Archive for October 2020
Another Genetic Study Affirms Cambrian Explosion Required New Genes
Don’t remember the “Cambrian Explosion,” that sudden eruption in distant Earth history during which hundreds of new species suddenly appeared on the scene? Intelligent Design advocates have for years argued that the Cambrian Explosion required the creation of original genes, but Neo-Darwinians retorted that a variety of environmental factors could account for the sudden emergence.…
Read MoreFAMILY: This Is Why We Have Such Material Success And Relational Failure On A Global Scale
Summary: Love is a choice to put another’s needs before my own, rather than simply a warm feeling about another. “True love” is the commitment of a married man and woman to each other and the children they have (natural and adopted) as a family. The family is the basic unit of civilization. When the…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it. What is a man benefitted if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?” — Luke 9:24-25 Photo by Melanie Sosa on Unsplash. And C.S. Lewis said: “A man…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: There’s a new Texan on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, namely, Meredith Pohl, who joins the staff as Counsel. Meredith was previously clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She is a 2018 graduate of the University of Mississippi Law School…
Read MoreIf You’re Worried About The 2020 Election, Jesus In His ‘Sermon On The Mount’ Has The Solution
With the 2020 election day less than two weeks away, a lot of folks who work for Members of Congress on Capitol Hill or back home in their home states are worried, really worried, about what happens when the votes are all counted. There will be winners and losers, so a lot of staff members…
Read MoreWhat If The Bible Doesn’t Say What You Think It Says?
It’s the most widely read book in human history, but the Bible may well also be the most frequently mis-understood or mis-represented written work ever produced. Lots of people think the Bible says a lot of things that on closer inspection turn to out to be merely aphorisms or maxims. Perfect example is the cliche…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: What A Conversation Today Between Thomas Jefferson And Martin Luther King Jr. Might Be Like
By Bret Bernhardt Working on Capitol Hill provides many opportunities unlike those found in other workplaces. Recently, my wife and I along with a close friend took a bike ride around the Tidal Basin where the monuments of Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson stand. It struck me that these two men now stand juxtaposed…
Read MoreQUICK TAKES: What Is The Truth About Christianity And Slavery?
Without Christianity, there is no anti-slavery movement in the world. Think about that. It’s only in Western civilization beginning in the early years of the church that we find stirrings of anything resembling anti-slavery thinking and action. Slavery remains to this day a feature of life in many parts of Asia and Africa where Christianity…
Read MoreHere’s One Photo That Shows Why Partial-Birth Abortion Is Wrong
Two things have long puzzled me about the abortion issue. First, everybody in the political debate on the issue knows, whether they publicly admit it or not, that unborn human beings are always the victims, whether they are killed 12 weeks into a pregnancy, 25 weeks or one minute before birth. Second, if no human…
Read MoreWHAT DO YOU THINK? Are All Christians Intolerant Bigots?
Yes, there are people who call themselves Christians who are intolerant of all kinds of things. But don’t confuse them with the biblical faith defined by Jesus Christ, who saves men and women of all races, nations, creeds and ideologies. The truth is that bigotry and intolerance are found among individuals of both genders, who…
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