According to this article from CNSNews, "Swine flu has claimed the lives of at least 114 children in the United States since April, according to the latest data available from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But an estimated 2,247 to 3,305 babies lose their lives to abortion... Read More
Dr. James Dobson will retire from hosting Focus on the Family's radio show in February. You can listen to his announcement here (the show dated 11/2).Best wishes and thanks to him for all he's done for Christian families over the years (including my family). He has been a polarizing figure in many ways... Read More
A fundamental principle of economic theory is “people respond to incentives.” So as I'm an economics and ethics student, this article naturally sparked my interest. An Indian journalist asked the author of SuperFreakonomics:
You state that your book is based on one fundamental assumption about human... Read More
“I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.”
His words came at me like a speeding fist, like a sucker punch, yet somehow in that moment I was able to duck. And once I recovered and composed myself, I managed to say, “I don’t buy it.” Because I didn’t.
It's a bit of an... Read More
Two years have passed since my dad began his sentence in a federal prison camp. In just a few weeks, he will be one of many prisoners returning to a community, trying to reconnect and reestablish life on the outside.
I hope for every prisoner that release day will be a day of rejoicing and a new beginning... Read More
Click here to listen to John Lofton of The American View having a lively discussion with Chuck about the new Colson Center and the need for a Christian worldview. Read More
"What is the hottest thing in music right now? A pair of video games ─ Guitar Hero and Rock Band," writes Michael Gordon in the New York Times. ". . . So, why not Orchestra Hero?" After all, "the orchestra has all the best toys." I like it!... Read More
Congratulations to my friend Wendy Bilen, whose book Finding Josie was a finalist for the 2009 National "Best Books" Award in the Autobiography/Memoirs category! You can buy it here or, if Amazon runs out -- it looks like they're about to -- you can buy it here. Speaking of books, another good friend,... Read More
As someone who has spent a good hunk of time -- hours, days, weeks, months -- searching for original sources, I have to a laugh at the end results, provided by James Taranto, of the hunt for a quote that was attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.... Read More
Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses…. Intercession means no more than to bring our brother into the presence of God, to see him under the Cross of Jesus as a poor human being and sinner in need of grace. Then everything in him... Read More
"Last American seized at U.S. embassy in Iran recalls the day"
"Suicide: When pastors' silent suffering turns tragic"
"ELEMENTARY EPIDEMIC: 11 Uncovered Videos Show School Children Performing Praises to Obama"
"Rooting for Tim Tebow"... Read More
Chuck Colson has begun a video series called Two-Minute Warning, in which he addresses issues of key importance. Just as a football team exhausts its final efforts in the last two minutes of a game, Christians must make a serious effort to “play the game hard.” The game here, obviously, is living... Read More
I'm a huge fan of the movie Bella. The film shows the intersection of a young waitress who finds out she is pregnant with a child she doesn't want to keep, and a former soccer star turned cook after a driving accident he was involved in left a young girl dead. As these lives intersect, redemption and... Read More
Well, so much for the idea that pro-life pregnancy clinics are preying on young, vulnerable women with heavy-handed tactics like ultrasounds of fetuses. Apparently, even mature adults with long years of service to Planned Parenthood are finding ultrasounds to be compelling.
Maybe it's because one... Read More
I can remember college-professor friends of mine confessing that, in addition to Palin's pro-life bona fides, it was ultimately her accent, University of Idaho BA and flute performance in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant that made them "horrified" by her.
Nick Gillespie, "Palin as politically charged... Read More
The Associated Press analyzes last night's election results, and La Shawn Barber and Thomas Peters take a look at Maine's rejection of same-sex marriage.... Read More
"Five Years after Van Gogh's Murder, Free Speech Is under Attack"
"Taking us, unswervingly, to their leader"
"Paganism, Just Another Religion for Military and Academia"
"Life's Rich Pageant"
"Cellphones, Texts and Lovers" (sexual themes)
"Marriage Saudi Arabia-Style"... Read More
Remember the children's book about the little train that "thought it could" and so accomplished a difficult task? If that book were being written today, it would probably be called I Think I Can't. This is essentially the message of Peggy Noonan's latest article, "We're Governed by Callous Children."... Read More
Fans of worship band Hillsong United can catch their new film, The I Heart Revolution: We're All in This Together, in theaters tomorrow night for a special one-time showing. Part concert film, part documentary, part call for humanitarian outreach, the film, plus a live performance by the band, will be... Read More
This campaign season has been one for the books. There was the Republican who turned into a Democrat; there was the totally irrelevant politician who just happened to alter the course of an election with a Facebook note; and, for us Virginians, there was The Thesis That Never Shut Up. If there's an election... Read More
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