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The Fate of the Family Farm
To hear the NYT tell it (and Sojourners, for that matter), the family farm is facing severe threats. With no small degree of dramatic flourish, the NYT editorial linked above concludes: For the past 75 years, America’s system of farm subsidies has unfortunately driven farming toward such concentration, and there’s no sign that the next farm bill will change that. The difference this time is that American farming is poised on the brink of true industrialization, creating a landscape driven...
Youth and the Relevance of the Gospel
There’s been a spate of stories lately in various media about the difficulty that evangelical denominations are having keeping young adults interested in the life of the institutional church. Here’s one from USA Today, “Young adults aren’t sticking with church” (HT: Kruse Kronicle; Out of Ur). And here’s another from a recent issue of my own denomination’s magazine, The Banner, “Where Did Our Young Adults Go?” I wonder if the push to be “relevant,” initiated largely by the baby boomer...
The Global Warming Debate: Yada, Yada, Yada
I am not a prophet, not even a futurist. I do study trends, now and then, and I try to pay careful attention to popular culture. One thing I am quite sure about: global warming will be a central issue in public debates and political campaigns for some time e. It has e the Apocalypse Now issue of our generation. (Overpopulation, the nuclear threat and global cooling did it only a few decades ago.) The simple premise, virtually unchallenged in...
College Professors Biased Against Christians?
Many students who identify as Evangelical Christians and attend a state or public university are reporting severe bias against their beliefs in the classroom. “Tenured Bigots,” is the title of Mark Bergin’s article in World Magazine which highlights statistical proof of enormous prejudice by faculty members against evangelicals. Surprised? Of course not! The findings about attitudes toward Evangelicals actually turned up in a study designed to gauge anti-Semitism. The analysis was conducted by Gary Tobin, president of the Institute for...
The Greatest Lawsuit Ever
For your reading pleasure, I present you with a partial list of defendants from the case of Riches v. Bush et al: George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Hoffa, , Pope Benedict XVI, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, John Deere, , Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Party, Roc-A-Fella Records, Shawn Carter (doing business at Jay-Z), Japan’s Nikkei Stock Exchange, Gambino (crime family), Three Mile Island, Tony Danza, Islamic Republic of Iran, University of Miami, GEICO Insurance, Jewish State of Israel, Soledad...
RELIGION & LIBERTY
A Peaceful Thought
  Weekly Overview:   One of the most powerful marks of a believer is transcendent peace. This world offers us no reason to be peaceful. It offers us no reason to be without stress, burdens, cares, and total frustration. But we serve a God who offers us peace in the midst of any circumstance. We serve a God in whom all true...
Nov 25, 2025
Ingsoc in Embryo
  In November 2023, the conservative British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, had an article by the newspaper’s deputy editor, an economic journalist, lamenting the country’s low rate of saving. In September 2024, it had an article by the newspaper’s deputy economics editor lamenting the country’s addiction to saving.   Perhaps the articles were not contradictory, strictly speaking. The first contained the following...
Nov 25, 2025
When Anxious Thoughts Tie You in Knots (Philippians 4:6
  When Anxious Thoughts Tie You in Knots   By: Anne Peterson   Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.- Philippians 4:6-7   How do we face each day...
Nov 25, 2025
Busting the Myths About Article V Conventions
  Law Liberty recently featured an excellent exchange between John Grove and Mark Pulliam on state nullification as a way to respond to federal overreach and infringements on liberty.   There is, however, an alternative. The Constitution’s Article V permits constitutional amendments through a state-based process of proposal and ratification. The Framers designed this procedure to enable the states to bypass Congress...
Nov 25, 2025
Draghi’s Dirigisme
  When faced with a trade-off between security and liberty, it’s often said, Europeans will invariably choose security while Americans prefer liberty. That adage holds less true these days. Consider, for instance, how much of the US Federal Budget is spent on entitlements, not to mention the refusal of American legislators and citizens alike to contemplate any retraction whatsoever of the...
Nov 25, 2025
How to Wrestle with God before Wrestling with Your Spouse
  How to Wrestle with God Before Wrestling with Your Spouse   By: Alisha Headley   “When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.”Proverbs 10:19   Have you ever spoken your mind to your spouse, and the words you spokeled to arguments? Have there been times that you wish you could take back your words?   I can’t...
Nov 25, 2025
Knowing Your Love Language Can Enhance Your Marriage
  How Knowing Your Love Language Can Enhance Your Marriage   By: Amanda Idleman   You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.Galatians 5:13   Serving one another humbly in love captures the entire mission of marriage. When we say I do after making big...
Nov 25, 2025
What Is Heaven Like?
  Weekend, October 19, 2024   What Is Heaven Like?   Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a...
Nov 25, 2025
Seeing the Goodness of the Lord Again After Disaster
  “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13   It’s been a disastrous year for many who have been facing loss, destruction, and suffering. After our family went through a destructive storm, I remember thinking how other people in the world were just going about their usual day,...
Nov 25, 2025
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