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2013-01-11T07:25:54-07:00

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It’s Time To Abolish the Inaugural Prayer

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 at 7:25 am By Brad Williams

Here in the Deep South, there used to be a long-standing tradition of prayer in schools, led by school administrators. To this day, some high schools have prayer before the beginning of football games, even when the legality of it is questionable. Even when a school system complies, there are often organized protests, like in my home town, where the student recite the Lord’s Prayer in protest during the game. Atheists, it is claimed, are simply being thin-skinned. Today I... Read more

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2013-01-10T18:38:56-07:00

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A Christian walks into a Church for Atheists…

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 6:38 pm By Jason Morehead

It might be tempting for Christians to look at this derisively, but can something that encourages people to slow down in this harried age of ours, and seek community and quiet reflection, really be all bad? Read more

2013-01-10T16:08:27-07:00

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The Moviegoer: Is Irresistance Futile? Of Silver Linings and Unchaining Django

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 4:08 pm By Nick Olson

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) & Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino) Part of the sports fandom playbook is the power of positive thinking. For instance, here is a trajectory of things that I may or may not have said to my dad during my Pittsburgh Steelers’ bumbling 8-8 season: Well, we have a new offensive coordinator, so we were bound to struggle out of the gate on offense;... Read more

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2013-01-10T12:41:16-07:00

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The Unfortunate Public Shaming of Louie Giglio by the Gay Rights Community

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 12:41 pm By Nick Rynerson

Yesterday, Passion Founder and evangelical pastor Louie Giglio was selected by President Obama to perform the inaugural benediction. No surprise there, really. Last time around Obama selected orthodox Evangelical pastor Rick Warren to do the benediction. It seems to be a nice bridge Obama is trying to build with orthodox (dare I say, “conservative”) churches by these selections. Last time, it went off without a hitch aside from a few fringe folks on either side that see interaction with an... Read more

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2013-01-10T09:28:59-07:00

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How The Modesty Wars Ruin Fashion

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 9:28 am By Lauren Rambo

When I read an article about fashion and clothing written by Christians, why do I nearly always feel guilty and discouraged? Most articles seem to be warnings against sinfulness for women. Don’t be too sexy and force men to lust, don’t dress to attract attention, don’t be consumed with worldly things. I can already see some of the headlines. It’s summertime again, don’t wear halter tops! Why you should care about God’s glory, not the latest fashions. Bathing suit season – you should... Read more

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2013-01-09T22:00:27-07:00

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A Dubious Review of Matt Damon’s New Film about Fracking

Last updated on: January 9, 2013 at 10:00 pm By C. Ryan Knight

Washington Times writer Joy Overbeck lambasted Matt Damon’s new film, The Promised Land, as little more than ill-founded propaganda meant to turn public opinion against hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking). The problems with her review are numerous. Here is Overbeck’s central criticism against the film: The funniest thing about the movie is, all the evidence Mr. Damon planned to use against fracking imploded. First Hollywood celebrities trooped to little Dimock, Pa., to bring fresh water to the 11 families who blamed fracking for... Read more

2013-01-09T21:47:13-07:00

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The Doomsday Prepping Wagon Is Getting Crowded

Last updated on: January 9, 2013 at 9:47 pm By Erin Straza

It used to be that only paranoid outcasts spoke of doomsday. These folks would fear the falling sky would drop at their feet via nuclear meltdown or natural disaster or viral epidemic or economic collapse or zombie outbreak. But doomsday is no longer a fringe idea. USAToday reports that “a poll done for National Geographic Channel in September indicated that 28% of Americans knew” someone who was preparing for doomsday. That means almost one third of Americans are storing food... Read more

2013-01-09T18:40:32-07:00

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Online Dating: Help or Hindrance?

Last updated on: January 9, 2013 at 6:40 pm By Jewel Evans

Over at The Atlantic, Dan Slater wrote an article about the recent state of online dating. In the article, he describes an individual’s personal experience with online dating, and mentions various statistics and psychologists findings on the subject. The article’s aim is to showcase how online dating is changing the way singles view commitment and marriage as a whole. Slater mentions the main “ingredients” that psychologists say determine the strength in a relationship: overall satisfaction with the relationship, the investment one has... Read more

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2013-01-09T11:03:51-07:00

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Men Like to Look At Naked Girls On The Internet. Here’s Why They Should Stop That.

Last updated on: January 9, 2013 at 11:03 am By Brad Williams

I had a bit of a personal crisis when I saw this link from The Huffington Post titled, “Research Suggests that All Men Watch Pornography.” My first thought was that they could not have possibly talked to all men. I know this, because I do not watch pornography. This made me suspicious that the link was tied to a pornographic Web site designed to trick me, the last man standing, into accidentally seeing pornography in order to validate their research.... Read more

2013-01-08T20:24:23-07:00

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Science Can Both Solve and Add to Our Moral Conundrums

Last updated on: January 8, 2013 at 8:24 pm By Jason Morehead

Ah, good ol’ science… With it, we make incredible advances that aid and benefit our lives immeasurably even as we wander into one moral quagmire after another. We increase our understanding of the world around us even as we are tempted to play God in ways that ought to make us shudder. Two recent articles serve as a perfect showcase for that particular dichotomy. First, the good: 2013 could be the year that the stem cell controversy goes away. Though stem cell... Read more

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