CULTURE WAR
A quote often attributed to 18th century Scottish writer and politician Andrew Fletcher describes the power of music: Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. I agree. Songs can move us to good or evil like few things on earth. Music is a gift from God to angels and humans…
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I believe evil forces are trying to “kill” the faith, morality, freedom, and prosperity of America. At the same time, millions of Americans willingly or unconsciously contribute to their own cultural suicide through ignorance, apathy, or blindly casting their votes for their oppressors. Murder/suicide is a strong term. But I believe it fits. And someone…
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Some years ago, I took my car to be serviced at a local dealership. While waiting, I picked up a magazine that advertised an interview with George Verwer, the founder of Operation Mobilization. I had visited one of their mercy ships (the MV Doulos) and had great respect for OM’s work. The interviewer got right to…
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I had the privilege of speaking this Easter at my home church on “Why the Resurrection is the Greatest Event of All Time.” (Message begins at 41:20 into the service.) In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed that the Father would “take this cup of suffering from me.” He went to the cross hours later.…
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As I readied this article for publication, the news hit that Rush Limbaugh died today at the age of seventy. His wife Katharine made the announcement at the beginning of his three-hour program which contains the largest radio audience in history. I’m thankful for Rush Limbaugh’s thirty-two years of truth-telling about many aspects of American…
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Pravda means “True” or “Truth” and was a newspaper published in the Soviet Union from 1918-91 as the official news organ of the communist state. It contained pure propaganda–telling the Russian people what their totalitarian bosses wanted them to hear. I traveled into the USSR in the mid-1970’s. At the border they confiscated Bibles, tracts,…
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A disputed election with great ramifications for America’s future lingers on. Covid still stalks the land though a vaccine is near. This week a majority Americans said Thanksgiving 2020 was the most stressful holiday of their lives. And Christmas is coming. Now, more than ever. you need to be enlarging your cultural trinity. What is the…
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During Israel’s ancient history, the nation turned away from God to follow other paths. During one decline, Elijah admonished the people to “stop wavering between two opinions (1 Kings 18:21). “If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal follow him.” Baal represented a heathen tyrant who encouraged sexual debauchery. The living God stood…
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It’s Halloween week and I have a scary reality to share. In 2002, President George H.W. Bush described Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an axis of evil who pose a “grave and present danger.” He was right, and Iran and North Korea remain on the list. China should be added. We now face a new…
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I hope we all realize the world will never be the same. We have reached the end of an era and a new one has begun. During the early stages of Covid pandemic, many thought (or hoped) that the plague would pass and things would return to normal. It did not–and then mob anarchy ignited…
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