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The Nanny State and the Church

By Paul Oyler / March 5, 2009 /

Great exchange is going on between Bradford Wilcox and Mark Galli on the effect othat nanny state socialism, the kind Comrade Obama seems to be pushing us toward, has on the church. Here’s Wilcox’s original article: More Government, Less God Galli’s rejoinder: Will Obama’s Vision Sabotage Religion? And Wilcox’s reply to Galli: Part II From…

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It Ain't About the Prostate Clinic

By Paul Oyler / January 6, 2009 /

Yes, yes, yes, a million times, YES! Read this article. Read it now. Why Are There Never Enough Parking Spaces at the Prostate Clinic? An excerpt, to whet the appetite of discerning individuals, and to turn off readers who’d rather find out who’s left on Survivor: As the Left lost itself in a morass of…

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Church Discipline in the News

By Paul Oyler / December 26, 2008 /

By now you’ve no doubt heard of the case of Rebecca Hancock, the Florida woman whose determination to live in a sexually-immoral relationship has caused her Jacksonville church to exercise church discipline in her case. For some reason that honestly escapes me, this has become national news; not only did Fox News do a story…

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Ready for the Reproach of Christ?

By Paul Oyler / December 21, 2008 /

Carl Trueman has an excellent post, well-worth the read, on the choice that may be facing us as evangelicals with regard to the rapid advance of the homosexual movement: Goodbye, Larry King; Hello, Jerry Springer In a day in which we can expect a continued rush to surrender on the part of the mainline churches…

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"The Cross? Like, Whatever…"

By Paul Oyler / November 11, 2008 /

That’s apparently the attitude of 83% of “mainline Protestants”–over 4 in 5 believe that there’s nothing all that special about the Jesus Whom they claim to love and serve. “Christopher Scott, a member of (St. John’s Episcopal Church, New York City): “I don’t think there’s any doubt that that’s possible. … Anyone can find their…

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