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Issues with “All Men” in 1 Timothy 2

April 9, 2023

In a recent podcast from Stand to Reason with Greg Koukl, a caller (beginning around 25:30) asked about Koukl’s understanding of the biblical doctrine of predestination. Koukl began with a basic definition of the word — i.e., to determine that something will take place before it takes place — and pointed out that a lot […]

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The Danger and Dishonesty of Woke Capitalism

April 2, 2023

“Stakeholder capitalism poisons democracy, partisan politics poisons capitalism, and in the end we are left with neither capitalism nor democracy.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. As predicted, I have another lengthy quote for you from GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, specifically citing his book Woke, Inc.. In this section from early in the book, Ramaswamy […]

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Benson Fact-Checks Trump’s Anti-DeSantis “Truth” Storm

March 26, 2023

“I wish my governor was 1/100th as ‘average’ as Ron!” — Twitter commenter I’ve never been blind to Trump’s shortcomings, but his recent attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis are just sad and disappointing. Apparently, DeSantis was interviewed the other day by Piers Morgan, and Trump couldn’t help putting out a public statement in response, in […]

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The Woke Industrial Leviathan

March 19, 2023

“The modern woke-industrial complex preys on our innermost insecurities about who we really are as individuals and as a people, by mixing morality with commercialism.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. Who the heck is Vivek Ramaswamy? Ramaswamy is a second-generation Indian-American (though I’m not sure he uses that term) who earned a biology degree from […]

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An African-American Response to Bryan Cranston

March 12, 2023

A FB acquaintance shared this on his page the other day, and I “stole” it to share with you all. It is in response to comments made by actor Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) in an interview on CNN. I don’t know where Whitlock, a sports journalist, originally shared his “letter” — e.g., on his podcast […]

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One Day While Scrolling Along…

March 5, 2023

As you will soon see, the incident I discuss in this post involves an anti-atheism meme, but the post itself has little to do with atheism. (I did an atheism article a few weeks ago, if you’re interested.) Rather, it is a certain contingent of my fellow-Christians that I have concerns about here. One day […]

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U.S. Intelligence Failures Re China: Not Just Spy Balloons

February 26, 2023

Sure, we all know about the recent Chinese surveillance balloon that the Biden administration finally shot down after it had collected and relayed information from across our nation. And that there have been other violations of our sovereign airspace. And… well, tempted as I am, I’m not going to delve into that whole mishegoss. But, […]

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The RUFO Phenomenon, Part 3 of 3

February 19, 2023

“[M]any of the UFO reports now being published in the popular press recount alleged incidents that are strikingly similar to demonic possession and psychic phenomena which have long been known to theologians and parapsychologists.” — Lynn Catoe, a senior bibliographer for the Library of Congress, after reviewing 1600 books & articles on UFO phenomena As […]

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Is the War on Gas (Stoves) Real?

February 12, 2023

“Did you know that it’s a lot harder for the government to arbitrarily cut off your access to power if you’re using gas as opposed to electric? Or is that really the point?” — Nick Freitas, Virginia state Delegate Some on the Left are trying to convince the American public that this whole we-want-to-outlaw-gas-stoves narrative […]

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The RUFO Phenomenon, Part 2 of 3

February 5, 2023

“I want to believe.” — FBI Agent Fox Mulder, “The X-Files” In Part 1, we began to delve into the phenomenon of “residual UFOs” (aka RUFOs). We noted several questions/issues that need to be addressed by proponents of both the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) and the extradimensional or interdimensional hypothesis (IDH). This time, I want to […]

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