supported capitalism over socialism, but there is growing evidence that might be changing. The latest Rasmussen poll showed that a mere majority of Americans (fifty-three percent) say capitalism is better than socialism.{1} And one in five (twenty percent) say that socialism is better than capitalism. America may not be ready to reject capitalism for socialism, but this poll does show less enthusiasm than in the past.

Nothing But Truth: Romney's VP Selection of Ryan Changes Debate from One of Smears to One of Substance

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:58:59 GMT

The recent Obama/Biden campaign of character assassination, replete with distortions, smears and outright lies, has acted as a cancer to our national debate; a debate that should be focused on how best to solve the problems facing our great country. In selecting Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney has delivered the antidote to this disease plaguing our political discourse.

Mike Adams: Ratio Christi

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:02:44 GMT

In one week, it starts all over again. Thousands of young people will enroll in classes in the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina system. Before the first day of class is over, the professors and administrators will begin the assault on students and their Judeo-Christian values. Parents will have spent their entire lives saving money that will ultimately be used to turn their children against them.

Brian Bosche: Without the Big O, You Can't Build That

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:22:39 GMT

Meet Julia. She doesn’t have a last name, but just like you—under “Big O” of course—she has Daddy Government to lean on. When she can’t pay her student loans, eh… payment schmayment. When she gets old, Mr. G. will provide new wheels from The Scooter Store. Grand Canyon, here she comes!

Probe Ministries: Your Work Matters to God

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:22:57 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

This article is also available in Spanish.

Many Christians hold a decidedly unbiblical view of work. Some view it as a curse, or at least as part of the curse of living in a fallen world. Others make a false distinction between what they perceive as the sacred—serving God—and the secular—everything else. And others make it into an idol, expecting it to provide them with their identity and purpose in life as well as being a source of joy and fulfillment that only God can provide.

Probe Ministries: Challenging the New Atheists

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:33:50 GMT

Written by Patrick Zukeran

The New Atheist Agenda

Nearly thirty years ago John Lennon sang the song, “Imagine.” The words went like this:

“Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky

Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too

David P. Smith: Focus on Hope and Freedom

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:13:51 GMT

If any candidate for office wants to tap into the mood of the majority of the electorate, the focus should be on hope and freedom.

Probe Ministries: Four Killer Questions

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:10:32 GMT

Written by Sue Bohlin

Dr. Jeff Myers of Bryan College and Summit Ministries shares our passion for helping others develop a biblical worldview. One of the tools he offers in developing critical thinking skills is how to use the right question at the right time.

Probe Ministries: Prometheus, God and Film: 10 Science Fiction Movies with a Theological Theme

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:31:58 GMT

Written by Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese

Sci-fi films have never been more popular than they are today. Witness this summer’s offerings: Prometheus (see below), Chronicle, The Hunger Games even the comic book–inspired Avengers and the romantic comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World feature elements of science fiction. And like most arts and literature, they contain elements of theology. This genre borrows a basic aspect of the Christian worldview concerning the value and meaning of individuals in a world of technological conformity.

David P. Smith: Fireworks In November?

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:03:19 GMT

Most people enjoy seeing some beautiful fireworks on the Fourth of July. This last Independence Day celebration was marked by beautiful displays all over our country. While fireworks are also traditionally bought during New Year’s Day festivities also, most of the time we think of them for Independence Day. While watching some fireworks a few weeks ago in the midst of security and peace, I couldn’t help thinking about the sacrifices made by those during the Revolutionary War to help this land become free and also the countless lives that have been lost over all of the years since then to keep this country free.

Kerby Anderson: Worldviews Through History

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:21:27 GMT

Written by Kerby Anderson

Roman Worldview

On the Probe Web site we often talk about worldviews. I want to explain how the worldviews we talk about developed through history. We will be using as our foundation an excellent book written by Professor Glenn Sunshine whom I have met and also had the privilege of interviewing. His book is Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home.{1}

Probe Ministries: What is Technology?

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:54:32 GMT

Written by Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese

The Neutrality View

Most people take a favorable view towards technological progress; new cars, cell phones and computers – what’s not to like? They embrace technological innovation as a plus despite the suspicions of questionable things like cloning, genetic engineering and nuclear weapons. But what is technology anyway? Do we really understand this all-embracing phenomenon directing human history? We often take for granted that we think we know the answer when in fact the meaning of the greatest social mover of all times remains elusive. When it comes to defining technology we are beset with the problem of defining more than just a word, but a concept and whole way of life and worldview.

Frank Turek: Why Not Treat SCOTUS Opinions Like They Treat the Constitution?

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:11:05 GMT

What if we all simply decided to interpret the 5-4 Supreme Court decision to uphold Obamacare as a 9-0 vote to overturn Obamacare?

“Well, that wouldn’t be right!” you say. “That wouldn’t respect the rule of law. People can’t just interpret laws anyway they want.”

Frank Turek: John Roberts: The Umpire who Homered for the Wrong Team

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:17:51 GMT

“An Umpire.” That is how John Roberts properly described the duty of a Supreme Court justice during his confirmation hearings. His rulebook? The U.S. Constitution. Thank you sir, may I have another!

Kerby Anderson: Spiritual Warfare

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:26:23 GMT

Lots of books have been written about spiritual warfare. Most of them share anecdotes and experiences of the authors or the people they to whom they have ministered. This week I merely want to answer the question, what is a biblical point of view on spiritual warfare? (For more information on this topic, see Kerby Anderson, A Biblical Point of View on Spiritual Warfare (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2009).

David P. Smith: Chief Justice Roberts’ Decision

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:00:08 GMT

The recent Supreme Court decision regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, or Obama Care, as it is better known, was certainly a surprise to many people. Everyone who was interested in the outcome of this case was shocked to find out that Chief Justice Roberts voted with the liberal leaning members of the Supreme Court to uphold the most hotly debated legislative act in recent times.

Probe Ministries: The Apologetics of Jesus

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:59:12 GMT

Written by Patrick Zukeran

Jesus was one of the greatest leaders, teachers, and remarkable individuals that ever lived, but few realize that Jesus was also the greatest apologist. Apologetics is the rational defense of Christianity. Christian apologists use reason and evidence to present a convincing case for Christianity, challenge unbelief, expose errors, and defend the message of the gospel. Apologetics was an essential part of Jesus’ ministry. If it was important in His ministry, it certainly should be in all ministries looking to impact the unbelieving world for Christ.

Frank Turek: What’s in a Name? New Evidence for Eyewitness Testimony in the New Testament

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:35:12 GMT

What’s in a name? More than you might imagine when it comes to establishing the credibility of historical accounts. Since names change dramatically over a relatively short priod of time, historians can help discover whether an historical document accurately reflects the time it purports to describe by examining the names found in the text.

David P. Smith: Physician-Patient Prayer

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:50:43 GMT

In this era of healthcare reform, there are many questions floating around on many different topics. It was encouraging to recently see on the front page of American Medical News (a newspaper published by the American Medical Association) an article entitled, “When patient visit includes request for prayer” (June 18, 2012; volume 55, number 12). The article discusses a survey of almost 500 adults from Florida, North Carolina, and Vermont in which “one in five patients likes the idea of praying with the doctor during a routine office visit, while nearly 30% want to do so during a hospital stay.”

Probe Ministries: Who Wrote the New Testament?

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:01:10 GMT

Written by David Graieg

Bart Ehrman

What if eighteen of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament were not written by the people who have traditionally been credited with their authorship?{1} Just such a claim is made by Bart Ehrman’s book Forged: Writing in the Name of God in which he argues that the Bible’s authors are not who we think they are.

David P. Smith: Remembering Your Father — What will your children remember?

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:13:09 GMT

There is big problem in America today with the lack of dads for so many children. For various reasons, those who should be the leaders and should be responsible feel that they are good enough fathers if they can just pay child support, but aren’t involved in the lives of their children in a committed way. Marriage is being diluted down these days to mean nothing by those who see it as legal right they can claim and not a moral responsibility to be married in the way that God’s Word lays out for us very clearly – one man and one woman committed for life.