2019-05-26T15:20:58-04:00

So far, Joe Biden is running away from the crowd in race for the Democratic presidential nomination.  How can it be, that an elderly white male, a traditional Democratic politician from a by-gone era, is doing so well in an era when the Democratic party

2019-05-19T20:09:01-04:00

Here in Australia, the country held its national election.  And contrary to all predictions from the media, the pollsters, and even the exit polls, the conservative coalition decisively defeated the progressives.  The victory was so surprising that it is being compared to the UK’s Brexit

2019-05-20T18:22:14-04:00

Australia’s Mark Latham is the former head of the Labour party leader and an avowed non-Christian humanist, so he has impeccable progressive credentials. But he has become appalled by the excesses of the cultural left.  He has given a speech that has electrified Australia’s conservatives

2019-05-13T21:45:33-04:00

Israel Folau is a star player for the professional Australian rugby team the Wallabies.  But he is on the verge of losing his livelihood for posting on social media that sinners will go to Hell unless they turn to Jesus, including a meme paraphrasing 1

2019-05-11T20:41:21-04:00

An Aboriginal boy between the age of 10 and 16 will go on “walkabout,” a solitary wandering in the outback for as long as six months, during which time he must survive by living off the land and undergo a spiritual quest.  After his walkabout,

2019-05-10T23:14:34-04:00

Have you noticed that victories in the Old Testament are often won not with weapons but with tools or other unlikely implements? Andrew Wilson draws attention to this fun fact in his essay Bringing a Tent Peg to a Sword Fight in Christianity Today.  In the first battle at

2019-05-09T18:38:01-04:00

The three “theological virtues” are faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13).  What is the relationship between these three?  And how do they play out in the Christian life? Martin Luther explores these questions in an absolutely stunning sermon on Christ’s healing of the ten

2019-05-09T16:10:10-04:00

Kansas is predominantly a pro-life state with a pro-life legislature.  But abortions–even late-term abortions of viable children–will be legal in Kansas even if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade.  This is because the state Supreme Court ruled that under the Kansas constitution abortion has to be

2019-05-08T14:39:49-04:00

Americans have become so disenchanted with Washington that a majority (54%) believe that our system of government needs “major changes.”  And a significant minority (12%) believe that we should scrap what we have and replace it with something completely different.  They want to change not

2019-05-07T12:54:13-04:00

A study sponsored by the British government has found that religious persecution around the world is taking place on a scale and intensity that few people have realized. According to the report,  “one third of the world’s population suffers from religious persecution in some form, with


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