Opinion

Podcast with Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt Topic: Christianity and the Military Today. Historically in America, the military in its various branches, has been friendly to Christianity. For example, before we even became a country, Commander-in-Chief George Washington insisted on chaplains for the military. But in recent times, especially after the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t […]

A recent visit to a museum of modern art got me thinking about how much of it is meaningless. Ecclesiastes begins with these famous words: “Vanity of vanities…All is vanity.” All is meaningless. As a book in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is a terrific precursor to the Gospel of Christ. It shows us how life apart […]

As the debate over abortion rages, with the Supreme Court poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 pro-abortion ruling, I find myself wondering: How can anybody claim that God is in favor of abortion? But some do. Or how can they claim that the issue is important, but not really that important? Francis X. Rocca wrote […]

First, they came for the George Washington mural in a school in San Francisco—because our first president had been a slaveowner.  Later they came for his name on the same school, and as of last count, the name survived. Then, they came for the statues of the father of our country during the summer of […]

How well do we understand the flags that were developed during America’s War for Independence, including the Betsy Ross flag. Some of the flags had Christian overtones—particularly, the flag George Washington had hanging on the masts of six schooners to aid in battle. This flag was called “An Appeal to Heaven.” Dr. Peter Lillback is […]