In the face of Muslim terrorism we often hear the claim that followers of Christ are just as prone to acts of violence as are some of the followers of Islam. In fact many on the left routinely invoke this kind of comparison. And by making the two religions equivalent on this point they artfully slander Christianity and obscure the… (more…)
Slavery all over the world is at epic levels. There is a new movement among Christians to battle against this insidious evil that most of us thought had died out long ago. Sex slavery is one of the most prevalent forms of this vile traffic in people. Innocent young women and children are either sold, tricked or directly abducted and… (more…)
Don’t Forget: Jesus beat death and rose again Not long ago, I was lamenting with an older friend of mine about the aches and pains that go along with this thing called aging. Near the end of this animated conversation, he laughingly said that these pains may be a nuisance, but they beat the heck out of dying, because we… (more…)
The following letter was published by Guelph’s student newspaper, The Ontarion, on Feb. 7, 2013 Dear Editor: Re: Sugar Coated Relationships, January 31, 2013 I was appalled to hear of a university professor here in Guelph pushing the notion that prostitution for students is no big deal. She argues that giving sex for money has existed, “throughout the history of… (more…)
Will Christians defend the Jews? Even as a young boy I read avidly. Born shortly after the Second World War, by the time of my early teens, I found plenty of articles and stories about the war years. And so I became aware at an early age of the appalling holocaust of the Jews at the hands of the Nazi… (more…)
For many people Christmas is perceived as a bother and a chore. To be sure we once lived in a country that was overtly Christian but now we are all heavily secularized. I suspect that many who will read this column do not see the lustre in the Christmas story even if they once did. Perhaps for a majority, the… (more…)
Because of its popularity this is my second post on Fifty Shades. This fuller article was published today. See link below. British writer E. L. James’s erotic home run is flying off the shelves. In the United States alone, almost 20 million copies of the 1,594 page trilogy have been sold. The book has held the top three spots on… (more…)
British writer E. L. James erotic home run is flying off the shelves. In the United States alone almost twenty million copies of the 1594 page trilogy have been sold. The book has held the top three spots on USA Today’s bestselling books list for nine weeks. Not a few people have asked the question, “Why are women by the… (more…)
Yes, it’s unbelievable, but the alleged killer/cannibal, Luka Magnotta, has his own fans on Facebook. At least he did until the service shut down some 1400 fans because it was deemed inappropriate. Apparently the fans consisted mostly of teenage girls as well as some older women. The following is a quote from an ABC news article. “I like EVERYTHING about… (more…)
For the last while I’ve been writing on the important topic of repentance. Sometimes I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness crying out about the virtual loss of this crucial doctrine. How important is it? Quite simply there is no true following of Christ without it. Indeed I think there is no true conversion unless the one who… (more…)