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Sudden destruction!

  1. 04th September 2008
  2. Wyatt Ciesielka

Is it possible that the United States and Britain could become so economically weak that we would no longer be able to afford the military equipment needed for our very defense? Could a time come when our factories are controlled by hostile nations and are used to produce weaponry for our enemies? Would you believe that these prophecies are already starting to...

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What is truth?

  1. 02nd September 2008
  2. Don Davis

Two thousand years ago, a minor Roman bureaucrat by the name of Pontius Pilate asked a question that many in our modern, 21st century society would find very relevant: "What is truth?"

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Economic storm clouds gather!

  1. 30th August 2008
  2. Wyatt Ciesielka

Now that gasoline prices have retreated from their July highs, many Americans are breathing a sigh of relief thinking that the economic storm clouds are clearing and the worst is over. Unfortunately, this couldn't be further from the truth!

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Template or temple?

  1. 28th August 2008
  2. Gary F. Ehman (1937–2021)

A recent column in an east coast newspaper, syndicated across America, took a light-hearted look at one of the most disturbing of modern issues: sex realignment surgery and the resultant impact on a new life. A recent Boston Globe column by writer Ellen Goodman explored the murky world of a woman who decided to change her physical body to match what she decided...

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Nuggets

  1. 26th August 2008
  2. J. Davy Crockett III

"Buy Gold!" scream dozens of headlines in various financial newsletters, internet websites and television commercials. It seems that the economic uncertainty of the times has motivated people with assets to seek a safe haven, and what could be more attractive than gold, the standard of monetary value for millennia.

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Sigh and cry

  1. 23rd August 2008
  2. Wyatt Ciesielka

The young athletes battling for Olympic gold are impressive with their show of grace and strength. But, behind the bright lights of the 2008 Beijing games are lesser–known stories much more worthy of our attention. These are also stories of grace and strength, but more importantly, of mercy, of suffering, and of sacrifice. As I watched the Chinese and American...

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Religious "behavior" modification

  1. 21st August 2008
  2. Gary F. Ehman (1937–2021)

A short news story out of Cincinnati, Ohio is a grim reminder of the child-abuse sex scandals that rocked the religious world over the past several years. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has provided its priests with the latest list of "inappropriate" behavior regarding children.

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Russia, Georgia and the near-impotent west

  1. 19th August 2008
  2. Wallace G. Smith

The news today generally fails to communicate the complexities of the current Georgia/Russia conflict. The U.S. has long supported Georgia's bid to hold on to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, when the people of those provinces consider themselves Russian.

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Feckless, Fickle, or Faithful?

  1. 16th August 2008
  2. J. Davy Crockett III

Have you noticed that some words fairly drip with intensity and descriptiveness? Even the very sounds of these words help convey their meaning. You know the kind I mean. Words like snap, boom, sizzle, or fizzle, words like expunge, lunge, whack, and whirl. Interesting, you might say, but not very significant. Yet, words do have an impact.

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What's wrong with marriage?

  1. 14th August 2008
  2. J. Charles Ogwyn

Judging by what is shown on prime time television, "happily ever after" is just another myth. From sitcoms that portray the marriage bed like a game of musical chairs, to shows that depict monogamy in loveless marriages – the outlook is gloomy indeed. But is that reality?

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