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Life in a Mining Town — Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys (made into the 1999 movie, October Sky) and the Coalwood Series, offers a personal insight into what it was like to grow up in a West Virginia coal miner's family in Coaltown, WV: My mother hated the mine. She saw ...

January 9, 2006

Stem Cell Fraud — The Personal Toll

This article from The Los Angeles Times speaks for itself: The boy who became known as "Donor 2" was propped up in a wheelchair when a team of esteemed scientists strolled into his hospital room nearly three years ago.  The boy, 9-year-old Kim Hyeon ...

January 9, 2006

Enough is Enough — A UCC Church Pulls Out

A United Church of Christ congregation has voted to leave the denomination over the issue of homosexuality. Suffolk Christian Church in Virginia decided to leave the denomination after the UCC adopted policies favoring the ordination of practicing ho ...

January 6, 2006

More Than 18,000 Attend Passion ’06 in Nashville

"I believe the entire universe exists to display the greatness of the glory of God's grace. And that grace shines most brightly in the suffering of God's Son," said Dr. John Piper, addressing over 18,000 students attending the Passion '06 event that ...

January 6, 2006

Are Computers the Problem or the Solution?

David Gelernter is no Luddite. Indeed, he is a professor of computer science at Yale University. According to his biographical statement at Yale's Web site, his current interests include "information management, parallel programming, software ensem ...

January 5, 2006

Cooperation in the Church — An Interview

Just how should Christians make decisions about cooperation with other churches, denominations, and Christian groups? That is the question taken up in an interview just released by 9Marks Ministries. "Cooperation in the Church" features an intervie ...

January 5, 2006

Mourning in West Virginia — A Reflection

"It's a miracle," said Loretta Ables, who said her fiancé, Fred Ware, was among the survivors. "Everyone was telling us they were probably dead."  Sadly, they were.  After a night that saw elation turn to sorrow, we now know that only one miner survi ...

January 4, 2006

Civilization Crumbles — Who Can Deny?

Don't even ask me how I came across this, but I just had to pass it on. Here is conclusive proof that civilization is crumbling all around us -- in the form of an article on the "hidden genius" of The Dukes of Hazzard. The article points to the cult ...

January 4, 2006

A Case to Watch — Another Challenge to Christian Schools

A Lutheran high school in Riverside, California is being sued for discrimination after expelling two students suspected of lesbianism. The case is a bit convoluted, but the arguments put forth by the attorney representing the girls and their parents ...

January 3, 2006

Are Newspapers Doomed?

Joseph Epstein, one of my favorite literary essayists, offers a fascinating look at the decline of daily newspapers in "Are Newspapers Doomed?," published in the current issue of Commentary. A sampling: Much cogitation has been devoted to the questio ...

January 3, 2006