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Relax, over the weekend President Obama addressed the mass surveillance of U.S citizens that we learned of last week and assured us, “Nobody is listening in on your phone calls.” He should have added, “Not yet.” I won’t retell what very media outlet revealed all week. The government has been harassing Christian and conservative organizations …

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The 40+ crowd remembers him well, the serial killer that terrorized California in the mid-80s – Richard Ramirez, the so-called “night stalker.” (The name came from a Rolling Stones’ song that described a nighttime marauder, much like Ramirez.) He started by murdering a pair of sisters in the San Gabriel Valley area. Those who survived …

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Yesterday I reported on the Clergy Project, a web site dedicated to pastors who are phonies in the pulpit, preaching the gospel but privately acting as atheists. The march toward greater visibility for unbelief in our society has taken another step with the plan to establish a 1-800 hotline for those questioning their faith. It’s …

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For more than 200 years it has been standard fare for Congress and various state legislatures to begin their sessions with an opening prayer. Invoking the guidance of God in affairs of government is an idea fostered by our founding fathers. In recent years we’ve seen that tradition muddied by in the inclusion of non-Judeo-Christian …

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On the Clergy Project web site one atheist on the pastoral staff of an evangelical church says, “I live out my life as if there is no God.” Teresa MacBain, raised Southern Baptist by a preacher father and herself a former Methodist minister, declares that she still “ministers” to people because she “cares about them. …

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 What exactly is an exorcism? That question needs answering, since Father Gabrielle Amorth, top exorcist in the Catholic Church, recently claimed to have cast out over 160,000 demons while performing more than 80,000 exorcisms. When I’ve been asked by the press how many exorcisms I’ve done, my answer is “nearly 20,000 documented cases.” Obviously, Fr. …

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It’s official. What you’ve suspected by personal observation is now confirmed by statistics. Unmarried couples are living together longer, and more of them are having children. All of this brings a powerful, evil curse on the couples and our nation. More on that in a moment. Nearly half of women in the 15-44 age group …

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A week ago Sunday, Pope Francis was reported as having performed an exorcism in St. Peter’s after celebrating mass. Word traveled quickly, along with photos of the Pontiff laying his hands on the head of the man who was struggling and grimacing. The unidentified man fought the Pope’s gesture, and then slumped in his wheelchair. …

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Last week David Gonzales had a chance at more than $2 million. He ended up with $127,000, still a good amount but almost 90% short of what he could have had. It all came down to greed. Gonzales wasn’t a Powerball winner walking away with a ticket from his local 7-Eleven store. Gonzales was renovating …

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I admit it. I am not a fan of mixed martial arts, MMA for short. The scene of two thugs, more brawn than brain, in a wire cage pounding each other bloody has a gladiatorial feel to it. If you’ve never seen MMA, the slugfest allows punching, wrestling, kicking, both standing and on the mat. …

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