The Olympic Dream- Is It Just an Illusion?

February 8, 2022   |  

Last week I watched the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. It was an impressive show with fireworks, music, CGM videos, beautiful choreography, and, of course, the parade of athletes nation by nation preceded by the flags of each one. While I was watching I could not help…
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What Is the Difference Between Building Programs and Building Disciples?

February 3, 2022   |  

I love church. I love gathering together and sharing fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. And I especially love gathering together with my fellow believers and worshiping God together with them. And as one who has been a pastor myself, I appreciate, more than most, the effort pastors…
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Origin of the Gender Wars

January 27, 2022   |  

Exeter High School, in New Hampshire, has a written policy on “transgender and gender nonconforming students” that says they have the right to be addressed by their preferred name and pronoun – regardless of their biological sex. Last fall, a student in a Spanish class at the school announced to…
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Persecutors of Christians Have A New World Champion

January 20, 2022   |  

(Writer’s personal note- for the past several months I have dealt with various health issues. I appreciate all the prayers many of you made on my behalf. I am now doing much better. –Tal) For the past sixty years or so the Democratic Peoples Republic of (North) Korea has been…
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Evolutionary Junk Science

January 13, 2022   |  

Elizabeth C. Turner is an Earth Science professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She is a geologist and paleobiologist. In a recent article, she asked the question, “Ever wonder how and when animals swanned onto the evolutionary stage?” You can read the article for yourself at: https://theconversation.com/a-new-fossil-discovery-may-add-hundreds-of-millions-of-years-to-the-evolutionary-history-of-animals-167945) Well,…
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Submit! Doctor’s Orders

December 23, 2021   |  

Well, here’s a slap in America’s face. The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently released a document with guidance to help physicians in their conversations with patients. They are recommending the use of “equity-focused, first-person language.” The document proposes that commonly used language ought to be replaced using words inspired…
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Check Your Beliefs at the Door

December 16, 2021   |  

This past September, Lawrence Revell, the Chief of Police of Tallahassee, Florida (where I live), spoke at a law enforcement conference at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in North Carolina. Revell is a Christian, and doesn’t shy away from expressing his faith to those who wish to engage him…
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