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The U.S. National Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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- By Mike Scruggs
Disturbing Trends and Implications
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the United States’ largest emergency crude oil stockpile, authorized in 1975 to protect against major supply disruptions following the 1973–74 oil embargo by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in October 1973 against nations supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
Yom Kippur is the Jewish religious holiday—"Day of Atonement”—emphasizing repentance for sins and seeking God’s forgiveness. The date of Yom Kippur varies beginning on a Sunday evening for 25 hours into Monday. The Yom Kippur War was a surprise attack on Israel primarily by Egypt and Syria and lasted only from October 6-25, 1973. The purpose of the attack was to recover territories lost by Egypt and Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. The Yom Kippur War was the fourth Arab war against Israel since its 1948 founding. The first was the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the second was, the 1956 Suez Crisis War. There have been numerous periods of Arab-Israeli conflicts since then. The Hamas attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, began the current conflict and escalated into the War with Iran in June 2025, resuming in late February 2026. Actually, Israel has been in conflict with Iran since 1985.
The “God of the Gaps” Accusation
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
The “God of the gaps” is the idea that God is invoked as the explanation for phenomena that science has not yet explained. It often showed up in discussions in relation to debates following the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. It has been significant in discussions between evolutionists and creationists. Now, while creationists have sometimes used it, evolutionists frequently falsely accuse creationists and intelligent design proponents of using it. Here we discuss five claims made by evolutionists that creationists use the “God of the gaps,” Along with five refutations of the claim that creationists use it.
Patrick Henry and the Foundations of American Liberty
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- By Mike Scruggs
“It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.”
Patrick Henry was a “founding father” of American Independence who urged the delegates to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, to break away from the rule of the British King and Parliament and resist the increasing tyranny they had borne since 1760. He closed his elegant and fiery plea with: “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1736. He was the son of Scottish immigrant Col. John Henry (1703-1773, immigrated 1727) who later became a Judge identified with Colonial Legislative Rights. Patrick attended a local school until age 10 and thereafter was tutored by his father, who had attended King’s College at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Patrick became a lawyer by self-study in 1760, becoming known for his elegant and sometimes fiery defense of Colonial Rights. Building that reputation further by opposing the British Parliament’s passage of the 1765 Stamp Act taxation rules, Patrick was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765.
Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
One of the claims made against the Bible is that it supports slavery. One of the ironies is the fact that the Bible was actually used to argue against slavery. The critics will claim it was also used to support slavery; however, this is more a case of those who supported slavery twisting the Bible to justify themselves.
The Basis of the Claim
The real question is: Does the Bible actually support slavery? Answering this question requires looking at what the Bible actually says. Unlike most claims against the Bible, this one is not totally without merit. The problem is that most modern translations do indeed appear to back up slavery.
The Five Laws of Thermodynamics
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- By Charles Creager, Jr.
Officially, there are only four laws of thermodynamics, but there exists a principle of thermodynamics that deserves a place with the official four laws. The first reason for this is that it explains things that the four official laws do not fully explain. Specifically, it explains exactly how the application of energy to a system affects its entropy. It literally explains the difference between construction work and a bomb. The other reason why it deserves to be placed with the other four is that it explains how both the second and third laws work. Here we have a simple discussion of all five principles together.
The Red Sea Nations and the Iran Crisis
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- By Mike Scruggs
Part 4 of the Persian Gulf and Red Sea Nations
Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Israel
The Republic of Sudan
Sudan is a country in northeast Africa with 465 miles of coastline on the Red Sea. Sudan’s population was 52 million in 2025. Geographically, it is the third largest nation in Africa. It borders seven countries: the Central African Republic on its southwest, Chad to its west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea on its east, Eritrea and Ethiopia, to its southeast, and South Sudan on its south. Sudan is 97% Sunni Muslim with a small 3% Christian minority. About 70% of the population are Sudanese Arabs, About 28% are spread over dozens of tribes. The official languages are Arabic and English. Its famous capital of Khartoum has a greater metro population of 7.1 million. Khartoum is at the confluence of the White (western) Nile and the Blue (eastern) Nile and figured prominently in British administrative rule and British-Arab conflicts.
The Red Sea Nations and the Iran War Crisis
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- By Mike Scruggs
Part 3 of the Persian Gulf and Red Sea Nations
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Dijbouti, and Eritrea
To see the truth clearly we must understand its context.
Yemen and the Queen of Sheba
Yemen was the legendary land of the Queen of Sheba (or Saba), a seeker of wisdom, who visited Israel’s King Solomon, son of David, during Solomon’s reign estimated to be about 970 to 931 BC. See 1 Kings 10:1-13 or 2 Chronicles 9:1-12. Her capital was probably near Marib, about 75 miles east of Yemen’s modern capital of Sanaa. In ancient times. Marib and the Sabeans were known for their lucrative frankincense and myrrh trade.
Yemen and the Houthi Rebels
Since the beginning of a civil war in September 2014, there have been two governments in Yemen. Both claim to be the legitimate government, but the U.S. and most of its Western and Persian Gulf allies, especially Saudi Arabia, recognize only the Presidential Leadership Coalition (PLC), which was in power before the civil war. Due to political instability, there have been no elections since 2003. The President of Yemen recognized by the U.S. is Rashad al-Alimi. The Supreme Leader of the Houthis is Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
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