Pseudo-Occult Phenomena and Christian Gullibility
“There’s a sucker born every minute…” P.T. Barnum
I remember my first exposure to “magic” when I was a young child, watching a television performer pull a rabbit out of a hat. The “magician” then did all of the other standard tricks which to be honest, are a bit lame in these …

Thomas Malthus and His Enduring Legacy1
Have you ever heard of Thomas Malthus? Maybe not, given the state of modern American education; but a case can be made that he is one of the most influential men in YOUR life today, whether you realize it or not.
Malthus was a late 18th century cleric, demographer and economist …

With the horrendous bombing of the Federal office building in Oklahoma City, the news media has brought citizens’ militia into the lime light. Most American Christians had little or no knowledge of citizen’s militias before then. However, the Federal government needed someone to blame and “domestic” terrorism …

Some Preliminary Considerations
Introduction
The dominant worldview for the past 100 years in the West has been evolutionary materialism. Though discussed in different ways, the fundamental assumption of the academic world since 1880 has been that the universe consists only of what we can detect with our senses. The material universe is …

Recently, the nation has been struck by a number of senseless murders by psychotic individuals shooting fellow students, co-workers, or in one horrible case, little children in a day care center. And predictably, the anti-gun fanatics, who will never be satisfied until all private ownership of firearms are outlawed, are screaming …

Reformed believers have never liked Christmas. The Regulative Principle states that what God has not commanded in worship, is forbidden; since there is no command to celebrate Christmas, many Reformed folks think Christians shouldn’t either. The more historically minded will cite the Puritans and Presbyterians who denounced Christmas and banned it when they could. Some …

Economics before the Fall
Economics is inherently and implicitly a part of God’s plan for dominion. Even if the Fall had not occurred there still would have been some sort of economic system. Time and energy are limited for we are finite creatures. Therefore, even in a perfect world, where men did not …

The increasing paganization of America has led to an epidemic of violence as rebellious men act consistently with their godless natures. Our legal system, once based on Biblical principles has now become thoroughly humanistic and no longer acts as a deterrent against crime. Americans are rightly fearful of becoming the victims …