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Health-Care Rationing in Britain

Posted on 07 January 2009

Bruce Hardy probably doesn’t have long to live. But he could live longer, if it weren’t for the attitude and policies of the British government.

As recounted in a New York Times article, Mr. Hardy has kidney cancer that has spread…

What Matters Most, Part 4

Posted on 02 January 2009

Ever since I was a boy, I was driven to serve my country. As a 10-year-old at the outbreak of World War II, I could only dream that one day I could put on a uniform and fight the enemy.…

What Matters Most, Part 3

Posted on 01 January 2009

In my devotions over the last two or three months, I have started my prayer time by concentrating on the Church. I pray-actually, I plead, the Lord would wake us up, cause us to repent, turn from our own false…

What Matters Most, Part 2

Posted on 31 December 2008

This has been a great Christmas. Our son Wendell and his daughter Rebekah are about to arrive. And Emily and our grandson Max were just with us. As you may have heard me say before, Max, who is autistic, can…

What Matters Most, Part 1

Posted on 30 December 2008

Two weeks ago, headlines across the world announced the release of the Vatican’s official position on bioethics. Naturally, the Catholic Church’s stance on the destruction of human embryos, the creation of designer babies, and the like was greeted with scorn…

Invading Enemy Territory

Posted on 29 December 2008

Last week, Patty and I attended a performance of a Living Christmas Tree at my church, the First Baptist Church of Naples, Florida. It was the best I’d ever seen. The performers did not simply offer music and a manger…

A Testimony Amidst Tragedy

Posted on 27 December 2008

Dong Yun Yoon of University City, California, will never forget this Christmas. Two weeks ago, his family was killed when a Marine F-18 Hornet fighter jet lost power and crashed into his home.

In an instant, this season of joy become…

A Grand Duke, Indeed

Posted on 24 December 2008

When you hear the phrase “European royalty,” you probably think of the less-dignified antics of the British royals.

Yet there are European rulers who have distinguished themselves in more admirable fashion.

For example, Spain’s King Juan Carlos is credited with almost single-handedly…

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Thursday

Posted on 23 December 2008

It’s that time of year again-the time when the grinches of secularism tie themselves in knots trying to strip Christmas of its Christ-centered content.

One of the sillier stunts this year was pulled by Amazon.com. As Mark Steyn relates on National…

What It Means to Be Human

Posted on 22 December 2008

The fact that the hit movie WALL-E has a plot that even a child can follow doesn’t mean it’s juvenile. Released earlier this year, the Pixar film follows the story of a little robot named WALL-E. While the rest of Earth’s…

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