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Let me just state up front, I don’t consider myself a boycotter. But maybe that is just a matter of semantics. I like to put the emphasis on the positive rather than on the negative. So the end result is that I try to support those businesses which uphold my…

There are already two states in the union, Washington and Oregon, which have legalized assisted suicide. A third one is looking to join the club. Sen. Ed Meyer, in Connecticut, has introduced a bill to legalize assisted suicide in his state. It is unclear, at this point, whether or not…

There was Vanderbilt, then the University of Michigan, the University of Montana, Yale, Tufts, Hastings, the University of Buffalo and now a new one. Rollins College, in Winter Haven, Florida is the latest college to begin discriminating against Christian groups on campus which will not permit non-Christians into their leadership…

There are so many issues emerging in our culture today which directly challenge our Christian beliefs. Every day these challenges are becoming more blatant. Take for instance Massachusetts’ “Bathroom Bill.” Last June a new state law went into effect called the “Transgender Rights Law.” This was a law designed specifically…

Of course, they don’t call it murder – it is mercy killing. But not really even mercy killing. In fact, now, doctor-assisted suicide has moved to a place that is a bit hard to categorize. We have all heard the arguments of those who think terminally ill patients who are…

Did you read the recent story about the longtime substitute teacher in Phillipsburg, NJ who was fired after he shared a Bible verse with a student and gave him a Bible? This is a true story. The teacher, Walter Tutka, was standing by a door at a middle school when…

Because of the way Congress and the President are conducting business these days, there is a lot of piece-meal legislation being done. This is true of everything from budget resolutions to debt ceiling decisions. What Congress has done every year, for the last several years, is to wait until the…

Whenever I come across articles which reflect how worldview is being expressed in the culture, I often print them out so I can use them as sources for articles and blogs. As I had collected several, I thought it was time to express myself again, so I laid them out…

I have waited a few days before making any comment about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The raw emotion I feel as I deal with this tragedy at an individual level has been powerful, and I wanted to be able to speak with a little more of objectivity.…

What? You are not familiar with Cottondale? It is a small town of less than 1000 people in Jackson County, Florida. And what is the big deal about Cottondale? Well, Cottondale Elementary School just made the decision to not include the nativity scene in this year’s holiday display. It has…