Do Obama’s “Police State Tactics” Violate The Justice System And Free Speech?

From: The Desk of Gary Bauer In past reports, I have warned about the disturbing efforts of leftwing activists and the Obama campaign to try to silence voices of opposition – from targeting radio stations that host debates between Obama supporters and those who oppose him to asking the Justice Department to prosecute the creator [...]

Why Our Economic House Of Cards Tumbled

An insightful look into the cause of our current economic crisis. . . .

Christianity And The Superstitious

As I noted in a previous article (What Do Atheism, Education, And Superstition Have In Common?), even atheists can be superstitious. Therefore, it is not surprising to me that from time to time I meet a superstitious Christian. The Bible opposes superstition in every form. Yet, you may come upon Christians who, for various reasons, [...]

Congress Says “No” To Bailout Plan

From: The Desk Of Gary Bauer This afternoon, the House of Representatives voted down the administration’s economic rescue plan 205-to-228. At one point, the stock market plunged seven hundred points. Over the weekend, House Republicans succeeded in forcing major improvements in the bill. President Bush made a brief statement shortly after 7:30 A.M. this morning [...]

Cartoon Mocks Sarah Palin’s Christian Roots

Assemblies of God’s chief executive officer George O Wood is the leader of the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. Recently, he denounced a cartoon in the Washington Post that mocks Sarah Palin, Pentecostalism, and Christianity. The Christian Post reports that, “In the cartoon Palin is illustrated talking on the phone at a podium in an incomprehensible [...]

If Washington Had Listened To John McCain – There Would Be No Need Of A Bailout

Mark Alexander, in his article “Bailout Basics,” traces Presidential Nominee John McCain’s opposition to the government policies that have caused our current economic crisis. Below is a portion of Alexander’s article: “For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac … and the sheer magnitude of these [...]

Does The Truth Really Matter In Issues Of Faith?

There are certainly many “cultural” Christians today who believe it’s politically correct to hold that truth is a matter of personal opinion. Charles H. Spurgeon wrote that “The glorious charity of the present day is such, that it believes lies to be as good as truth; and lies and truth have met together and kissed [...]

Are Republicans Backing Away From Sarah Palin?

Kathleen Parker’s article, “The Palin Problem,” seems to represent the turning of some Republicans’ heads – away from Sarah Palin, that is. A few Republicans have recently been more critical of Palin’s qualifications. Parker writes: “No one hates saying [this] more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her [...]

Do You Want To Understand The Scriptures?

The Puritans believed that no discipline was so exacting, and no labor so rewarding as the interpretation of the scriptures. Their methods were very sound. Modern Christians would do well to walk in their steps when seeking to understand Scripture. J. I. Packer lists six questions the Puritans asked of each passage or text that [...]

Democrats Want Bailout Bill To Help Fund Political Left-Wing Group

According to The Politico, one objection of the House Republican leadership to the bailout bill is that it includes forcing tax payers “to bankroll a slush fund” for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). ACORN is considered to be a left-wing group that is an ally of the Democratic Party. It is [...]

The Entertainment-Oriented Preacher

John Piper believes as did John Calvin and many others that sound preaching is “tethered” to the Bible. In the following excerpt, Piper distinguishes between entertainment-oriented preachers and Bible-oriented preachers: For Calvin, preaching was tethered to the Bible. That is why he preached through books of the Bible so relentlessly. In honor of tethered preaching, [...]

Are You Altering The Word Of God? By Charles H. Spurgeon

There have always been self-appointed prophets who believe they can do a better job of writing Scripture than the Holy Spirit accomplished through the apostles and prophets of the Bible. Quite often we, ourselves, fall into this sin by choosing to emphasize some particular portion of Scripture out of the context in which it was [...]

The Greatest Nation on Earth

Peter J. Leithart is Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature at New St. Andrew’s College, Moscow, Idaho, and author of a number of books on theology and literature. In a book written in 1993 against the backdrop of the U.S. “culture wars,” he acknowledges the many-sided attack on Christian values in contemporary society. He then [...]

President Of Czech Republic Versus Al Gore And Environmental Madness

Susan Easton has written an interesting article titled, “Klaus Against The Greens” for Human Events. Here is a brief summary: Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, directs much of his energy to campaigning against global warming alarmists. Klaus has been President of the Czech Republic since 1993 and holds a doctorate in economics. He [...]

The Masters Of The Economic Universe

Gary North’s Economic Edge is a twice-weekly electronic publication of The American Vision. It offers economic insights and advice from a biblical worldview. The following excerpts are from Volume 1, Issue 22: The public has been trained to believe that the people making the decisions at the top of the American financial system are masters [...]

Is Spiritual Discipline Really Necessary?

There really is not much discussion of Christian discipline in the church or among Christians these days. This is one reason why the modern church, at times, seems a mile wide but only an inch deep. It was not always this way. But, as in our modern culture, discipline in the church as given way [...]

Thoughts Old And New On America’s Economic Bailout

“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his [...]

Politics And The American Pulpit

In this article, Gary DeMar addresses the influence of the church on early American government. The article is titled, “The Pulpit And Politics.” “To the pulpit, the Puritan Pulpit, we owe the moral force which won our Independence,” so said John Wingate Thornton, The Pulpit of the American Revolution. Ministers of the gospel confronted the [...]

Have You Ever Added Water To The Well of Scripture?

There is a tendency to play loose and liberal with the meaning of Scripture in the modern church. This is at the least blasphemy and at the most heresy. There are popular preachers who have created a large following by manipulating the Word of God to say what people want to hear. Be careful what [...]

What Do Atheism, Education, And Superstition Have In Common?

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway has written a very interesting article titled, “Look Who’s Irrational Now.” The following is a summary of that article: “You can’t be a rational person six days of the week and put on a suit and make rational decisions and go to work and, on one day of the week, go to [...]

What Caused America’s Economic Crisis?

As much about the economic bailout continues to unfold, we are all trying to get as much information as we can to determine whether we should support the government plan of action or ask our representatives in Washington to oppose it. What will be the final cost and how will it be financed? How will [...]

If We Are In Christ

“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17) If we are in Christ, then there is not one moment of our lives to which Jesus has no claim. We are His. You have not just turned [...]

The Church Is To Emphasized Teaching Not Activities

No doubt, Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899 – 1981) is one of my heroes of the Christian faith. He was brought up in Welsh Calvinistic Methodism. His career was medicine. He went from school to Barts, one of the great London teaching hospitals, and was brilliantly successful. After he began studying the Bible, his mind was gripped [...]

Why China Will Be Getting Iraq’s Oil And Not The US

The following was written by Frederick W. Kagan for The Daily Standard. It is his account of his participation in a hearing before the House Budget Committee on the situation in Iraq: One question came up repeatedly in the hearing that deserves more of an answer than it got, however: Why, after all the assistance [...]

Governor Sarah Palin Says Ahmadinejad Must Be Stopped

Governor Sarah Palin’s remarks about President Ahmadinejad of Iran were published in The New York Sun yesterday. Her speech at a protest rally was canceled by rally organizers who decided, after inviting her, that it should be a nonpolitical event. Some of Governor Palin’s comments are below: Tomorrow, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will come to New York [...]