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Investors’ Business Daily sounds an alarm about threats we face in a world still dangerous:
‘Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism?” Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked at a “World Without Zionism” conference in Tehran in 2005. “But you had best know that this slogan and this goal are attainable, and [...]
Two important questions for the future in today’s Christian Post. Chuck Colson asks about the limits of obedience to the government… are State-run churches coming to America under the guise of preventing hate crimes and the like?
According to the Daily Telegraph, starting next year, the British government is going to begin forcing churches and other [...]
Israel needs to find a new ally for its own good.
So says Dutch writer Leon de Winter in the Jerusalem Post. Has Mr. Obama’s Cairo speech forced the Israelis to rethink their relationship with America? While the President’s speech was lauded by many, Israelis who listened closely might have felt a chill wind coming out [...]
Not that we have too many of them in New England, but there’s an interesting survey out about the people who attend a megachurch, defined as a church with 2,000 members. From the Christian Post:
The report – “Not Who You Think They Are: The Real Story of People Who Attend America’s Megachurches” – is based [...]
Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It’s a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. [...]
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The alarmingly clear-thinking Mark Steyn wants us to wake up, and fast, skewering us for becoming Europeans:
Every Democrat running for election tells you they want to do this or that “for the children.” If America really wanted to do something “for the children,” it could try not to make the same mistake as most of [...]
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Sobering words from intercessory leader and author Dutch Sheets in his latest video blog. Sheets points out how the percentage of Americans who are committed Christians has dropped in each generation – from 65% in his grandparents’ day to 4% among today’s youth.
Question: “What are we going to do about where we are?”
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Perhaps the most beautiful Thanksgiving Proclamation was that of Lincoln in 1863. How natural it was for men of that day to view and speak of God publicly as a real actor in the life of the nation.
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful [...]