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Correcting YEC Misconceptions about the Big Bang

January 20, 2019

“This is what God, Yahweh, says — who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it –”  Isaiah 42:5 (HCSB) One of my favorite books by astronomer/apologist Dr. Hugh Ross […]

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Should Trump Declare a National Emergency Over Border Security?

January 13, 2019

“We’re either going to have a win, make a compromise — because I think a compromise is a win for everybody — or I will declare a national emergency.”  — President Donald Trump Once again, the U.S. government is in a partial shutdown due to a stalemate on budgetary issues. The President demands the $5.7 […]

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What Is Romney Thinking?

January 6, 2019

“I can’t figure out why Romney thought ribbing the president was strategically more useful than offering ideas to solve the problem at the border and get the government fully-funded.”  — Newt Gingrich As you may have heard, former Massachusetts Governor and then-incoming Utah Senator Mitt Romney had a controversial op-ed published in The Washington Post […]

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Yet Another Year-End Top 10

December 30, 2018

Following the “A View from the Right” year-end tradition, this year’s final post is a sampling of my favorite posts ranging from 2010 thru 2018. Hopefully, readers new and old will find something of interest from the archives that they may have missed. There is no actual ranking involved, but I have tried to present […]

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Keeping Christ in Xmas

December 23, 2018

“28 Simeon took Him [i.e., the baby Jesus] up in his arms, praised God, and said: 29 Now, Master, You can dismiss Your slave in peace, as You promised. 30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation. 31 You have prepared it in the presence of all peoples — 32 a light for revelation to […]

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What to Do About Africa

December 16, 2018

“We’ve learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.”  — Ronald Reagan Anytime I hear or read someone promoting isolationist policy — and usually citing George Washington in support of it — I have to shake my head. Washington actually made a lot of […]

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Standing Up for What’s Right on Campus

December 9, 2018

“No matter how difficult this has been, if I don’t represent the Christian perspective — the minority perspective — there won’t be anyone to represent these views.”  — Isabella Chow to Fox News On Oct. 31 of this year, at the request of the Queer Alliance Resource Center (QARC), a measure was voted upon by […]

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Reasons for Occult Revival in the Western World

December 2, 2018

“It makes sense that witchcraft and the occult would rise as society becomes increasingly postmodern. The rejection of Christianity has left a void that people, as inherently spiritual beings, will seek to fill.”  — author Julie Roys, formerly of Moody Radio A recent article in The Christian Post discusses the dramatic rise in self-identifying witches […]

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Thank God for Elephants and Sauropods

November 25, 2018

“Less obvious reasons for why God created dinosaurs and elephants is to increase the global availability of nutrients and to permit a greater diversity of life to survive.”  — Dr. Hugh Ross A few of you might remember that I blogged a few years ago about being thankful for sperm whales and other large predators […]

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The Caravan, MS-13, and the Opioid Crisis

November 18, 2018

“We need to stop the caravan. We need to build the wall.”  — Newt Gingrich For weeks we have been reading and hearing about the “caravan” of over 7000 Central Americans trekking their way through Mexico to the United States, with the stated goal of either pleading for amnesty or simply demanding that the U.S. […]

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