All too often some Christians will say that while they might disagree with something or someone, the biblical admonition to “judge not lest ye be judged” prohibits them from handing down a moral verdict on someone else’s behavior. Please. That’s not biblical. That’s not ethical. That’s not helpful. That’s an out. That’s the proverbial washing…
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Joe Scheidler, national director of the Pro-Life Action League, is responding to the Chicago Tribune’s article, “State abortion records full of reporting gaps,” which reveals that thousands of abortion complications have gone unreported. The front-page article shows that not reporting abortions is not only illegal but unethical, because it’s the only way that the state…
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Brad Pitt, star of the movie “The Tree of Life,” has been speaking out more about his resentment towards religion. In a recent interview with Time magazine, Pitt was asked about his position on the Christian narrative of “The Tree of Life” and he explained that although he was struck by the spirituality of the…
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I was a raised in a Muslim home in Lebanon where by the age of 10 we recited the Quran three times. My father was a blacksmith. My mother taught us on the kitchen table, my favorite place. The goal is to live our life in accord with the Islamic teaching, obeying Allah and Muhammad,…
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I trekked into Walmart for milk and bread but didn’t make it past the magazines and books. I looked. I counted. Eight? How could Walmart stock eight different books, non-fiction books to be precise, all on the topic of the afterlife? The kind of books that Walmart sells are the kind of books that sell.…
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A University of Alabama student is missing after her off-campus apartment was obliterated. A crying baby is found safe and sound—on the ground, in the arms of his dead mother. An 800 lb. safe containing someone’s most valuable earthly possessions is found in a river. These are but a few of the many ways tornadoes…
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The President doing a news conference after midnight is a big deal. When I heard about it, my first thoughts were what new threat are we facing, or what devastation has happened. Then, news organizations began to report the death of Osama Bin Laden. I still remember vividly the morning of September 11th, 2001, as…
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Some might call it much ado about free chicken, but the fallout over one fast-food chain’s goodwill donation could have some business owners afraid that even hinting at conventional religious beliefs will soon make them pariahs in polite society. In February three local Pennsylvania franchises of the national fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A donated sandwiches and brownies…
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Commercial sexual exploitation remains a major problem among the young in the United States, with an estimated 100,000 U.S. children trafficked annually, experts say. “The majority of the victims that we’re finding who are child sex-trafficking victims are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents,” said Sarah Vardaman, senior director of Shared Hope International. Vardaman’s comment…
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When I was a senior in high school taking advanced placement courses, working part-time, and waging my own Cold War with a demanding Russian violin teacher, my dad came in one night and told me to wash my brother’s dishes. I was furious. How could he expect me to do dishes, much less my brother’s,…
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