When I first met the late Ken Campbell (he went to be with the Lord and with his beloved wife, Norma, August 28) he was persona non grata with many evangelical Christians.
I've never been a big fan of Ann Coulter. I've always found her public statements aggressive and deliberately abrasive. But I'm reading her newest book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism with great relish… sometimes accompanied by uncontrollable bursts of laughter.
Yesterday I was contacted-once by phone and once by e-mail-by two Canadian Christians whose separate statements, taken together, may reveal the core reason why the church is unable to influence public policy: many times we'd rather be 'nice' than risk doing the right thing.
At their joint news conference July 28, President Bush and Prime Minister Blair told reporters-who in effect had asked “Why don’t you just give up and let the terrorists in Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Palestine have what they want?”—that it’s important to take a wider, more comprehensive view...
A Toronto Sun news report says that “Censored documents obtained through Access to Information show that multiple-wife marriages have in fact already been given limited legal recognition by the federal government for the purpose of enforcing payments for spousal support and inheritance.“
In the wooded hills of Montana, Idaho and Alabama, groups of self-styled “militias”—some of which use names like “Aryan” and/or “Christian”—train with weapons and explosives.
There is an appalling cynicism about Prime Minister Harper's announcement that MPs will be asked this fall to decide whether they want to re-open debate on the definition of marriage.