This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Courageous truth” Three Stories of Courageous Truth Three Stories of Courageous Truth, part 2 Courageous Truth: A Current Example Humans can choose truth over lies. We either allow lies to have power over us, or we deny that power by a
At the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, stand-up comic Michelle Wolf was brought in to host and entertain the tuxedo-clad, formal-gown-wearing media elites. At one moment in her monologue she referenced Vice President Mike Pence. In utter crassness and unmitigated vulgarity, Wolf said of Pence, “He thinks abortion is murder,
Facebook headlines are everywhere. A flood of news stories about Facebook malfeasance is swirling. Just four days ago the US congress formally asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica data mining. The BIG FOUR tech companies—Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple—are the
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “guns” Guns Have Not Changed Guns vs. Scalpels: Which Kills More Children? Guns and scalpels are both used to kill children. Virtually everyone in America is asking, How is it possible that we are having such gun violence in our schools?
Over the last two decades, the LGBT community has been flexing its muscles. The rapidity and heft of the movement has taken the world by surprise. Culture has changed dramatically in the West, and now the push is on to bring cultural acceptance and changes in laws in the developing
What is the pursuit of happiness as articulated in the Declaration of Independence? Pause for a moment and ask yourself, what does that phrase mean? And what did Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the others who signed it, understand it to mean? It certainly did
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “guilty conscience” Guilty Conscience? Slander a Christian Why We Should Salute Mike Pence Mike and Karen Pence, photo by Gage Skidmore “To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “guilty conscience” Guilty Conscience? Slander a Christian Why We Should Salute Mike Pence In the West, we have a new coping mechanism for a guilty conscience. Just slander those who disagree with you. When anyone attempts to speak, even with courtesy,
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “corruption” What’s the Big Deal About Corruption? What’s the Big Deal About Corruption? part 2 You Can Stop Corruption! Resist Corruption, Serve the Kingdom of Heaven Your calling – serve the kingdom of heaven Vishal Mangalwadi asks, “Did Jesus ask us
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “corruption” What’s the Big Deal About Corruption? What’s the Big Deal About Corruption? part 2 You Can Stop Corruption! Resist Corruption, Serve the Kingdom of Heaven [from part 2] Corruption is not moral in one country and immoral in another. Corruption
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