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Is Star Wars Supposed to Be Ideologically Progressive?

November 3, 2024

“I’ll never turn to the dark side. You have failed, your highness.” — Luke Skywalker So-called “progressives” these days tend to see everything through a progressive lens. (That’s an optometry pun, by the way.) When they aren’t declaring innocent things (e.g., PBJ sandwiches) as racist or feminist or Nazi or whatever, they are claiming decades-old […]

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Sleepwalking Toward Tyranny

October 27, 2024

“Like the proverbial frog slowly boiled to death for failing to detect the rising temperature of the water, we are sleepwalking toward tyranny.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I have cited twice before from Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government, written by apologist, pastor, and cultural theologian Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot. […]

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Did Unbelief Prevent Jesus from Doing Miracles in Nazareth?

October 20, 2024

“One thing that even the son of God can’t do. Even Jesus cannot override your unbelief.” — Steven Furtick, founder & pastor of Elevation Church We’re gonna do a little Biblical exegesis and theology today, folks! Some Bible teachers, particularly among (but not limited to) charismatics, use Mark 6:5 as evidence that Jesus Christ could […]

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YouTube Channels I Enjoy and You Might, Too: Science & Tech

October 13, 2024

I thought it might be fun to share a few of the YouTube channels that I go to for information in the areas that I typically blog about. In this case, in the “science and technology” arena. (However, I don’t think I’ve ever actually blogged on something I found on one of these channels.) In […]

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When Heresy Creeps into the Christian Cultural Worldview

October 6, 2024

“Final authority resides only with the Author of all creation, who places human beings in His creation, made in His image, and subject to His Law-Word for all things. This is no less true in biology and history than in political science or theology.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I finished a book a […]

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Senate Report on Secret Service Failure in Butler County

September 29, 2024

“A bipartisan Senate report released Wednesday blasts the U.S. Secret Service for several significant failures that led to the near-fatal assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, over the summer.” — Casey Harper, The Center Square The interim report referenced in the above quote was released by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), […]

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Does Ancient Art Prove Humans Co-Existed with Dinosaurs?

September 22, 2024

One of the “evidences” for a young Earth that some Young Earth Creationists (YEC) like to present these days is the existence of paintings and carvings on stones (and maybe cave walls) that look a lot — or even just somewhat — like dinosaurs. (Or, at least, how dinosaurs are portrayed by modern artists. That’s […]

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Countering Abolitionist Accusations of Pro-Lifers’ Moral Compromise

September 15, 2024

“Even with a bill that they believe will or could be a successful end run around the tyranny of the federal judiciary, [those who passed the Texas ‘heartbeat’ bill] still chose to violate God’s law absent any even pragmatically compelling reason to do so. This is indicative of an addiction to compromise on the part […]

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The Truth About Tariffs

September 8, 2024

“Do tariffs defy the laws of supply and demand and lift our standard of living?” — opening question in “Separating Tariff Facts from Tariff Fictions” by Erica York, Cato Institute Every once in awhile, the issue of tariffs comes up in the news. Even with my limited knowledge of economics and tariffs, I know that, […]

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About Those Back-Alley Abortions…

September 1, 2024

“These are the faces of women who died because they could not obtain safe and legal abortions. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, these pictures could include your daughter, sister, mother, best friend, granddaughter.” — found on home page (in 2005) for the website of the National Organization for Women (NOW) when Justice O’Connor announced […]

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