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Christians May be Decreasing in Number in America, But Not Because of any ‘War’

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December 30, 2015July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Jay Michaelson, in The Daily Beast, proclaimed on Christmas Day that there is a decrease in the numbers and influence of Christians in America, but that the “war” on Christianity is a myth.  I’m not sure the war on Christianity […]

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More on the Whole ‘Judeo-Christian’ Meme

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December 2, 2015July 6, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In my post four years ago, “9/11, Ten Years Later” I talked a little bit about the concept of ‘Judeo-Christian’.  I’d like to expand on it.  As my source says, the meme ‘Judeo-Christian’ originated in the United States after World War […]

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What Really Happened to Poetry and Classical Music?

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November 30, 2015June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In recent years one would get the impression that both poetry and classical music have declined in popularity except in rather esoteric “hip” circles; at least the newer kinds of poetry and classical music being written are not, for the […]

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Camel Driver to Taxi Drivers

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November 30, 2015July 6, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The Prophet Muhammad started out as a camel driver, and apparently varieties of the name are now the most common first name for taxi drivers in New York City.

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Does Jesus Oppose the Death Penalty?

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October 25, 2015July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

For some reason it is hard for people, including even most evangelicals, to imagine Jesus supporting a death penalty for any sort of crime.  On the other hand, if He claimed to be God the Son, “I and the Father […]

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The Irrational Jacket

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September 18, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There has been a spate of articles recently about the strength of air conditioning in offices and the fact that women are often freezing in temperatures that men are barely comfortable in.  Even before you take into account the differing wardrobes, […]

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Heterosexual Cohabitation and The Church – After Obergefell

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September 7, 2015July 23, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The historic church, evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox, has taken a dim view of ‘cohabitation,’ which used to be called ‘shacking up’ or ‘living in sin.’ The faithful churches in fact generally try to deny the Sacrament to those in cohabitation. […]

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Why I Am Not a ‘Caucasian’

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July 27, 2015July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The term “Caucasian” for so-called white people, in reality people of Old World ancestry who are not Negroid or East Asian in appearance, comes from bizarre 19th century racial theories.  It in fact was coined by the German Christoph Meiners […]

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‘Christian Colleges’ for The Heathen?

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July 18, 2015August 21, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There has been plenty of publicity about “political correctness” on campus and on the extreme sensitivity of today’s generation to “microaggressions”.  I posted “Freedom From Speech” not long ago, getting that title from Greg Lukianoff’s book of that name.  I modestly […]

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Some Things People Can’t See or Understand Anymore

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July 14, 2015July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In my last post I wrote about how the secular mind can no longer understand the difference between ‘forgiveness’ and ‘tolerance-acceptance-inclusion’.  Things like this are not a surprise; in 1Corinthians 2:14, Paul informs us that “The natural person does not […]

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