Our friends at BreakPoint are inviting us to join an effort to preserve religious freedom. Please read on. We see lots of talk these days about religious freedom and government intrusion. What is the proper place of government relative to religious freedom? Some see the federal government as a sort of national
Why are some people and nations rich and others poor? What is the source of wealth? Most people have the mistaken idea that wealth is “found” in the ground. But if this were the case, the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be fabulously wealthy and Singapore impoverished. But the
Fidel Castro is dead! So many people are praising his enlightened leadership. He built a Cuba, they say, that has “good medical care and high literacy rates.” But what about all the people he imprisoned, tortured and killed (the numbers range widely from 10,000 -100,000)? Castro is just the latest
Over the summer, I wrote a series of posts on how western culture has increasingly become dominated by highly distorted and deeply destructive narratives. Increasingly, these sobering words from the prophet Jeremiah describe our situation: “Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue
For many people, the name “Castro” evokes tyranny and the stifling of freedoms: religion, conscience, the press, assembly, speech. All these principles we hold dear in the United States. All were enshrined in the First Amendment to the constitution. Now a new Castro has made a frontal attack on religious freedom in
This is post 7 of 10 in the series “Romans 1” Darrow examines Paul’s text in Romans 1 as it relates to contemporary society Humans Reject the Truth God Put the Invisible in Plain Sight Moral Creator, Moral Creation: Why Atheists Deny God To Reject God is to Dismiss Your
This is post 1 of 6 in the series “The Remnant” Those who would be faithful to God must live as a remnant people. As Freedom Dies, Is It Time for a Remnant Movement? The Remnant of Israel: A Model for Today A Remnant: 7 Defining Characteristics A Remnant: 7
This is post 4 of 9 in the series “Narratives” Scott Allen explores the problem of how narratives have steadily replaced truth in Western society. What’s Wrong With a Story? The Destructive Power of Narrative: An Example from American History Why Narratives Have Become Pervasive Farewell, Justice: The Corrosion of
This is post 7 of 10 in the series “wisdom” Wisdom book preview Poverty: The Fruit of Neglected Wisdom What Wisdom Has to Do with Wealth Creation Laws: Wisdom Sustains the Universe Wisdom Sustains the Universe Through Human Obedience Wisdom is Better Than Knowledge Wisdom: The False and the True
Pygmy. The name evokes varied images, not all favorable. In fact, Pygmies have not always esteemed themselves. That’s why a recent story about a Pygmy community in the Congo is so compelling. They came to see for the first time what it means to be made in the image
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