Category Archives: Current Affairs

Abortion on Trial

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

*Posted by Winston Hottman At First Thoughts, Robert George argues that Kermit Gosnell isn’t the only one on trial in his prosecution. The ultimate defendent is the abortion license in America. The Gosnell episode highlights the irrationality of the regime … Continue reading →

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Serving the Persecuted Church

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

*Posted by Winston Hottman In recent months, attention has been drawn to the plight of persecuted Christians in North Korea. According to one estimate, 70,000 of the 200,000 prisoners in North Korea are Christians, and stories of imprisonment, torture, and … Continue reading →

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The Gun Fight (Part 3): Responsibilities

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer My dad taught me the basics of gun responsibility—find the safety and keep it on… never point a gun in the direction of a person… keep the gun unloaded, un-cocked, with your finger off the trigger … Continue reading →

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Kermit Gosnell and the Culture of Death

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

*Posted by Brandon Smith. This post originally appeared at Project TGM. The picture to the left is my daughter, Harper Grace Smith, on March 29, 2013. In this photo and subsequent photos and videos, we were shown her developed vital … Continue reading →

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Media Bias & Public Dialogue

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

*Posted by Winston Hottman In his latest NY Times column, Ross Douthat has some great thoughts on the mainstream press’s power over public dialogue: The trouble is that when you set out to “lead” a conversation, you often end up … Continue reading →

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The Gun Fight (Part 2): Re-Actions

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

After the mass-media has fully exploited a mass-shooting, the echo chambers are quiet and the rhetoric is packed away until the next “opportunity.”   All the while, acts of mass-violence prevented by legal gun carriers—in law enforcement, in public venues and … Continue reading →

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Marriage, Society, and the Created Order

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

*Guest post by Michael Cooper. Michael serves as Assistant to the President at Criswell College where he is also pursuing a degree in Biblical Studies and Languages. In a 2012 New York Times article entitled Strong Marriages and Economies an intriguing point … Continue reading →

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ERLC Announces New President

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

*Posted by Winston Hottman Dr. Russell Moore has been announced as the eigth president of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. The presidential search committee, headed by Dr. Creamer of Criswell College, came to their decision after months of … Continue reading →

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The Gun Fight (Part 1): Actions

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer It seems that immediately after a mass shooting there’s a gun fight—not a literal fight with guns but a fight over guns.  When there is a literal gun fight during the shooting (which does happen) there … Continue reading →

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Obama on Gun Control

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

*Posted by Joe Wooddell In answering a question about gun legislation at his press conference January 14, 2013, Barack Obama stated, “If there’s a step we can take that will save even one child from what happened in Newtown then … Continue reading →

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