by Matthew French | Aug 4, 2022 | Politics, Theology
Every now and again an article will pop up on some mainstream media company’s website which makes for some interesting reading (even if the proposed solution to whatever problem is almost always wrong). On August 1st, just such an article rose to the surface within...
by Ben Moore | Jul 14, 2022 | Economics, Law, Money, Politics
The Federal Minimum Wage (FMW) is usually not thought of as a mechanism that oppresses the poor. Taking its intended purpose at face value (i.e. help low-skilled workers earn more income) would lead us to think the exact opposite. But that is exactly what the minimum...
by Manuel Garcia | Jul 1, 2022 | Politics
Introduction The historical context of Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists is well-documented. This wasn’t a hastily-cribbed response by a busy President who saw this as a minor communication from/to a small group of fringe religionists...
by Jason Garwood | May 16, 2022 | Ethics, Law, Politics, Theology
War will never be given the adjective “beautiful” because the very nature of war is one of death and destruction. You won’t find a commander describing the advancement of his army towards the enemy as being the same thing as watching a sunset over the watery horizon....
by Jason Garwood | May 16, 2021 | Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Ethics, Law, Politics, Theology
“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.” (Romans 1:27 KJV) Given the fact that we...
by Jason Garwood | May 10, 2021 | Ecclesiology, Ethics, Law, Politics, Theology
One thing the Church is good at is lobbing water balloons over the trenches during battle (thinking that somehow we are doing something helpful), all the while the enemy’s .50 cal is mowing us down. Worse yet, many stand back thinking that they shouldn’t...
