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The Curious Thing about Life
Ran across this article from Baptist Press today: http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31060, an interesting article remembering a pro-life member of one of America’s most recognizably non-pro-life families.
It serves as a good reminder that personalities often get lost in politics, and that human life is not just a cut and dried issue to be kicked around in policy discussions […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on August 21st, 2009
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The Soloist
I like movies. More specifically, I like movies that wield the power of the medium to shake me out of myself and allow the Spirit to work in my heart in places I didn’t even know I had sealed off. Since Hollywood tends to be the domain of those who make a living based on […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on June 25th, 2009
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Pride and Fall
By Charles Colson
If anyone knows how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich feels right now, I do.
On Tuesday, the governor was arrested in a glare of publicity and charged with going on “a corruption crime spree,” as U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald described it—including alleged attempts to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
Some 35 years ago that […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on December 12th, 2008
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Religious Right, R.I.P.?
By Cal Thomas
When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, he will do so in the 30th anniversary year of the founding of the so-called Religious Right. Born in 1979 and midwifed by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, the Religious Right was a reincarnation of previous religious-social movements that sought moral […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on November 7th, 2008
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Gobsmacked by Human Nature
by Chuck Colson, 10/30/08 - from Breakpoint
During his 18 years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan didn’t so much testify before Congress as pronounce oracles. He was held in such awe that, even when they weren’t sure of what he had said, members of Congress didn’t dare press him.
Well, times have […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on October 30th, 2008
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Generosity in the Age of Handouts
WORLD Magazine’s June 14/21 issue states that “MIT economist John Gruber last year confirmed that President F.D. Roosevelt succeeded in having New Deal governmental programs crowd out private giving. ‘Church relief made up 90 percent of the income of the poor before the New Deal,’ he found out: ‘Government relief made up 90 percent of […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on July 23rd, 2008
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Major Morality
This time last year, the American Christian Community was dealing with the passing of Jerry Falwell - perhaps the elder statesman of evangelicalism in the public square. This morning, I came across a brief piece I wrote at the time but never published.
5-17-07:
It’s interesting that the passing of Jerry Falwell would come on a day […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on May 19th, 2008
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Bill Buckley and the art of witness
William F. Buckley, Jr. - the conservative thinker and publisher largely responsible for the resurgence of traditional values and traditionalist politics in the latter half of the 20th century - passed away Wednesday at the age of 82. He will be remembered for his contributions to culture through the incisive and entertaining National Review and his long-running […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on February 29th, 2008
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Sex, Lies, and Symbolism in the Culture Wars
This is a piece I wrote a while back, but I’m bringing it back for the occasion of Valentine’s Day.
Christians these days are all too aware of the grave social issues that revolve around sexuality in today’s world—abortion, promiscuity, homosexuality, pornography, etc.—and all too unwitting about how they attempt to stem the tide.
We gird up […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on February 19th, 2008
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Politically Speaking . . .
With the primary election season in full swing in America, it’s difficult to keep one’s head clear of politics these days. As a rule Pulpit Helps steers well clear of political discussions. This is our policy for two reasons: 1) We believe that the primary calling of believers is to follow Christ and fulfill his […]
Posted by Justin Lonas on February 13th, 2008
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