Senator Barack H. Obama’s Global Poverty Act

Do you remember President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society?  In the 1960′s he declared war on poverty in the United States and encouraged the passing of an unprecedented series of bills enlarging the federal government’s assistance to the poor.  Billions of dollars were spent to achieve the elimination of poverty in America.  The Great Society’s [...]

The Shack And Real Christianity

The Shack, by William Young is an interesting work of fiction and may be very emotionally appealing to many readers.  It is currently a very popular book having sold over a million copies. The problem I have with The Shack is that, even though it is an entertaining work of fiction, it communicates ideas about [...]

Do You Really Want To Know God?

“Oh how I love your law!  It is my meditation all the day.  Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.  I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.  I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.  I hold back [...]

Ronald Reagan’s 1964 Speech About National Leadership Is Still Relevant

Is Senator Obama’s Birth Certificate A Fake?

Interesting allegations continue to surface on the internet about Senator Barack Obama’s birth certificate.  Reports allege that the birth certificate provided by his campaign is a photoshopped fake.  The birth certificate, purporting to come from the Hawaii Department of Health, has been the subject of intense skepticism. Although I doubt the validity of these accusations, [...]

Are You Satisfied With The Condition Of Your Heart?

“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.  All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” (Romans 3:10-12, ESV) We do not use the word “wickedness” much anymore.  Surprisingly, we do not even say much about it in church.  We do [...]

The Politics Of Rising Gas Prices: Do You Really Want To Lower The Price Of Gas?

Now that gas is priced at more than $4 a gallon, it is beginning to cause wallet pain in many areas other than the gas pump.  Many businesses are also raising the prices of their various services and products because of rising fuel costs.  The entire transportation and airline industry are being impacted.  It is [...]

A Defining Congressional Moment

A coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have joined together to create the House’s first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus.  52 House representatives signed on as members of the new caucus, including two Republicans.  The caucus’ purpose is said to be to extend “equal rights” to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. Basically, after doing [...]

Are You Waiting On The Lord?

“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:30-31, ESV) Do you grow impatient with God sometimes?  [...]

How May We Live Holy Lives?

“Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.” (2 Corinthians 7:1, ESV) Christians are called to be a holy people; but what is holiness?  Holiness is the result of the work of the Holy Spirit in us.  [...]

Supreme Court Rules Americans May Cling To Their Guns

In spite of secular progressive pressure on the courts of this country to disarm American citizens, the Supreme Court ruled today that individual citizens do have the right to own guns.  This is the first major ruling on gun rights in the Supreme Court’s history.  The five to four decision struck down the ban on [...]

How Do You Develop Godly Character?

As I pointed out in my earlier article on “Success,” God is very concerned about your character development as a Christian.  James L. Christensen wrote, “The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes.  It does not make life easy; rather it tries [...]

Wait Till You See Who’s Suing Al Gore!

James Dobson Says Obama Does Not Understand The Bible Or The Constitution

In response to a speech given by Senator Barack Obama, James Dobson, accuses the Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.  This criticism was aired on Tuesday, June 24th on Dobson’s citizenlink.com radio program. “Even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled [...]

Are You Walking The Ancient Paths?

“Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.’  But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” (Jeremiah 6:16, ESV) Have you ever been told to do something because it is good [...]

The Gloucester Cuckoos by Gary DeMar

When I heard about the 17 students at Gloucester High School who are expecting babies, it reminded me of the movie Village of the Damned, based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos, written by English author John Wyndham and published in 1957. The title of the novel refers to the way brood parasite cuckoo birds [...]

Does Eckhart Tolle Really Exist?

Eckhart Tolle wants you to believe that Jesus taught a form of Buddhism.  The truth is that oil and water do not mix and the teachings of Christ are polar opposite to Buddhism.  In his article, “Get Your Enlightenment Here, Man,” Dr. Benjamin Wiker calls Tolle’s spirituality a form of “Buddhism-lite.” The bottom line of [...]

The Obama Campaign: Fighting Smears And Truth

Barack Obama’s campaign has opened an internet site called Fight The Smears.  The purpose of the site is to attack rumors about Obama and his wife that are being spread through the internet.  Some of the email information being sent out about the Obamas is blatantly incorrect.  On the other hand, the Fight The Smears [...]

The North American Union Is Just A Conspiracy Theory, Right?

There is a strong movement underway to create a new North American “framework” that links the U.S., Mexico and Canada in ways that are a direct threat to the sovereignty of the United States.  The centerpiece of current efforts is the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) — a trilateral arrangement made without Congressional approval to [...]

When Honor Comes

Take care, brethren; for if we think we can do anything of ourselves, all we shall get from God will be the opportunity to try. He will thus prove us, and let us see our inability. A certain alchemist, who waited upon Pope Leo X, declared that he had discovered how to transmute the baser [...]

Will Free Speech Become A Hate Crime?

Robert Spencer illustrates the increasing attempts to restrict free speech about jihad terrorism and makes the case for vigilance:

Pastor Banned From Expressing Biblical View Of Homosexuality

A Canadian human rights tribunal, in a decision dated May 30, has banned  evangelical pastor Stephen Boisson from expressing his biblical objections to homosexuality and ordered him to pay $5,000 for “damages for pain and suffering” as well as apologize to the activist who complained his feelings were hurt by Boisson’s comments.  Boisson wrote a [...]

Walking With God by George Whitefield

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. But, perhaps, one of the most common objections that they make is this, that our Lord’s commands are not practicable, because contrary to flesh and blood; and consequently, that he is [...]

Is Virginia’s Islamic Academy Hiding Something?

Patrick Poole writes in an article about the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax County, Virginia, which is funded by the Saudi government, that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has found that textbooks used by the academy are filled with provocations to violence and racial and religious bigotry. Recently, the academy’s 1999 [...]

What’s Wrong With Nationalizing Oil Companies?

President Bush’s speech encouraging Congress to lift the ban on off-shore drilling in order to make America more economically secure and independent was a welcome antidote to his recent silence on this topic.  The point is that we must begin the process of exploration and drilling now if we want to prevent the reduction of [...]