Forgive me if I’m late to the party, but I just became aware of a Christian preacher named James Murray who leads a congregation in Australia called Abide Church. A peripheral scan of their webpage indicates the church has multiple campuses, but again I know next to nothing about it.
What I do know is that a clip Murray just posted to his Instagram account is one that resonated with me, and is a message Christians the world over need to hear.… Continue Reading
In 2016, I was adamantly opposed to President Trump. When he spoke at events I attended, I did not applaud. When others stood in line to take pictures with him, I refused to do the same. I was indignant, self-righteous and smug when I was with peers who supported him.
When a small cadre of Catholic and evangelical “thought leaders” and I were invited to meet with him to present our concerns, I was curt and blunt.… Continue Reading
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | February 18, 2025 6:31 AM | Comments Off on Time For ‘Never Trumpers’ to Admit They Were Wrong About Donald Trump
Imagine working at a large company like Exxon Mobil and being told that an audit was underway. Managers would be busy justifying spending and personnel and how they were enabling the company to prosper.
If the auditor found that someone had deliberately hidden or misclassified expenditures for personal gain or ideological reasons, company lawyers would not call it merely “waste” or “mismanagement.”
They would call it “theft” or perhaps “embezzlement,” and they would call the authorities.… Continue Reading
U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-Oakland) refused to kowtow to the trans mafia last week when she correctly identified freshman U.S. Representative “Sarah” McBride (D-DE) as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride,” before McBride’s first speech on the U.S. House floor on February 6, 2025. Left-wing outrage and name-calling soon ensued.
Miller’s truthful introduction on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives sparked a significant reaction, as McBride is the first openly transgender member of U.S.… Continue Reading
There was a time that little Wheaton College, located in a sleepy town just 30 miles west of Chicago, Illinois, had a dynamic reputation for excellence in Christian scholarship. While I can’t fairly speak to whether the scholarship remains, the administration of the small liberal arts school signaled to the world last Saturday that the “Christian conviction” part may be negotiable.
Wheaton College got shredded over the weekend for backstabbing a former student who was appointed to the Trump adminhttps://t.co/4xcGiTOHW6
The lesson of President Trump’s executive orders, effectively declaring an end to the lunacy of the transgender movement, is this: Americans are tired of the insults, and we will no longer parrot the LGBTQ lies.
Why do nearly 80% of Americans applaud Mr. Trump’s declaration that in the United States, there are, henceforth, only two genders? Why are equal numbers celebrating the end of men participating in women’s sports?
“The war on women’s sports is over!” ~President Donald J. Trump~
On February 5, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which aims to prohibit confused men and boys from competing in female sports categories in schools or organizations receiving Title IX federal funds.
Beyond schools, this policy influences broader sports governance, with directives to the NCAA to align its policies.… Continue Reading
Should we allow people in the United States to say hateful things? Absolutely — that is the essence of America. We cannot start down the slippery slope of punishing people for their beliefs, as we saw under the Biden administration with the treatment of January 6 defendants.
Does that mean we should admit foreigners who hold pro-terrorist beliefs and spread them on social media? Absolutely not! Freedom of speech is a right, but no foreigner has an affirmative right to immigrate.… Continue Reading
For the past two weeks, adulation over Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s scolding of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance has become all the rage for liberal church leaders across the United States and, indeed, around the world.
Here’s just a sampling of what the “Church of Never Trump” has had to say.
The Free Methodist Church Board of Bishops issued an emergency statement echoing the words of Bishop Budde and expressing “deep concern for the very real pain” that members of their community are experiencing.… Continue Reading
Republican legislators have been in the minority in the Illinois House of Representatives since 1982, except for a brief period of Republican control from 1995 to 1997.… Continue Reading
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | 
February 20, 2025 7:00 AM | 
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