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The Gospel for Asia rumbles have reached across the pond. Earlier today, the Civil Society News reported that a Charity Commission spokesperson told them that “The Charity Commission is assessing the information provided to see what role there is for the Commission.” The article referred to reports from this blog and Christianity…
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Jerry Jr. likes The Donald and thinks Trump is like Jerry Falwell. Falwell said Liberty wasn’t endorsing a candidate but the introduction certainly sounded like an endorsement. Rev. Falwell, I think America is still great. We don’t need Donald Trump to make it great again. It is great now. [youtube]https://youtu.be/E32ZPa4LGkM[/youtube] John…
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In his new edition of The Jefferson Lies, David Barton claimed that I recruited Jay Richards to find Christian historians who would engage in a campaign against him. That charge is still false. I denied the charge in a post here and in a review on The Jefferson Lies Amazon…
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Recently, writer Becky Garrison spent some time in Phoenix, AZ and looked for Mark Driscoll’s new project, The Trinity Church. In this report, Garrison summarizes Driscoll’s recent moves complete with photos of his church in a P.O. box. Mark Driscoll’s Ministry Resurfaces in Phoenix By Becky Garrison After Mark Driscoll…
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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. today, I link to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C.. Be inspired. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yP4aLyq1g[/youtube]
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What plays well in IA might not work nationally. This concern is the subject of a Houston Chronicle article out over the weekend. Cruz’s endorsers, including Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, have appeal to the far right side of the GOP but have taken controversial positions which will likely alienate…
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Late yesterday on his Facebook page, Glenn Beck went off on Donald Trump somewhat in defense of his pal David Barton’s candidate Ted Cruz. I can’t make much sense of the whole thing except that Beck hopes to defuse the win Trump had in answering Ted Cruz’s ill-advised attack on…
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Today, we remember Thomas Jefferson’s work in writing Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom (full text here) which was adopted by the Virginia legislature on January 16, 1786. From Obama’s presidential proclamation: When the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was adopted on January 16, 1786, it formed a blueprint for what…
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If this wasn’t real, it would make for a great parody of prosperity preachers. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdH2DGSXjss[/youtube] Apparently this was first brought to wide attention by Pulpit and Pen blog. Laugh lines: Copeland – “And the guy sitting over there saying, ‘What the hell’s he think he’s doing?” “This dope filled world.…
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In the 2012 edition of The Jefferson Lies, David Barton claimed to debunk the notion that the University of Virginia (founded by Jefferson) had no chaplains. He took up this as one of his major points as evidence that Jefferson established UVA as a “transdenominational” college. See below from the…
