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Trevin Wax has a list of biblical or historical “facts” that you may have heard from the pulpit that happen to not be true: 1. The “eye of the needle” refers to a gate outside Jerusalem. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to . . . . Continue Reading »

Matthew Franck is surprised by the reaction he is receiving to his defense of traditional marriage: After publishing articles recently in the Washington Post and First Things , both arguing that the defenders of conjugal marriage between a man and a woman should not be tarred as irrational bigots, . . . . Continue Reading »

Although they are the official state mascot of my beloved Texas, I’ve never liked armadillos. Now I have a good reason to despise the nasty creatures: They are a source of leprosy infections in humans. Using genetic sequencing machines, researchers were able to confirm that about a third of . . . . Continue Reading »

Eric Barker pointed out an interesting study titled ” Who Bene?ts from Religion? ” [PDF] From the abstract: Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective . . . . Continue Reading »

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In his forthcoming book, Liberty Defined , Congressman Ron Paul explains why he is pro-life : On one occasion in the 1960s when abortion was still illegal, I witnessed, while visiting a surgical suite as an OB/GYN resident, the abortion of a fetus that weighed approximately two pounds. It was . . . . Continue Reading »

Colleges are failing the young, as James Matthew Wilson notes , by not helping them to learn how to live chastely in our pornographic culture: A group called the Young Conservatives of Texas have helped craft legislation which would require any Texas public university with a center for . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, he finally did it. President Obama had DARPA invent a time machine so that he could travel back in time to 1961 (that’s where he was on his last “vacation”) and plant a long-form birth certificate in the office of the Department of Health in Hawaii. You would think this would . . . . Continue Reading »

A member of one of China’s largest house churches explains the recent showdown between Christians and government officials : The global media spotlight has recently centered on the meeting place of Shouwang Church in Beijing. Since April 10, the unregistered congregation of 1,000 mostly young . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark T. Mitchell considers Jane Austen in light of our porn culture : That porn culture changes the way men think is obvious, but it also affects the way women think of themselves. In a hyper-sexualized society, women will naturally tend to think of themselves primarily as sexual creatures. Women . . . . Continue Reading »