The Economics of Megachurch Christianity: Part 2: Communitarian Church Growth Movement

The communitarian church has it all wrong. Expectations of customers (believers) or noncustomers (seekers) don’t much matter. The work of the church is not man-centric. Her mission is to please God, not man; and as good and faithful servants, believers rightly seek the praise of God, not their fellows.

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Is the World Really Better off Because of Steve Jobs?

I am going to defy the conventional thinking in suggesting that Steve Jobs and what he represented have not been all that good for us or our culture.

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Early Divide: Part I

History today does not accurately depict the early efforts to abolish slavery in the founding of this nation. We have all heard the argument that the founding fathers failed to address this issue. Today we have even heard the argument that the founding fathers were a bunch of racists that cared not for the freedom [...]

“Why do Women Always….?”: Generalizations and the Building Blocks of Reality

Some women complained about my generalization in a previous article that women tend to support statist candidates. But the problem with blanket condemnations of generalizations – which are frequently accurate – is that they shut down debate.

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Don’t Ask – Obama’s Latest Costly Crisis

Analyzing the truth behind repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell. Don't be fooled by the spin.

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Comfort II

Are we pursuing gratifications so excessively in modern society as to extinguish the signal of enough?

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A “Safe” & “Legal” Procedure That’s Always Fatal

Fanatics disrupt a hearing screaming "safe" and "legal." For a minute there I thought they wanted the baby to survive, until I recalled that feminists don’t associate “reproductive health care” with actual reproduction.

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The Security Sex

Women crave security. The problem is when a bigger government is made to resemble family security, women will gravitate towards statist candidates.

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That Presidential Look: The Bad, the Beautiful and Voting-booth Realities

Which presidential candidate will the voters lean towards because he or she looks the most appealing as a president?

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America’s Economy Is Interwoven With Its Morality

A political candidate who ignores social issues is neither intellectually honest nor sufficiently ethically grounded to be trusted with the reins of leadership in this dangerous time. [...]

Cultural Deconstruction: Turning a Safety Net into a Hammock

The impact of food stamps, Section 8 housing subsidies, Medicaid, and other support programs has been to create a permanent welfare class who, in terms of skills and attitudes, are poorly equipped to return to work. By design Democrats have deconstructed our American culture into a loose confederation of disparate class cultures on the verge [...]

The Stages of the Self

Margaret Thatcher, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and many ordinary grandmothers are emblematic of this new self-confidence;  we regard an older woman who is excessively vain or petulant as having missed this full maturity.

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My Solution: How to Restore Freedom of Association and End Government Tyranny

After devout Catholic owners Jim and Mary O'Reilly refused to host a "wedding" reception for two lesbians at their Wildflower Inn, they were sued by the ACLU. 

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The Search for Stimulation

Modern educators praise the advent of musical and film exposure for infants, thereby acknowledging their need for mental stimulation, but the average family in this culture is blithely unaware of it, except to get its unoccupied children off its neck. What does the near-ubiquity of this modern disability tell us of the state of boredom  [...]

Johns Hopkins Hospital Supports Pedophilia?

The sexual molestation of children by adults is a serious issue.  This is why I was appalled when I discovered a prestigious professor at Johns Hopkins University was an open advocate of — apologist for – pedophiles and pederasts (adults who have sexual relations with post-pubescent children). 

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan blasphemes married men

The head of the U.S. Catholic Church blamed married men for child sexual abuse on 60 Minutes.  Pro-marriage groups expect a retraction and correction.

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Christian Ethics and the Vision of Isaiah in Contrast to the Welfare State Sponsors Barack Obama, Jim Wallis, and the Democratic Party

An analysis of how the tax and spend policies of the left contradict parts of the Bible. Unjust taxation to fund redistributionist policies are what gets in the way of the individuals ability to keep the "fruits of their own labor," and is a violation of the will of God.

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The Modern Roman Colosseum: Euthanasia as a Spectator Sport

A disturbing trend has developed over the last few years of broadcasting the suicides of the weak and elderly in society for entertainment. 

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Serial killer Ted Bundy’s blood sample could solve cold cases

During an interview with Dr. James Dobson, an evangelical psychologist, Bundy claimed his viewing of pornographic magazines and motion pictures caused him to gravitate to killing women in order to achieve sexual gratification. Now we may find out that he murdered even more women than originally thought.

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The Importance of “We”

We all know of people who are mated for life, even serially after multiple divorces…and their counterparts who almost always find themselves alone. Do we know single adults who do not use the pronoun we? Isn't just a simple inspection of the syntax telling: "We, or Me"?

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A Nation That Honors Sin

America does not just tolerate the sins loved by the Left – – Abortion, homosexuality, Balkanization through multiculturalism, and so on. Our leaders want us to love sin. [...]

The Plague in American Education

The solution for American education is not a longer school year for children in a failing system or more federal government control over education as President Obama promotes in his strategic plan for American education.

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A Day to Weep For Joy

The Woman's Right to Know Act has become law in North Carolina. It requires clinics to inform women that there are more choices than just abortion. In states where this law has been passed, the abortion rate has dropped. 

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Civilization and its Discontents

The debatable perigee reached today is almost unrecognizable, with its "citizens" (an anachronistic term) not only largely dependent on others for their own survival, and not even accomplishing the other basic biological function of reproducing themselves.

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Whither Goes California

California has just become the first state in the nation to require public schools to add lessons about "gay" history to social studies classes.  

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