This "little girl" is not Colton's sister. His sister died before her first breath. This "little girl" in Heaven cannot be her. It says it is her, though. It says it is there as her, in her place. But it is something else. Something else instead of her. Read more
"Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves, and collect all peoples as their own." Read more
The school's genuine desire to produce more such champions of justice also carries with it a note of fear -- What if all of our alumni were to do this? What would happen to alumni giving? Read more
Trailers have been released for "Noah" and for "Heaven Is for Real." The screwy, backwards thing about these two movies is that white evangelicals are probably going to be upset by the wrong one. Read more
Moore and his supporters have repeatedly spoken of the removal of Moore's graven image of the Ten Commandments as taking "God" out of the courtroom. We saw people prostrating themselves before the monument. We even saw a red-faced Alabaman screaming "Take your hands off our God!" Read more
Tim LaHaye's ignorance about Israel does not come from innocence or naivete -- from simply not having heard or learned or paid attention. It's an ignorance that comes from a fierce determination not to hear, learn or pay attention. LaHaye believes he already has all the truth he needs to have about Israel. It's right there in the prophecies of the Bible. Read more
Start your day with some Ash Beckham. Phyllis Schlafly has been angry for a very, very long time. How HOAs diminish property values. "How to Promote Yourself Without Driving People Crazy." Mike Warnke's heirs are taking the "artist" out of con-artist. People who need SNAP are on lounging on the sofa eating bon-bons. A song called "Gatekeeper"? I'm in. Read more
If I were the mayor of some struggling county seat -- somewhere like Clearfield, Pa., for example, or St. Johnsbury, Vt. -- I'd look into embracing a local version of this tradition. What's not to like? It'd be good for the local economy, good for local pride, good for civil society. Read more
It seems it's always those who are being excluded and subjugated who are asked to imitate the meekness of Christ. Those who benefit from unfair systems are never similarly challenged to do so -- they're free to go on imitating Pilate. And it seems that those who wish to challenge injustice are always the ones being criticized for threatening Christian "unity" -- as though an unjust status quo and unity were the same thing. Read more
"Enforced idleness, embracing any considerable portion of our people, in a nation of such wealth and natural opportunity, is a paradox that challenges our ingenuity. Unemployment is one of the bitter and galling problems that now afflicts man-kind. It has been with us, in a measure, since the beginning of our industrial era. It has been increased by the complexity of business and industry, and it has been made more acute by the depression. It has made necessary the expenditure of billions of dollars for relief and for publicly created work; it has delayed the balancing of our national budget, and increased the tax burden of all our people. ..." Read more
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