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Introduction I begin with the foundational axiom that Christ rose from the dead, and that He was who He claimed to be. Everything else follows. Christ is therefore Lord. He, the incarnate one, was sent into the world by the Father for us men and for our salvation. He was born of a woman, born under law, lived a perfect and sinless life, thus qualifying Him to be our sacrificial and pascal lamb. He suffered on the cross, as was appointed for Him, He was buried in a stone tomb, and three days later, in accordance with the prophetic and...

The Need for a Mandatory National Service Program By Steve Cohen April 2021 Proceedings Vol. 147/4/1,418 COMMENTARY FacebookTwitterRedditEmailShare COMMENTS The United States has a history of big, bold initiatives. Americans as individuals, however, have largely forgotten them. The New Deal is barely taught in school, most students do not understand why the United States fought World War II, and the Apollo space program might be remembered as an okay Tom Hanks film. Yet, big challenges and ideas have been at the core of American exceptionalism—itself a barely-remembered concept—since the founding of the Republic. Today, in the shadow of a devastating...

The Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur that prohibits the church from "conducting, participating in, or attending any indoor worship services."

Introduction As Christians are sorting out what sorts of responses to the COVID-19 virus we should have, we are doing so in a cacophonous time, and it can be hard to figure out what to think, or how to respond. What I thought to do here is throw a number of apparently random observations together which, when taken together, might help create a fuller picture. I want to address any number of things — money, political power, the media, and public health — in the hope that all of us can see that there are many plays being run on...

So how does Donald Trump do it? Do what, you ask?Entirely detached from identifiable conservative principles, and almost equally detached from a recognizable conservative record, he nonetheless is filling up venues with enthusiastic people who are responding to what they think is some kind of conservative vibe. What is it that enabled someone like Sarah Palin to go dithyrambic? It isn't anything conservative, of course, but it is not just smoke. There is a reason people are thinking what they do, and as a showman and entertainer, Trump knows how to exploit it. And as it happens, the two things...

The World View in Five Minutes February 25th, 2015 This is THE WORLD VIEW in 5 Minutes. I’m Adam McManus. As it turns out, God still controls the weather patterns, and Congress does not! They’re calling it a snow-pocalypse on the East Coast. And they are not calling it global warming. Washington DC broke a 120 year low temp record last weekend. And Boston has cleared 100 inches (or 8 feet) of snow, and is expected to top its all time season record. Syria reports more kidnappings by Isis. An additional 90 women, children, and elderly have been reported missing...

NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2010 Head Stomp Victim: Paul Supporters Planned It MoveOn.org Employee Lauren Valle, Was Roughed Up for Holding Critical Sign at Rand Paul Rally, Says Attack Was "Premeditated" * Play CBS Video Video Attacked Liberal Activist Speaks Out Harry Smith speaks exclusively with liberal activist Lauren Valle who was physically attacked by supporters of Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul. Valle describes the moment before the attack. A protester from MoveOn.org is thrown to the ground by Rand Paul supporters outside a Kentucky Senate campaign debate, Oct. 25, 2010. A protester from MoveOn.org is thrown to the ground...

Remember JagGator, the annoying marriage of Jaguars and Gators that some enterprising fans came up with shortly after the Jaguars were born? Now there's BroncoGator. Someone has done the same thing, combining the Denver Broncos horse logo with the University of Florida Gator head logo. The end result looks something like a dragon, but it's sure to catch on with Gators fans that are not quite yet ready to let go of Tim Tebow.

By all accounts Tim Tebow is a good man. A selfless man. A man whose life is filled with stories of a goodness so rare and pure in an athlete it is hard to imagine that he could be for real. And therefore a sense lingers that something sinister must lurk behind the frayed football mechanics. That his purity and his professions of virginity and the care with which he greets each fan is actually a ruse. That football is merely a means to spread his gospel. The word of Jesus.

Why do people vote against their own interests? Americans voicing their anger at the healthcare proposals at a "town hall meeting" The Republicans' shock victory in the election for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts meant the Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate. This makes it even harder for the Obama administration to get healthcare reform passed in the US. Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters. Last year, in a series of "town-hall meetings" across the country, Americans got the...

The Political Gap That Divides Generations Susan Fikse, Issue Number 24, July 2009 Kim is a 25-year-old Christian, a nurse who graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She voted for President Bush in 2004 and characterizes herself as pro-life. With just that information, it would be easy to categorize Kim as a conservative Republican. But in November, she cast her vote for Barack Obama. She was not alone.Survey data shows that while fewer than a quarter of white evangelicals between 30 and 64 supported Obama, that number increased to a third for white evangelicals under 30. Kim’s reasons for...

They keep telling us that this is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. But there is at least one difference: in the Great Depression, nobody needed to be told they were in a depression. Today, except for relatively few investment bankers and somewhat more middle-class homeowners, who would guess that things are so dire? Life goes on, reasonably normally. Maybe it's easier to get a cab in New York City--a reliable real-life indication of an economic downturn--but then maybe the effect of the financial crisis is canceled out by the effect of that other crisis, the one about...

By Mr. EdSooToday.comTuesday, January 30, 2007ABRIDGED NEWS RELEASE AMAZON.CA *************************Norah Jones' Not Too Late becomes most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.ca Enormous fan support pushes Jones to the top of the all-time list SEATTLE - Amazon.ca has announced that Norah Jones' third album, Not Too Late (pictured) has become the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.ca. Not Too Late will be released on January 30, 2007 and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.ca for $12.97. Earlier this year, Amazon.ca began offering the critically acclaimed singer's throng of fans an exclusive first listen to her third...

No one in attendance voiced opposition to rules submitted by Attorney General Jim Petro's office to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, consisting of members of the Ohio House and Senate. The committee's decision not to interfere with the rules puts Ohio in a position to become the first state to test a "civil registry."

<p>Roy A. Filly, M.D.</p> <p>I have just reached the 30th anniversary of the first obstetrical sonogram I performed. Even having witnessed each of the technological advancements in sonography over those three decades, it is still difficult to comprehend the enormous improvements in image quality that have occurred. These improvements have brought sonography from a “promising” diagnostic tool to a mainstay of modern imaging. However, nowhere in medicine has this technique had a more profound impact than in the field of obstetrics. Thirty years ago there was essentially no such thing as obstetrical imaging and prenatal diagnosis was in its infancy.</p>

Manse: One Man's War by Wilton Earle During the Civil War, Manse Jolly served as a Confederate Cavalry Scout in the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Tennessee.  But it was not until the war ended, and he returned to his farm in South Carolina, that he became famous as a hero of the Confederacy…and infamous as an outlaw.         In “Manse”, author Wilton Earle has employed extensive research to bring to life a complex man, and evoke those years of turmoil called Reconstruction when the Confederate States were a defeated nation occupied by the United States Army.                   Manse...

<p>For some women, birth has become the latest battleground for reproductive rights.</p> <p>At a growing number of hospitals, women are being forced to schedule a repeat cesarean section just because they already had one. Doctors and hospitals say they fear lawsuits if they allow a patient to attempt a vaginal birth after a C-section - called a VBAC - and something goes awry.</p>

Is it a bubble? Experts debate surging US real estate prices Sun Apr 3, 5:32 PM ET  Top Stories - AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - Is real estate another bubble ready to burst? Experts are cautiously watching the red-hot US housing market, but remain divided on the likelihood of a crash that could be a devastating economic blow. AFP/Getty Images/File Photo   On a national level, home prices last year rose 8.3 percent, the fastest pace in a decade, to a median level of 184,100 dollars, government figures show. But in some big metropolitan areas including Washington and San Francisco, prices...

The word "war" is used for convenience, the motive being to attach the highest order of gravity to a military engagement, actual or prospective. It is encouraged on its rhetorical mission by the solemn exercises that often accompany it. These are most notably a formal request by the president of the United States to the U.S. Senate to declare that a state of war exists. Not many need to be reminded that that constitutional choreography is not widely practiced. We didn't do it in Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites), Iraq I, Vietnam or Korea. William...

Mel Gibson tackles the controversy surrounding his new film, charges of anti-Semitism, and the despair that spurred his Faith. Jim Caviezel, portraying Jesus Christ, carries a cross on the set of The Passion of the Christ.(Philippe Antonello, Marquis Films/AP Photo) Mel Gibson's controversial new movie The Passion of the Christ has created a debate between those who see the depiction of Jesus' final hours as a religious lesson and those who view it as graphic violence that will only scare children. Some church leaders believe the depiction of Christ's final 12 hours and crucifixion will help give children a...