HOW TO BE PATRIOTIC: A MANIFESTO FOR TODAY
Todd G. Buchholz is a former White House Director of economic policy and winner of Harvard’s annual teaching prize in economics. He has authored several books and written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, and Forbes. He regularly appears on PBS, NPR,...
BREXIT AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
Many of the issues that drove those who voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union are reflected in the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Freedom to have control of one's own destiny rather than to suffer the tyranny of...
IS CHRISTIANITY ONE AMONG MANY FAITHS?
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury during World War II, was invited to participate in the World Congress of Religions – an inter-faith body. His response is a guide to how to handle similar invitations. “I have had many invitations to become associated with the...
CAN YOU BE A CHRISTIAN AND NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH?
Whether we like it or not, the moment we confess Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, that is, from the time we become a Christian, we are at the same time a member of the Christian church – even if we do not permit our name to be placed on a church roll, even if we...
THE MERCY OF GOD
“The basic conviction of the Christian is that God intends good for us and that he will get his way in us. He does not treat us according to our deserts, but according to his plan. He is not a police officer on patrol, watching over the universe, ready to club us if...
Another Word on Islamic Terrorism from Andrew Klavan
Author Andrew Klavan on Islamism and Terrorism http://www.city-journal.org/html/great-question-14575.html
A word from a Christian evangelist and former Muslim about the Orlando shootings.
Nabeel Qureshi writes the following article in response to the Orlando shooting. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/mourning-orlando-longing-for-truth-and-love
HOW DO YOU RELATE TO SOMEONE WHO IS DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND MAY THINK YOU ARE BIGOTED?
David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons have authored GOOD FAITH: Being a Christian when society thinks you’re irrelevant and extreme, because they believe that American culture is becoming hostile to people of faith. There is a tendency for people to think that Christianity...
A HELPFUL CORRECTIVE TO THE PRESENT POLITICAL HEADLINES
In the light of the present political headlines I find the following words of Eugene Peterson a helpful corrective. “This world is no friend to grace…The world is protean: each generation has the world to deal with in a new form. World is an atmosphere, a mood. It is...
MEMORIAL DAY PRAYER
Stay with me God. the night is dark, the night is cold, my little spark of courage dies. The night is long, be with me God and make me strong. I love a game, I love a fight. I hate the dark, I love the light. I love my child, I love my wife. I am no coward, I...
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