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Not Dead Yet
Dan Lipinski, one of the last openly pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives, prevailed Tuesday in a primary that pitted the Catholic Chicago lawmaker against the full force...
Home is Where the Dirt Is
Do you care what Newt and Mitch have hiding in their closets at home? Should conservatives expect their candidates to be squeaky clean before running for office? Take Newt...
Sarah Palin and the Choice
Sarah Palin is the Bermuda Triangle of political commentary. No matter the number of writers who have bravely gone where others have gone before, column space and magazine covers...
Last Call: Where Have All the Evangelicals Gone?
”… I met so many Christians who felt guilty of doubting, as if doubt was the opposite of faith, and that’s not true. The opposite of faith is unbelief....
2: Where Have All the Evangelicals Gone?
”…a steadily rising equivalent of the European repudiation of religion climaxing in the new atheist. We have created the monster we dislike, and it’s our fault.” –Os Guinness [Read:...
Where Have All the Evangelicals Gone?
”..for instance in England, there was a vogue for the term, “post-Evangelical.” That’s absolutely ludicrous. If someone is an ex-Evangelical, in other words, they once were an Evangelical, but...
You Shouldn’t Have Been Born, Caleb Jones
What happens when you’re told that you were a mistake, that you shouldn’t have been born, and that your parents were selfish to allow you into this world? One...
Sensitive Christians and Christmas
It’s the lovely time of year where people of all faiths, denominations and economic status levels do their absolute best to reduce the Yuletide season down to the most...
The Death of Friendship
I swear, this isn’t one of those one and done type outings. After my introduction to the kind and vocal members of Evangel, I had all the best intentions...