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A personal thanks to Mr. Hume

A personal thanks to Mr. Hume

Faith & Inspiration |  There is something I have to do four weeks from now that I have been afraid of. Brit Hume's outspokenness for the gospel on Sunday has given me the courage to…

Help for the resolution blues

Help for the resolution blues

Family |  OK, so we're one week into 2010, how are you doing on your New Year's resolutions? I'm with Paul: "For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I…

Persecution's top 10

Persecution's top 10

Religion |  Open Doors' 2010 list of countries persecuting Christians brings a new focus on the terror threat in Yemen

No in New Jersey

No in New Jersey

Marriage |  Pressed for a vote before the new governor takes office, the New Jersey state Senate votes down gay marriage

"Heads I win, tails you lose"

Faith & Inspiration |  A while back, a non-Christian blog commenter cited an example of what he called typical "heads I win, tails you lose" Christian thinking: "When God destroys a…

Are you religious or spiritual?

Are you religious or spiritual?

Religion |  One of the more memorable bumper stickers I've seen read: "Spiritual people inspire me. Religious people frighten me." It's hip to be "spiritual." It's pretty…

N.Y. Journal: True harm reduction

N.Y. Journal: True harm reduction

Issues |  New York City has written a helpful pamphlet for heroin addicts. It's not about how to get off heroin or why to get off heroin. It's about how to use heroin…

Beware of postponing obedience

Faith & Inspiration |  A few days ago I mentioned a man who runs a car ministry for missionaries. I plan to write at length (if you call 725 words "length") about it soon because it…

The New Foundation versus

The New Foundation versus "fresh energy"

Politics |  The Square Deal, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the New Frontier, the Great Society and . . . the New Foundation? Political junkies will recognize these slogans…

Sermons

Faith & Inspiration |  Some sermons are wonderful---yards and yards of godly insight. But some make it only 99 percent of the way and then they leave out the crucial last link in…

Give us cushions, or give us death

Give us cushions, or give us death

Economy |  Some time ago, in a pitiful attempt to attract public interest, economist Paul Krugman pointed a finger at his deceased colleague Milton Friedman, whose…

Battleground state?

Battleground state?

Politics |  The liberal stronghold of Massachusetts watches an increasingly tightening race to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat

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