I may be a devoted metal head but I grew up with parents and an older brother who loved country music and it stuck with me. Even in the 1980′s when I had long hair, a pierced ear, slashed jeans, etc. I couldn’t wait to see Hank, Jr. in concert. Unfortunately, Country music has become…
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Mike Adams is the right’s best kept secret. While plenty of devoted conservatives know who Mike is, (a columnist, speaker, author and criminology professor at UNC-Wilmington), he does not nab the regular spots on Fox like Laura Ingram or Mike Huckabee, but he should. Mike is insightful, witty and, unlike other conservative pundits, has the best…
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When we come to Mark 14, we see the Pharisees and other members of the Jewish leadership plot to kill Jesus and we see Judas, one of Jesus’ inner circle agree to conspire with them. It is important to remember that the Pharisees typically had memorized the entire Old Testament in both Hebrew and Greek. …
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I have many heroes. Jesus is, of course, at the top of the list, with David, Paul, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Alfred Hitchcock, Johnny Cash, Johnny Bench and Ronald Reagan all making the Top 10 list. A special spot on that list, however, is reserved for my Mom (she is pictured above visiting an orphanage…
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Why everyone was wondering what it will be like to have their health care run by the same folks who were in charge of security at Benghazi, I was compiling The Best of the Interweb this Week! Speaking of Benghazi, the The BBC has apologized for being late to the controversy. I’m not going to hold…
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The missional movement has taken its knocks lately (see Anthony Bradley’s insightful piece in World Magazine) but I still believe in certain strands of it. There is something to truly understanding the culture and attempting to find common ground. No one has done this better than Tim Keller. My Free Seminary class studied his excellent book…
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President Obama is spending some time in the Lone Star state. The question is why? Sure he has been there before to attend the memorial service for those killed in the fertilizer plant explosion and to speak at the opening of the George W. Bush Library but this appears to be more of a good,…
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I am an evangelical pastor. I believe every word of Scripture is inspired and without error. I love Jesus and am thankful He died in my place for my sins. I take the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) and my Lord’s command to turn the other cheek seriously (Matthew 5:9). I am also a…
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Alliance Defending Freedom won a major victory, really the first absolute appellate victory, on behalf of Tyndale House Publishers over the HHS Mandates contained in Obamacare. The following is from Alliance Defending Freedom’s press release: WASHINGTON — At the government’s own request, a federal appellate court Friday dismissed the Obama administration’s appeal of an order…
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When most Christians come to passages like Mark 13 where Jesus is speaking about “nation rising against nation” and the “sun being darkened,” they have been conditioned by best-selling books and bad movies to believe Scripture is speaking about the rapture of the 2nd coming. But if you read Mark 13:1-3 carefully you will see…
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