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Killing Your Neighbor’s Cow: The Defining Sin of Our Times

by Charles Colson November 17, 2011

An old Russian joke tells about a poor peasant whose better-off neighbor has just gotten a cow. In his anguish, the peasant cries out to God for relief from his distress. When God replies and asks him what he wants…

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Obama’s “No Comment” on Occupy Wall Street Violence

by Charles Colson November 14, 2011

Once ignited, violence in the streets is hard to control. People get hurt, lives destroyed.
During the massive protests of the Vietnam War, I sat in the office next to President Nixon. I saw firsthand how explosive emotions can be…

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Sign Up Your Sons for Girl Scouts

by Charles Colson November 9, 2011

“What are little boys made of?” the old-fashioned rhyme asks. “Snakes and snails, and puppy-dogs’ tails.” And what are little girls made of? “Sugar and spice and everything nice.”
I know it’s not exactly scientific, and there are wide ranges…

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Hypocritical Propaganda Ploy Spotlights Chinese “Religious Freedom”

by Charles Colson November 3, 2011

The exhibit is titled “A Lamp to My Feet, A Light to My Path.” Sponsored by the government of China, it’s meant to educate Americans about the history of the spread of Christianity in China from the Tang Dynasty onward.…

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Caesar’s Overstepping His Bounds

by Charles Colson October 31, 2011

“That is extraordinary,” proclaimed Justice Scalia.
“I, too, find that amazing,” Justice Kagan chimed in.
As reported by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, The conservative Scalia and the liberal Kagan seemed bewildered by the Obama Administration’s…

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Coptic Winter

by Charles Colson October 25, 2011

On October 9, at least two dozen Christians were killed by Egyptian police. Their only “crime” was in insisting that they be treated in a manner consistent with what the “Arab Spring” was supposed to be about.
It’s getting clearer…

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A Permission Slip from Caesar

by Charles Colson October 20, 2011

If I were to tell you about a city where it’s illegal to hold a Bible study in your home without official permission, you’d think I was talking about a city in China or Saudi Arabia.
Well, you would be…

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Physics Envy

by Charles Colson October 13, 2011

The expression “physics envy” refers to the way that the social sciences try to emulate the mathematical precision and certainty of physics.
It’s easy to understand the envy: No one argues with Newton’s Laws of Motion. Physics is authoritative in…

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Not Quite Murder

by Charles Colson October 6, 2011

In April 2005, Katrina Effert, age nineteen, secretly gave birth to a baby boy in the downstairs bathroom. She then strangled the child, wrapped him in towels, and dropped him over the backyard fence behind a neighbor’s shed.
After repeatedly…

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Gay or Straight? Voting with Dollars

by Charles Colson October 3, 2011

Imagine that your laptop finally gives up the ghost. You have several options: You can drive to the store and buy a new one, or you can shop online.
If you choose the latter, you have another option: You can…

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