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  Oct 30, 2026

  Why couldn’t Jesus tell His disciples everything?

  During His earthly ministry, Jesus was limited in what He could teach by the spiritual limitations of His disciples. Pentecost changed that, and it should change how we read the Bible.

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  Oct 26, 2026

  James Talarico and the Bible’s silence on abortion, take 2

  James Talarico says Jesus never talked about abortion, and technically he’s right. But if you want to know whether the Bible affirms the sanctity of unborn life, the answer is clear.

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  Oct 23, 2026

  Obama is wrong to call Jews ‘excessive.’ Elisha Wiesel sets him straight

  Former President Barack Obama told a Belfast audience that the Jews “took land off people” and were “excessive.” Elisha Wiesel is right to call those words dangerous, and Christians should say so too.

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  Oct 19, 2026

  Boo! Haunted houses aren’t real, but …

  Most paranormal shows are fraud, delusion or pure entertainment. But some encounters are genuine, and the real danger isn’t meeting something we can’t explain. It’s confronting something we can’t properly discern until it’s too late.

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  Oct 16, 2026

  Nidal Hasan’s execution: What ‘public’ should mean for Christians

  Please allow me to be crystal clear: I support the death penalty. … Such ‘public’ or livestreamed executions make a spectacle of the event. I believe that cheapens and coarsens the public’s view of human life.

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  Oct 12, 2026

  What we learn from the scary Jesus of Revelation

  In Revelation 2 and 3, the gentle and lowly Jesus speaks to seven churches with both praise and severe warning. He knows their works, their compromises and what they can’t see about themselves. He knows ours, too.

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  Oct 9, 2026

  Should Christian parents pull their kids out of public school?

  I believe Christian parents make a terrible mistake when they turn their children over to the state for education for the majority of their formative years.

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  Oct 6, 2026

  Why are Christians leaving for Islam?

  When Christians leave the faith for Islam, it's tempting to say they were never truly believers. A former Muslim argues that this response lets the Church off the hook, and that real renewal starts with repentance inside the Church, not with political battles outside it.

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  Oct 5, 2026

  A checklist for presenting your 5th gospel

  When it comes to turn-offs to Christianity, nothing's bigger than you and me. Push past the problem of evil, and you'll almost always find that people who reject Christ don't so much reject Him as they reject us.

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  Oct 2, 2026

  Hyde Amendment at 50: The law that may have saved millions

  Henry Hyde told me personally that he considered passing the Hyde Amendment his greatest achievement as a legislator. I agree with him.