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Voluntary Engagement Without Verbal Abuse

How do followers of Christ engage in the political environment and avoid the risk of being drawn into the vitriol that now permeates all media formats? Is it even possible? Unlike many, I do enjoy a good debate on important issues and public values. I have no interest, however, in ...

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Serving America Under Fire

On June 13th, one lone gunman targeted Representative Scalise and other members of Congress in broad daylight as they enjoyed a morning practice the day before the annual charity baseball game. Is it the tone of our political discourse which has led us to this point? Perhaps. But beneath the ...

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Fake News and Facebook Politics

When the people of America elected Donald J. Trump as our President, we entered a new era of politics. Not since the fireside chats of President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944 and the first televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960, has new media had such an impact ...

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America Is At A Spiritual Crossroad

I recently came across a photo on Facebook that was very telling. President Trump was praying with his U.S. Supreme Court nominee and his family. What a contrast to what is happening in our culture. Prayer is going on in the White House while rioting is occurring on the streets ...

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The Christian View Of Race Relations

Having spent time on both the far left and far right, and having left all political ideology behind me when I became a Christian, I feel I have a unique view on the racial tensions going on in the world today. I understand the views of the anti-racist, social justice ...

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