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 | » Why Religious People Still Trust Their Houses of Worship with Financial Support
by Dr. Steve McSwain
The lion-share of charity is given each year by individuals. This year will be no exception and, by far, the largest percentage of it will be directed to churches, synagogues and temples. With the abuses of televangelists over the years and the repor... read more
• December 17, 2007
• Christian Living |
 | » Ought To Make A Watergate Conspirator Blush
by Frederick Meekins
In Matthew 10:16, Christians are admonished to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves. Often though, Christian organizations and ministries are the ones at the forefront of propagating the expectation in the mind of their respective supporte... read more
• December 9, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » The Law & Gospel Dynamic
by Frederick Meekins
In classical Lutheran theology and homiletics, a two part approach is often taken referred to as Law and Gospel. For it is through this dynamic duo that the individual is made to realize that he is a sinner in need of salvation and what the solution ... read more
• November 6, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Old Warhorse Losing His Kick
by Frederick Meekins
As the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell at one time (whether deservedly or not) had a reputation as a voice of sober realism in the arena of American foreign policy. However, as he ages and heads into his sunset years, he is... read more
• November 1, 2007
• Political |
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| » Is Lutheran Polemicist Falling For The Early Marriage Racket?
by Frederick Meekins
Despite their inherent stuffiness, one does not usually have to worry about conservative Lutherans such as those in the Missouri Synod falling for too many of the fads constantly popping up in the contemporary Protestant world. Though conducted in th... read more
• October 22, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Can Children Recover from Their Parents' Divorce
by Tricia Cunningham
A middle aged dad called me one day and asked if I could see his two young boys for counseling. One was five and the other was three, almost four. Their mom had been involved in an affair with the school P.E. coach, and had decided to marry him. The ... read more
• October 22, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Why Shouldn't Hungerstrikers Be Allowed To Starve?
by Frederick Meekins
Often in the attempt to get their way, children threaten to hold their breath or refuse to eat until their parents agree to meet their demands. Usually, nothing much comes of it as most youngsters don't have the will to resist the sway of their base ... read more
• October 5, 2007
• Social Issues |
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| » They Don't Cast Space Tyrants Like They Use To
by Frederick Meekins
As a narrative form driven considerably by adversarial conflict, in science fiction a good story must have a villain just as interesting (sometimes even more so) than the primary hero or protagonist. As one of the archetypes from which much popular &... read more
• September 10, 2007
• Entertainment |
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| » Census Bureau Pimps Turn The American People Into Information Whores
by Frederick Meekins
With all the fuss made over the 300 millionth American, the U.S. Census Bureau enjoyed an unaccustomed moment in the limelight as the work done by this government agency is seldom considered glamorous enough to warrant much coverage in the media. Art... read more
• August 29, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Pardon Me, But Is There Something Missing?
by Dennis Daily
Recently I have discovered the do-it-yourself video Web site www.youtube.com. Even though, like much of the Internet, there is a lot of junk there, I found that many substantial and even religious things ARE available on the site, amid the bad home v... read more
• August 5, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Pets are People Too, Right
by Daniel Lapin
A baby llama joined the Lapin family a while back. He was a gorgeous honey white animal with big brown eyes. The children named him Llucky and petitioned my wife and me to modify the spelling of our name to Llapin. He slept outside on a bed of straw ... read more
• August 5, 2007
• Christian Living |
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| » Harry, Here Is a Name That You Can Invoke to Drive Out the Darkness
by Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®
Much of the latest HARRY POTTER movie involves the heroes trying to learn the right way to say the right name or incantation to fight the forces of darkness. To help them out, here is an article for a chapter that I wrote about the name above all nam... read more
• July 30, 2007
• Entertainment |
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