Three mass shootings ending 39 lives and wounding 67 in the last 7 weeks! Come on, America. Let’s get a grip! I don’t know about you but I’m sad and mad at the same time. Of course, there are a number of contributing factors involved here: bad parenting, mental illness, an American culture of violence …
Calling Out Some “Prophets” (Part 1 of 2)
Out of all the disappointing things said and done by so-called Christians in the last year, it’s the false prophecies that Donald Trump would surely win a 2nd term that makes me the saddest. Not to mention that those lovers of all things prophetic, or should I say, anything that sounds "spiritual” who swallowed the …
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STAND DOWN, CHRISTIAN!
Three years ago, the polling firm YouGov asked Americans whether they thought it could ever be justified for their political party to use violence to advance its goals. The overwhelming response was no. Only 8 percent of people said anything other than “never.” This year, YouGov asked the same question — and the share of …
“The Danger of Donald Trump” (Part 6 of 6)
We’ve finally made it to the last post in this series. I set out to be brief in my assessment of Donald Trump’s danger to Americans. I thought I could reduce my thoughts down to one post, which soon proved to be impossible. By way of review, I’ve proposed that Mr. Trump lies with impunity, …
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“The Danger of Donald Trump” (Part 5 of 6)
“When a man unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune … despotic in his ordinary demeanor, known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty — which when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity to join in the cry of danger to liberty to take every …
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