In 2020, China passed a law requiring married couples to participate in a 30-day “cooling-off” period before being allowed to file for divorce. Just before the law came into effect …
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Tertullian’s Prayer
“We pray for all the emperors, that God may grant them long life, a secure government, a prosperous family, vigorous troops, a faithful senate, an obedient people; that the whole …
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Alexis de Tocqueville on Government
“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”
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Down with the Declaration
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty …
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A tourist browsing a curio shop in New York noticed a very lifelike, bronze statue of a rat. It didn’t have a price tag, but the man was intrigued enough …
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Heroin “Fix”
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Cory Monteith. River Phoenix. They all share at least two things in common: they were highly-paid actors…and they died from an overdose of heroin. Now, lawmakers are …
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Politics, Problems, Polls, and People
We’re in the midst of another crazy political season…which is the perfect time to share some of history’s greatest thoughts on politicians and their practices. Here are the Top 10 …
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John Calvins Town
As Americans, we’re sometimes confused – or shocked – by laws from other countries. Foreign cultures may prohibit what clothes can be worn, who can vote, who can marry, and …
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Love Jesus…Or Else!
Theodosius had a plan. He wanted all the people of his empire to worship the one true God revealed in the Bible. A noble endeavor, for sure. But there was …
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Kenneth Kaunda (President of Zambia) on Preaching
“What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.”