As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“In our increasingly polarized nation, when many elected officials and their strategists believe they need to listen only to those who already agree with them, we must carry our neighbors’ burdens into politics with our own. We must ensure those we disagree with are heard as well.” - CToday
“The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged the State Department to add India, Russia, Syria and Vietnam to its list of countries designated as the worst religious freedom violators.” - CPost
“A full 27 percent of the Virginia electorate identified as white born-again or Evangelical, and that clearly means a large majority did not rank abortion first, even though this could be the most consequential election for state abortion rights in a generation” - David French
Intellectual dishonesty takes many forms. One of the most common occurs when we look at the collection of arguments someone is making to support a claim, select the weakest among them, ignore the rest, and respond as though the weakest support is the only support.
Often, mockery follows. We heap scorn on the whole claim, emphasizing the absurdity of the one weak supporting idea.
“The Spokesman-Review … quoted Wilson as saying that the idea of a ‘spiritual takeover’ of the city originated with is dad, James Wilson, after he retired from the Navy. Wilson’s father wrote a book titled ‘Principles of War: A Handbook on Strategic Evangelism’ ” - C.Leaders
“Proposition 3 (officially termed TX HB1239) adds a clause to the Texas constitution that forbids the government from similar actions in the future.” - BPNews
The count comes from Mark Lee Dickson, founder and head of Sanctuary Cities for Life - BPNews
“The justices heard oral arguments in lawsuits brought by abortion providers and the Biden administration that seek to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act (S.B. 8), which prohibits the abortion of an unborn child whose heartbeat can be detected.” - BPNews
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On the push and pull between ‘humans as made in the image of God and humans still trapped in sin.’ - David French
“They joined Roberts and the Court’s progressives in declining relief to Maine health-care providers, who must now be vaccinated against their beliefs or lose their jobs.” - N.Review
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