The minority party in Congress, republicans, are elated over the all time low public opinion polls believing the democrats are getting all the blame. According to a July 1st survey of likely voters by Rasmussen, only 9% of respondents said Congress is doing a good or excellent job, while 52% said Congress was doing a […]
Kenneth Samples says that they certainly are not incapable. As a matter of fact, Samples notes that the Bible mandates intellectual virtues: both the Old and New Testaments implore believers, he says, to value and practice critical thinking principles such as discernment, reflection, testing, analysis, discipline, and intellectual renewal.
Samples has done this himself as he […]
The strained economy has changed many aspects of business, investing, and fundraising. But the really important question is, “has it affected what Americans consider the really important things in life?” A study by the Barna Group finds that family and faith in God are still our highest priorities. But the Barna study found replacements like […]
That opening quote is from writer and journalist, Ernest Hemmingway. Here are a few other typical bumper sticker type statements that you might see while driving around town that denounce Christians and their God, “Too Stupid to understand science? Try religion!” “Worship me or I will torture you forever.” “Have a nice day, signed God!” […]
Teenagers are among the most religiously active Americans, with nearly 6 out of every 10 teens engaged in some type of group spiritual activity in a typical week. That’s the finding of research by the Barna Group. Yet, the spirituality of teenagers is also remarkably different. Researcher David Kinnaman says while most teenagers remain […]
Not surprisingly, a huge number of scientists have tried to calculate the probability of life arising by a chemical accident. The results of their calculations reveal the enormity of the dilemma faced by evolutionists. In the 1970’s British astronomer Sir Frederick Hoyle, an evolutionist, set out to calculate the mathematical probability of the spontaneous origin […]
My mother and father made that vow at their wedding. That vow was never broken. They were only parted after 60 years of marriage when mother died. Following the example of my mom and dad, my wife and I were married 38 and a half years when she died. It does my heart good to […]
The British couldn’t do it. The Russians couldn’t do it even though, according to journalist Stephen Malik Shelton, over a million Afghans died in that war. The Soviets, he says, used the used the cruelest of tactics, even burning people alive as punishment or to obtain information. Thank God the U.S. would never resort to […]
Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by his pen name…Mark Twain. He wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn among other well known novels. But he was also a well known humorist and a friend of presidents.
This is what he had to say about Christian citizenship in Collier’s Magazine in 1905. This is a long quote: […]
While the nation’s economy, immigration in Arizona, and the gulf oil spill dominate the headlines, a recent study from the Barna Group examines a major fault line in American social life. Barna claims their research show most Americans take a moderate, rather than hard-line, stance on abortion. But, for people of faith, they still strongly […]