On the Front Lines of the Culture Wars

Prepare to have your confidence in the future restored as you watch this fun a capella trio from Mississippi, called “Dave’s Highway,” sing God’s praises! The video is a little amateurish and starts slow (come on, they’re fifth and sixth graders!) — but give them until the 28-second mark to get going and you’ll be tapping your foot and humming along! 

Superman has turned in his U.S. passport, preferring to be a citizen of the world. “I intend to speak before the United Nations tomorrow and inform them that I am renouncing my U.S. citizenship,” the super-hero declares to the President’s National Security Advisor in the just released Action Comics 900 from DC Comics, which owns the…

The Wall Street Journal thinks so. They went out with a story today called “Here Comes Baby, There Goes the Marriage” but they failed to highlight what most consider THE most important statistic to gauge the health of a marriage, divorce rate. The divorce rate is actually lower among couples with children. The studies behind…

David Wilkerson, 79, author of the bestseller The Cross and the Switchblade, founder of Teen Challenge rehabilitation outreaches worldwide, and longtime pastor of the 8,000-member Times Square Church in New York City, was killed Wednesday in a car crash. His wife of more than 50 years, Gwen, was hospitalized with injuries. A prophetic voice calling…

Take care of your typewriter. The noisy machines are joining the ranks of dictophones, steam shovels and Kodachrome film.  India’s top typewriter manufacturer, the Godrej & Boyce Company, has ceased production due to declining demand. The first commercially successful typewriter was invented in 1867 by C. Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soules in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sholes disliked…

When Prince William and commoner Kate Middleton walk down the aisle at Westminster Abbey on Friday, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England, will be waiting for them at the altar. A few days ago, Williams, who will perform the ceremony, released a prayer that he suggested be offered…

Peter walked on water. Peter and John healed the lame man in the Temple. Peter and Paul raised the dead. They and the other disciples went out and duplicated the powers of our Lord with healings and mighty signs and wonders. But there was one miracle that Jesus performed that they could not duplicate: raise…

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene in a case deciding the constitutionality of memorial crosses honoring fallen state troopers.  Shurtleff requested that the high court issue an opinion on the case after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 14 crosses bearing the name of a…

Recent surveys have found that three out of ten prospective employees admit to having stolen from their previous employer! 22 percent of workers feel that stealing from their company is “sometimes justified.” 33 percent of employees surveyed confessed to falsely phoning in sick and collecting pay for days they pretended to be sick, but weren’t.…

Is it still a sin to lie? Then why does America shrug off lying? When our politicians are caught lying, their supporters often resort to the old cliché: all politicians lie. But if you study American history, that is itself a lie. Statesmen didn’t lie. It is difficult to find any time that George Washington…

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