Newspaper Editor Wrong, Ex-gays Do Exist

May 25, 2004 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

Ex-gay. Does that term bother you? Are you skeptical that some people can change from gay to straight? A tremendous diversity of opinion exists about the topic and we often hear about such matters in the news. However, you may … Read more>

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Too Many Hummingbirds, Too Few Eagles

May 19, 2004 | by | Topic: The Battle for the Mind

One day religious scribes were questioning Jesus and one of them asked Him which is the greatest of all the commandments.  The man who Christians believe is the Messiah responded to his inquisitor:

“The first of all the commandments is,… Read more>

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The National Mental Health Assocition Rejects Ex-gays

May 18, 2004 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

In the alphabet soup that makes up the Washington, DC political lobbying scene, one of the more respected acronyms is NMHA. The National Mental Health Association has been around since 1950 and has been instrumental in advocating for the needs … Read more>

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Pornographic Scholarship and the War on Terror

May 13, 2004 | by | Topic: The Global Challenge

At the 1991 annual convention of the American Popular Cultural Association, an event best described as “the Gong Show of American Academia,” I presented a paper on the air war in Vietnam. On the panel before ours, a professor from … Read more>

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Stay Out of the Draft

May 5, 2004 | by | Topic: The American Story

After the Vietnam War, when the draft was history, Army Chief of Staff General Creighton Abrams redesigned the all volunteer Army so it would never again be sent to war without the support of the American people. To that end, … Read more>

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A Mom Who Made a President

May 5, 2004 | by | Topic: The DNA of Greatness

While being a mother has never been easy, the task today is particularly daunting. My wife, who is the mother of my 8-year-old and 6-year-old sons and 2-year-old daughter, learned a few months ago that she couldn’t even let her … Read more>

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Bill O’Reilly in the Spin Zone

May 4, 2004 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

Bill O’Reilly, host of the O’Reilly Factor show on Fox Network, describes his show as the “no spin zone.” Guests on the show don’t get much slack to slant their cause or issue in the most favorable light. Most of … Read more>

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Beware the Serpent’s Promises

May 3, 2004 | by | Topic: The American Story

I teach courses in humanities and military history at Grove City College, an “enthusiastically Christian” college in rural northwestern Pennsylvania. This morning I concluded my Humanities 302 course with the Home Box Office movie “Conspiracy” which depicts a conference held … Read more>

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