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January 2018

January 26, 2018

Why Secularists Have Problems with Forgiveness

There is currently no real concept for forgiveness in the secular world, no mechanism for...

January 26, 2018

Trump’s Testimony Under Oath

President Trump has said that he is willing to testify under oath in Special Counsel...

January 25, 2018

Investigating the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Trump administration is being investigated by the FBI. But now the FBI is also...

January 22, 2018

Has Trump Come Through for Pro-Lifers & Evangelicals?

President Trump won the support of most evangelicals and other pro-lifers, some of whom had...

January 17, 2018

Should Federal Disaster Funds Rebuild Churches?

Formerly, federal disaster funds helped with the rebuilding, but not for churches. Yet now FEMA...

January 16, 2018

Requiring Pro-Life Clinics to Promote Abortion

Not content with having legalized abortion, some pro-abortion extremists want to force pro-lifers to promote...

January 05, 2018

Legalizing Marijuana as a Test Case for Federalism

A growing number of states, including as of the turn of the year California, have...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Democrats Should Make the Tax Bill Fair

Democrats can hardly control their indignation at the Tax Reform Bill that has just passed. ...

December 21, 2017

Tax Bill Passes & Will Likely Cut Your Taxes a Lot

The House of Representatives and the Senate, after a brief hiccup, finally passed the Tax...

December 15, 2017

The Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling Already Allows for Dissenters

It sounded like the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Christian baker who...

December 07, 2017

The Case of the Gay Wedding Cake

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, v....

December 06, 2017

President Trump’s Legal Problems

The Russia issue will not go away for President Trump, and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller...

December 04, 2017

Senate Ensures Tax Reform

President Trump and the Republican Party scored a major legislative victory, as the Senate passed...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Ministers’ Housing Allowance Update

As we blogged about, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the ministers' housing allowance tax break,...

November 24, 2017

Taxpayers Have Been Paying Congressmen’s Sex Settlements

Now that the sexual harassment and abuse of women is coming out of the closet, we...

November 17, 2017

Sex Charges Expose Hypocrisy

The accounts of sexual harassment, assault, and other mistreatment of women have become an avalanche. ...

November 01, 2017

Russia Investigation Indicts Three

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller and his grand jury investigating allegations of the Trump campaign's Russia...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Conservatives–and Christians?–for Marijuana Legalization

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. More than half (51%) of...

October 19, 2017

Pro-Abortionists Targeting Religious Institutions

Jerry Brown, the Democratic Governor of California, is an arch-liberal. But he doesn't let his...

October 17, 2017

Pastors’ Housing Allowance Tax Break Overturned

The tax break given to pastors for their housing allowance has been thrown out by...

October 09, 2017

The Government Will Now Follow 20 Principles of Religious Liberty

In practice, this document means that the Christian baker could refuse to participate in a...

October 05, 2017

House Passes Bill Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. That...

October 04, 2017

A “Momentous” Supreme Court Term Begins

The Supreme Court opened its new session this week. With the arrival of Justice Neil...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

The Ignorance Plague

Democracies require a certain level of civic knowledge and understanding so that citizens can effectively...

September 14, 2017

The Medicare for All Act

Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill that would give free medical care to everyone.

September 13, 2017

The Natural Virtues, the Theological Virtues, & the Commandments

In thinking about "virtue ethics" and the Christian life, it is important not to...

September 12, 2017

The Problem Isn’t “Too Much Gospel”

Some churches that seem to go easy on moral issues are accused of preaching "too...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

And now “rethinking” free speech

The zeal to support the LGBT cause has led to a "rethinking" of the...

August 15, 2017

National legalization of marijuana as the next big political issue

Shaping up to be the next big political issue: legalizing marijuana nationally. Currently, eight states have...

August 04, 2017

Murder by text, update

The young woman we blogged about who was charged with manslaughter for writing texts that...