Has The “Spirit” of Christmas Left Us? Reflections On The America That Once Was
- By W.H. Lamb
Old Ebenezer Scrooge would have loved the ACLU (‘Anti-Christian Liberties Union’) in his really bad days when he was the “Grinch” who hated Christmas. At this time of year, especially, the communist-oriented ACLU is burning the midnight oil in its unceasing struggle to “protect” us from reminders of just Who is “the reason for the season”. Columnist Cal Thomas once quipped, “The ACLU and other groups are performing their annual ritual of keeping the public square (including the ‘public’ schools) clean of any mention of Jesus Christ, unless that mention is intended as a curse word. In such a case, the ACLU will leap to the defense.” It wasn’t always this way in America. Not by a long shot. But the curse of Marxist mischief and leftist gov-think has changed our nation slowly into one wherein the Word of God is only barely tolerated! For how much longer is anyone’s guess.
The Court v. Christianity, the Constitution, and the Culture
- By Eagle Forum
A Flagship Study from the Blackstonian Leadership and Moot Court Team
The ultimate mission of this study is to demonstrate the superiority of the Judeo-Christian (“Blackstonian”) worldview as opposed to the Humanistic worldview. We examine the complex interaction of judicial decisions, Christianity, the Constitution, and the culture. The module reflects the liberal arts, Trivium model; our approach is Biblically-based, culture-confronting, worldview-structured, and multi-disciplinary.
Christmas Is About Sacrifice
- By Oliver North
We look forward to Christmas because it means a break from the normal routine of life that can be stressful. It's a time for families, friends and fellowship. It's festive and, when in the right perspective, joyous.
However, tens of thousands of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines won't be home for Christmas celebrations. Instead, they will be doing the sacrificial duty of honor, protecting the rest of us and the freedom America offers.
This has been the case for our military from the beginning. After early defeats at the hands of British troops opening the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington chose Christmas Day 1776 to surreptitiously cross the frigid Delaware River in hopes of catching the mercenary Hessians off guard. The dangerous, frigid ploy was successful and started turning the tide of the war within the colonial ranks and against their adversaries.
Joe Biden Wants Fossil Fuels To End Immediately
- By Gary Varvel
DOJ Charges 2 More Pro-Life Women With FACE Act Violations
- By Mary Margaret Olohan - The Daily Signal
The Justice Department announced Friday it is charging two more pro-life women with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 31, and Edmee Chavannes, 41, are accused of trying to stop abortions from taking place, thereby violating the FACE Act in what the DOJ described as “a multi-year campaign to interfere with individuals seeking to obtain and provide lawful reproductive health services in New York and in several other states.”
In one instance, according to FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the New York FBI office Michael J. Driscoll, Williams reportedly injured an abortion clinic employee while attempting to block abortions from taking place in the building.
Study Shows NGU's Annual Economic Impact Exceeds $100 Million
- By Billy Cannada - NGU
A new economic study shows North Greenville University is making a total impact of $101,851,206 on the region’s economy in 2022. That impact includes funding of 888 jobs through the institution and its business partners.
The fiscal footprint of the private university, which started in 1892 as a school for children in the Blue Ridge foothills, will generate nearly $14.6 million in tax revenue for the year.
Those findings are part of a 2022 economic impact study completed by Lilly Consulting Group, LLC, in November. The analysis by the Sylva, North Carolina-based firm included multiplied economic impact of five factors: operations expenditures, labor expenditures, student spending, visitor spending, and capital expenditures.
The Southern Invasion
- By Theresa Hubbard, Eagle Forum National Security Issues Chairman
The Biden Administration’s border policy is completely broken, and it appears it has no interest in restoring any type of common-sense law and order. This is nothing short of a dereliction of duty. The Administration and many of our elected leaders, have ignored their constitutional responsibility to protect “We the People,” “ensure domestic tranquility,” and “promote the general welfare” of its citizens. These lawmakers completely disregard our nation’s immigration laws and our safety and security.
Documents Reveal Secret Twitter Portal US Government Used to Censor COVID-19 Content
- By Patricia Tolson - The Epoch Times
New documents reveal how the United States government used a secret Twitter portal to censor COVID-19 content that contradicted the government’s narrative.
In its ongoing probe into Twitter’s censorship practices, America First Legal has obtained a fourth set of documents (pdf) exposing a secret Twitter portal that the Biden administration used to censor social media posts regarding COVID-19 that did not agree with its approved narrative.
Ratio Christi Secures a First Amendment Victory Against University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration
- By Ratio Christi
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Ratio Christi has once again secured a First Amendment victory against another anti-Christian decision from a university administration who discriminated against the Ratio Christi chapter on the campus of University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In 2021, the university denied Ratio Christi's request for $1,500 in student activity funding to bring in a former, decades-long UNL philosophy professor, Robert Audi. Audi was to speak on "Is Belief in God Rational Given the Evils of This World? A Christian Philosopher Responds to the Most Popular Argument Against God." This funding request was denied by UNL on the basis that it could not promote "speakers of a political and ideological nature." The institution told Ratio Christi that the student chapter would have to "provide another spokesperson with a different ideological perspective" to counterbalance Dr. Robert Audi's Christian views if the group were to receive funding.
BJU Students Innovate to Improve Global Health Outcomes
- By Randy Page - BJU
Bob Jones University students enrolled in Global Challenges, a class comprised of students from multiple academic programs who identify an issue and create a real-world solution, have developed an inexpensive device to assess malnutrition in vulnerable children in Ghana, West Africa.
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, Ghanaians experience high rates of malnutrition. This is an acute problem among children under the age of five and can lead to permanently stunted growth and, in some cases, death.
An Historic 34 Star American Flag
- By Tony A. Dunn
Take a HARD Look, “Politics” Now Equates to Survival
- By Kat Stansell - American Policy Center
This is written for all those Americans who still think that politics is a dirty word, and that it is something for somebody else to fix.
Whatever the reasons that politics turns you off – disgust, disinterest, religion, even just busy lives — I’m not listening, because none is valid. Politics is what runs AND RUINS our lives, like it or not. Get a hold of yourself and your neighbors and turn on the upstairs lights, while we still have the ability to do so, literally and figuratively.
Politics now means survival. You want to live? To enjoy the freedoms we once took for granted? Yeah, me, too.
Don't Be Fooled: Workers Still Share in Rising Productivity
- By Veronique de Rugy
For some time now, legislators have been eager to jack up subsidies for workers, whether it's by raising the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), hiking the minimum wage or simply giving out cash benefits. Indeed, Democrats are hoping to achieve one of those goals -- the EITC expansion -- during the lame-duck session. One argument commonly used to justify these policies is that the link connecting worker productivity to wages has been broken for years. Workers, the argument goes, aren't capturing the gains from their rising productivity.
But common sense tells us to be skeptical that this link is broken. In fact, there are plenty of encouraging facts to report.
Title 42 vs Biden's Band Aids
- By Gary Varvel
Celebrate Elon Musk, but Don't Lose Sight of Big Tech's Structural Problems
- By Josh Hammer
The story of Elon Musk's acquisition, transformation and public rehabilitation of Twitter is nothing short of remarkable. Here is that rarest of confluences: A right-leaning (or at least right-sympathetic) mega-billionaire privately acquires a disproportionately influential public company out of genuine public-spiritedness, perhaps even a hint of noblesse oblige, and an earnest commitment to preserving open discourse in our modern digital public square; exposes grievous previous company wrongs for the whole world to see in a dramatic unveiling of the eponymous "Twitter Files"; and makes decisive personnel decisions to toss out core leaders of the wretched and corrupt old regime, and begins to chart a promising new path forward.
WHO's Secret Documents Revealed
- By Catching Fire News
In the most blatant egregious, outrageous, up front in your face move to date, the World Health Organization is attempting to delete any respect for your “dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
These proposed changes to the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations will blow your mind in how blatant they are.
James Roguski joins APC Vice President, Kathleen Marquardt to share how they want to remove your rights and freedoms with the stroke of a pen.
Biden Invites Drag Queen to White House and Dems Move Forward With Liberal Government Funding
- By Tabitha Walter - Eagle Forum
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, especially for Democrats. They are still working through their long wish list of liberal agenda items during the Lame Duck session. The legislation they couldn’t seem to pass before November’s elections are getting a second wind. Even though they present their legislation with a bow, once it’s unwrapped, it’s the gift worse than the proverbial lump of coal.
Despite conservative opposition to the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), both the House and Senate passed the bill. This measure codifies same-sex marriage with little religious liberty protections. H.R. 8404 passed the Senate by a vote of 61-36 with twelve Republicans voting in favor. The House’s vote of 258-169 included thirty-nine Republicans which was eight less than the House’s original vote on the bill. Eagle Forum scored against both votes and denounced the outcome.
Nite Line Guest Line-up for December 26th - 30th, 2022
- By Nite Line Press Release
Nite Line broadcasts live Monday through Friday on WGGS-TV from 8 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The program features local and/or nationally known guests who share their testimonies and talent. Our goal is to be an inspiration to our viewers as well as inform them of Christian and community events in the upstate.
Monday, December 26, 2022: Tonight at 8 p.m. tune in for First Baptist Columbia’s Christmas special. At 9 p.m. tune in for an encore presentation of Nite Line as Pastors Benny Littlejohn and Keith Kelly welcome The Pastorals to perform Christmas music.
House Bill Would Protect Short-term Rentals in SC
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
S.C. municipalities and counties that ban short-term rentals would face the loss of state aid and property taxes under a House bill filed for the second time since last year.
Contacted this week by The Nerve, Rep. Lee Hewitt, R-Georgetown, who is the bill’s main sponsor, said his proposal has “got the attention of a lot of local governments that have reached out to me.”
“Everybody now is trying to come up with some solutions on how we can make this work … in trying to protect people’s property rights and maybe give the cities and counties some teeth in enforcement,” said Hewitt, the broker-in-charge of sales at Garden City Realty.
Under the Radar, the Detransitioner Movement Is Surging
- By Dan Hart - The Washington Stand
With the explosive phenomenon of gender dysphoria continuing to ripple across America’s youth, a related but much less highlighted trend is simultaneously occurring — a movement almost completely ignored by the mainstream media. New studies are now emerging showing that the “detransitioner” movement is far larger than what is commonly acknowledged, with detransition rates nearing 30% in some instances.
The phenomenon of “gender dysphoria” (the condition of being mentally distressed due to a perceived mismatch between one’s gender identity and one’s biological sex) has seen a colossal increase among children in the United States over the last five years. A recent investigation by Reuters found that a minimum of 121,882 minors in the U.S. between the ages of 6-17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria between 2017 and 2021, while admitting that this is probably an “undercount.” In 2021 alone, they tallied 42,167 diagnoses, an almost 70% increase from the previous year.
Did Trump Really Call for the “Termination of the Constitution”?
- By Steve Byas - The New American
Former President Donald Trump’s recent post on his own social media site — Truth Social — has been falsely reported as his having called for the “termination” of the Constitution. If Trump were calling for the termination of our Constitution, then no American who holds to the founding principles of this country, such as limited government, could support him for any public office ever again, much less the office of president of the United States.
But despite the insistence of the mainstream media that Trump posted that he was willing to ditch the Constitution, a closer examination of what Trump actually said paints a much different picture.
Life Legal Battles On for Pro-life Heroes Who Exposed Planned Parenthood's Trade in Baby Body Parts
- By Life Legal Defense Foundation
NAPA, Calif. -- Life Legal filed a petition last week with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case of investigative journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood's harvesting and sale of the body parts of aborted babies.
In 2019, a San Francisco court issued a $2 million judgment against the Center for Medical Progress in connection with CMP videos showing Planned Parenthood executives haggling over the price of organs and other parts of babies killed at PP abortion mills. The judgment included nearly $900,000 in punitive damages for violating federal racketeering (RICO) laws, which were enacted to eliminate organized crime and drug cartels. The RICO claim also allowed Planned Parenthood to be awarded an additional $14 million in attorney fees and costs.
The Biblical Prediction of Uniformitarian Geology
- By Charles Creager, Jr.
2 Peter 3:3-6: 3, “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5, For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6, Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”
Now these verses could at least in part refer to people questioning the Lord coming back because things continue as they always have without any indication of him coming back, but it is also interesting that the description of “all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” is also a perfect fit to the philosophy behind uniformitarian geology, that the process is we observe going on the earth today are the same forces that produced everything we see on the earth. Furthermore, there is a direct connection to this idea of being responsible for people willingly dismissing both creation and the flood. It literally nails the central idea of uniformitarian geology on the head.
Upstate Veterans Put Post and Museum in the Christmas Spirit
- By Tony A. Dunn
Christmas has come to The American Legion Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Post 214 located at 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors, S.C. with a beautifully decorated veterans' Christmas Tree. "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Upward Sports Continues to Innovate with the Launch of Baseball and Softball
- By Upward Sports
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Upward Sports, the faith-based sports programming organization, today announced the launch of baseball and softball as league offerings.
For over two decades, Upward Sports has developed unique programs with churches nationwide to leverage the power of sports to achieve and increase the impact of their mission.
"At Upward Sports, innovation is key to providing multiple ministry avenues for our church leaders. We want to continue to listen to and support all churches as they share the gospel in their community, by way of sports." Kevin Drake (Executive Director)
NGU Celebrates Class of 2022 at Fall Commencement
- By Billy Cannada - NGU
Encouraged to remember the sunny days and follow biblical forecast guidance while weathering life’s storms, 162 North Greenville University graduates were awarded degrees during the university’s fall commencement on Dec. 9 in Turner Chapel.
Chris Justus, Chief Meteorologist at Greenville’s WYFF News 4, drew on weather analogies while delivering the keynote address at the event, which concluded the university’s fall semester.
During the evening ceremony, NGU President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. conferred 88 bachelor’s degrees, and 74 graduate degrees.
American Moms & Dads to Receive High-Tech Christmas Gift to Protect Kids from LGBTQ Disinformation Online After President Biden Signs 'Dis-Respect for Marriage' Act
- By Christian Newswire
ATLANTA, GA -- Moms and dads disappointed in President Biden's decision to disrespect God's design for marriage are getting high-tech help this holiday season protecting their children from growing deception online. FreeFiltering.org helps families block websites devoted to spreading harmful ideas about marriage, sexuality, and family.
Armed Forces Day Parade Planning Committee Meets
- By Tony A. Dunn
Why Did Black Georgians Vote for Raphael Warnock?
- By Star Parker
There are plenty of post-mortems about Raphael Warnock's defeat of Republican candidate Herschel Walker in the runoff for the Senate seat in Georgia.
Yes, in the same state, Republican Brian Kemp won a decisive victory in the race for governor.
And, yes, to be kind, Walker was not a great flagbearer to draw voters, particularly Black voters, to the Republican Party.
But let's ask why voters, particularly Black voters, would send Warnock to represent them for another six years in the U.S. Senate.
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