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Baptist Press Censorship
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Baptist Press Censorship

I have obtained copy of an article on Texas H.B. 896 that was suppressed by the Baptist Press. Its suppression is odd for two reasons: 1) it is an article that would have helped bring attention to the only bill in American history to make it to a committee hearing that would have ENDED abortion...

Jeff Leach’s Pro-Life Revolution in Texas
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Jeff Leach’s Pro-Life Revolution in Texas

In 1773 Benjamin Franklin wrote Rules By Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One. It is a satirical piece in which Franklin took the actions of England and applied them like a Babylon Bee-esque DIY in order to mock their political stupidity. Do what you are already doing, Franklin said, and...

Uber & Planned Parenthood: RU-48-Real?
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Uber & Planned Parenthood: RU-48-Real?

The news in the ongoing fight over abortion has taken a strange turn in New York State. On a Reddit account about a month ago, an anonymous user who goes by the name Claire Montgomery and claims to be a sophomore at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) claims that an Uber driver refused to take her...

Someone Save Chris Pine from Wrinkle!
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Someone Save Chris Pine from Wrinkle!

I first read a Scholastic edition of A Wrinkle in Time around 1980 when I was probably about nine or ten years old. It may have been the first science fiction title I read. I remember reading Wrinkle into the wee hours, imagining an evil-driven dystopian society on Camazotz where Dr. Murry was imprisoned for...

Dunkirk: An Exercise in Missing the Point
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Dunkirk: An Exercise in Missing the Point

Editorial Note: The digital download of Dunkirk releases today and the DVD releases next week. This is Pastor Steve Sanchez’s original review from his blog, Stone the Preacher. —————————————————————————————————————- I recently saw the excellent film Dunkirk yet was saddened when I learned the filmmakers got everything right except for the true hero of the story....

Freaks and Errors: A Review
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Freaks and Errors: A Review

Freaks & Errors Mutiny Motion Pictures Director: Mark Cwiakala Executive Producers: Jonathan Singer, Charles Cwiakala, Teresa Cwiakala, Stanislawa Zak. Edited by Alex Cheng Run time: 1:35:15 Available on Vimeo. Rental, $5.00. Download, $9.95. Over the last couple of years my sons and I have been collecting stamps. Several accumulations came into our book store and...

Thank the Universe and an Asparagus
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Thank the Universe and an Asparagus

Note from the editor: With this article we are pleased as punch to introduce to you the writing of Pastor Steve Sanchez. He is a good friend of mine and is a gifted writer. –Jon Speed ——————————————————————————————————————- THE WORST THANKSGIVING SERVICE I ever saw advertised was from a church in Dripping Springs, TX that had...