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  • As to War0

    It was gratifying to hear recently that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finally ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. Atheist Michael Newdow had tried to cast it as a choice between God and country. And we all know that regardless of how bawdy our civil society may become we are not about

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  • The Informed Conscience0

    A political dissident is arrested for leading a movement that threatens the stability of a region. He is ambushed and apprehended by his enemies, detained without a public trial, and tortured by soldiers at the command of their political leaders.  No, I’m not describing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee held at the prison

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  • Clean-shaven Christian Identity0

    He is a young man, neatly turned out in tailored slacks, dress shirt, and tie. He subscribes to a religious creed that encourages self-respect, clean living, environmental awareness, and a healthy—if possible, organic—diet. That same creed upholds the equality of women and men, when it comes to positions of leadership in the community. He says

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  • Why the Jews?0

    Anti-Semitism is a historical enigma. Its origin in pagan antiquity, its evolution through the medieval period, and its demonic denouement in the Holocaust have been explained in many ways. Yet the question still remains: Why the Jews?  By refusing to assimilate, by cleaving to Yahweh even after being conquered and exiled to foreign lands, Jews

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  • The Reformation and Wars of Religion0

    This article is part two in a four part series. Read Part 1 Read Part 3 Starting in the 1520s international relations between the rising European states were dominated by conflicts that were primarily or significantly religious in character: wars in central and southern Europe, between Christians and Muslims; and, in central and northwestern Europe,

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  • Jesus Plus Nothing0

    "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads&” (Leviticus 20:13).* The news took the world by surprise. The Ugandan government was contemplating capital punishment for persistent homosexual activity.

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