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2020-08-08T22:25:12-04:00

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Another Most Important Election of My Lifetime

Last updated on: August 8, 2020 at 10:25 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

If any given Super Bowl were the most important game ever, they would not play it again the next year. Any given election is the same. A Republic that survived the presidency of the arch-hypocrite Thomas Jefferson can endure a great deal. So long as they allow the common man to vote, the Republic will have hope. There will always be a next most important election ever. There are more enduring questions than those that can be answered at the... Read more

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2020-08-07T12:45:47-04:00

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Shouting, “Peace! Peace!” Where There Is No Peace

Last updated on: August 7, 2020 at 12:45 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Peace is a good thing, but not the only good. One handicap to Middle East peace is that peace just now, with the present regimes, leaders, attitudes, would be a false and ugly peace. We all pray for peace, but we also pray for justice. It might be better to hope for a wary and watchful tension in the Middle East than a peace bought at the expense of the rights of minorities in the region. The Ottoman Empire demonstrated... Read more

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2020-08-07T12:35:11-04:00

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Satan in the Times

Last updated on: August 7, 2020 at 12:35 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Satan’s existence is suggested by human experience and the Bible and is confirmed by reading the Times. The Times is almost surely not a particularly diabolical organ, but it does report the news and the news often shows signs of the demonic. The bad news about the world is evidence for evil that goes beyond the merely human. The Devil is a spiritual being gone wrong who could not be satisfied with goodness, truth, and beauty. This proud tyrant seizes... Read more

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2020-08-06T12:11:40-04:00

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Rich and Poor?

Last updated on: August 6, 2020 at 12:11 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Economists tell us how the economy goes, but God tells us how it should go. Christians know what God hates: oppression of the poor, stealing, and covetousness. The rich must not oppress the poor. The rotten deals between big business and big government are an odor of death in Heaven’s nostrils. Big government will always be in the hands of looters and moochers with the money to buy favors. Both parties reward donors with graft, favorable regulations, and special laws... Read more

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2020-08-05T19:22:02-04:00

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Next Year in Constantinople?

Last updated on: August 5, 2020 at 7:22 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

If Muslims choose to build a mosque or study center in America, anywhere, even near Ground Zero, they should be allowed to do so. This would be hard for many Americans, but liberty for people to live their faith as much as possible is a deep American value. We learned this value from the long dialogue that began in Greece and continued in Philadelphia with the constitution of 1789. We have perfected that document as we worked out the heritage... Read more

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2020-08-04T11:15:32-04:00

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Question Everything

Last updated on: August 4, 2020 at 11:15 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

Socrates was killed for asking the wrong questions in a city that could not handle open minded investigations. John the Baptist was killed by politicians who did not like having their corruption and immorality pointed out. Tyrants never enjoy having their actions questioned and they particularly resist explaining them. Americans must live by the lessons of Socrates and the Baptist: Question everything. Examine everything. Dare to challenge anyone especially our rulers. Free woman and men demand to know not just... Read more

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2020-08-04T11:34:45-04:00

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Moral Medicine

Last updated on: August 4, 2020 at 11:34 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

Morality uses medicine, but so does immorality. When I was a little boy, I knew a man who had been given “medical treatment” by the State of New York in the name of science. The brain surgery he received had more to do with his race and secular attitudes toward humanity at the time than any illness. It left him permanently unable to live in society. At the same time, I know medical doctors and nurses who take their time... Read more

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2020-07-30T23:43:20-04:00

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Whit Had Great Value to God (Thoughts from Dad)

Last updated on: July 30, 2020 at 11:43 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

When stuck in life, a basic policy has been: “ask Dad, he knows.” He told a story the other day that needs sharing. It reminded me of some home truths. I hope it does the same for you. I had a great uncle whose nickname was ‘Whit’. When he was young, he had something wrong with his eyes. The country doctor treated him, but he was left with poor vision. His brother gave him a home and he earned his... Read more

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2020-07-30T23:39:06-04:00

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We can do better.

Last updated on: July 30, 2020 at 11:39 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Standing in the entrance of Disneyland, I have often seen small children crying when their parents try to take them through the arches that lead into the main part of the park. At first I was puzzled by this strange reaction to the Happiest Place on Earth until it happened with my own children when they were small. My wife and I discovered that the children were heartbroken to leave the most beautiful place (from a child’s perspective) that they... Read more

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2020-07-29T13:37:13-04:00

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Deeds Not Just Words: End Our Discrimination Against God’s Children

Last updated on: July 29, 2020 at 1:37 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Americans too often worry more about what we call people than how we treat them. We may cringe when people are hateful, rightly so, and demand more loving language, but this is not enough. We need deeds not words. Recently, I heard a young person use the term “retard” to describe another human. The term “retarded” has outlived any usefulness, having turned into an insult. A different and more important problem is how we treat differences in mental acuity. I have... Read more

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