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Our government is considering allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military by rescinding Bill Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which allows homosexuals to serve in the military as long as their sexual behavior is kept secret. But General John Sheehan testified before congress and revealed an important lesson which illustrates why this would be foolhardy. Read more »

Contrary to twentieth-century economist Milton Friedman, who said the purpose of business is to “maximize financial profits for shareholders,” the Christian business should work in partnership with God to sustain creation, promote the kingdom and its virtues, and repair what sin has broken. Business is one of those loving structures provided by God in which we can join together, working with God, to accomplish these ends. Read more »

When the church, according to Jesus, is living in visible relationship with each other, it is then that the world will know that God the Father has sent the Son. Is this not the desire of every faithful, gospel-centered Christian? Jesus is clearly saying that our visible unity—our relationship to one another—is essential to showing the world that there is a God and He has sent His Son. Read more »

Where our culture used to see a defect in character, we now see a psychological/mental/behavioral disorder. What was once a symptom of a disordered soul is now a symptom of a medical and/or psychological condition, to be diagnosed and treated by trained professionals, on leather couches in quiet offices, or – if your particular psychological affliction is interesting enough – maybe even on the reality TV program of your choice. Read more »

Most Americans claim belief in God but many are living as “Christian atheists,” according to some pastors. “We believe in Jesus enough to get us out of hell but not actually enough to change the way we live.” Read more »

My family and I recently saw The Blind Side, the surprise blockbuster movie that tells the remarkable story of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher. Michael’s story is a true-life tale of nearly hopeless beginnings, the generous love of neighbor, and redemption; it is a powerful representation of the gospel of the kingdom. Read more »

I have seen the new face of America, and it is troubling. According to an expansive study by the Pew Research Center, the Millennial generation is the so-called “new face of America.” This study raises some provocative questions about this up-and-coming generation and what it bodes for the future of our nation Read more »

External factors are only symptoms and not the causes of evil engineering. Uncivility in people, as well, is just a symptom of a deeper problem. The causes have to do with spiritual depravity and degeneration in those who turn away from God, and those who never seek to know Him in the first place. Read more »

By the time social issues manifest themselves in the realm of politics, it’s too late—by then you’re fighting from a deficit. The ideas that produced these political points of conflict began long before and the process of affecting real change occurs over a generation or more, not one political term. Read more »

The best of the best at Dakota Voice last week, including: Live Free…Or Die;Attempt to Repeal SD Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ban Involves More Deception; Climate Scientist Warns of ‘ClimateGate USA’; Amazon Conned: More Egg on the IPCC’s Face; Justice Alito: ‘Not True’ To Obama’s Anti-First Amendment Spin; Head of NASA’s Goddard Institute Supports End of Industrial Civilization; Christian Apologists: Gospel of Oprah is Bad Advice; South Dakota Joins the Firearms Freedom Movement; and more! Read more »

The purpose of the Kingdom Project™ is to help Christian business leaders leverage their business as a redemptive instrument that transforms the culture and gives evidence of God’s in-breaking reign. If you are a business owner or executive who desires to deepen your vocational calling and purpose by seeking to serve the kingdom, you should consider applying for this no-cost, no-commitment opportunity. Read more »

McDowell and Sterrett spoke to The Christian Post on Friday before going on stage to discuss their new book, ”O” God: A Dialogue on Truth and Oprah’s Spirituality. The following are excerpts from the interview. Read more »

The specific goal of the Kingdom Project™ is to help Christian business/institutional leaders discover how their vocational gifts and their enterprises can tangibly advance the kingdom of God. Why the emphasis on business? Because it is one of the most influential contributors to our culture. Read more »

Have you (as a patriotic, freedom-loving American) ever wondered how Americans could elect corrupt leaders who make it fairly obvious even in their campaigns and through their records that they don’t understand or don’t care about the U.S. Constitution? There is a one-word explanation: ignorance. Read more »

In our modern culture which is spiraling downward into decay, the “salt and light” of genuine Christianity could really make a difference. Unfortunately too many people are led astray and anesthetized by “bait and switch Christianity.” Read more »

How did we reach the place of a secularist, anti-Christian culture in America? This ground has not been taken by secularism but rather given as a result of the cultural vacuum created by an impotent and apathetic Church. Read more »

Christmas 2009 and our nation is still at war. Afghanistan? Iraq? Yes, of course. But the war’s front is here at home. The war we are having with ourselves. Read more »

When I was a child in the 1950s, the magic of Christmas was promoted in the schools. Fast forward a mere 50 years, and Christmas is being eradicated. In fact, there is a phobia about Christmas, and it’s all because of those first six letters, C-H-R-I-S-T. Read more »

Evidence demonstrates that “once a society’s basic needs—food, shelter, employment—are satisfied, the accumulation of greater and greater wealth does not generate greater collective or personal happiness over the long run.” This is known as the Easterlin Paradox. Read more »

Leaders and members of mainline denominations are being called to add their signatures to the Manhattan Declaration and stand for the “sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage and the rights of conscience and religious liberty.” Read more »

It may be easy to dismiss the value of digital relationships but that is where many people are in the digital age and if Christians are committed to the command of Jesus to go and make disciples, then they need to be there too. That was the message that emerged at the Evangelical Alliance’s Digimission conference on Tuesday. Read more »