(Note: This article originally appeared in the Washington Times on July, 2026. A subscription may be required to see it there.) Sorry, Virginia, Space Aliens Have Not Visited Earth If you’re a believer in visitors from outer space, this is your moment. The feds have declassified UFO files, there’s a new documentary on alleged UFO […]
Save Unborn Baby Seals from Abortion If momma seals were aborting their unborn pups due to the difficulty of raising them in the wild, most pro-human abortion advocates undoubtedly would be aghast. “The seal population is precious,” they’d cry, and do whatever they could to stop momma seals from aborting their pups. They would NOT […]
Grace and Truce: The Cutting Edge of Christmas “Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14 I want to share some thoughts on the message from the assembly of angels (“heavenly host”) in the Gospel of Luke, right after the angel’s announcement to the shepherds […]
In Praise of Muddy (and Algae-filled) Waters I was fortunate to grow up in a town that had seven man-made lakes with intractably muddy and grungy algae-green bottoms. Some people dream of crystal clear waters where they can see down to a sandy bottom 100 feet below. Oh, what sad, diminished lives they lead. As […]
My Earliest Olympic Memory: How I Learned that Politics and Sports Don’t Mix (Part II) For reasons that remain unclear, the officials gave the Soviets three tries to score by heaving the ball from under their own basket to a player way down court. The first two tries failed miserably as the clock ran out, […]
My Earliest Olympic Memory: How I Learned That Politics and Sports Don’t Mix (Part I) The 1972 Olympics was the first time I witnessed how a nefarious political agenda could wreck sports. At 11-years-old, I was already a rabid basketball fan – mainly of the NBA’s professional New York Knicks in their glory days of […]
How many Christian men and women owe their faith to a praying grandmother? Heaven is full of saints with praying grandmothers. […]
Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? Part II: The Christian’s Role (Pre-Ramble: In Part I, we discussed three key decisions that bring an unbeliever to faith in Christ: God’s choice, an intercessor’s choice, and the believer’s choice. We covered God’s choice here in Part I, but now we’re skipping over the […]
Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? Part I: God’s Choice Becoming a Christian generally involves (at least) three choices1: 1) God chooses a person to be saved; 2) A believer chooses to intercede in prayer on behalf of that person; 3) A believer chooses to follow Christ. Some reformed […]
Why Economic Inequality Exists, Part V: The Effects of Family Fragmentation (2 of 2) Is America Becoming a Two Caste System? We previously deluged you with social science demonstrating the tragic connection between family fragmentation and poverty. Well, we’re not stopping until you cry, “uncle.” Family scholars have identified non-marital childbearing as — by […]