Defending the Defenders
Use-of-Force Apologetics
23 December, 2016 Anno Domini How is a Pro-lifer to Repond to Questions about “Acts of Violence”? “How can he justify the destruction of property to save a baby?” they say behind my back – I know. Well, it really isn’t that difficult, but it seems we need to offer something wordy for some folks. […]
Portrait of Betrayal
Michael Bray, 1988 De Tocqueville’s alacritous 19th century account of American society draws the affections of Christian Patriots hither. In an age of license and decadence, his account of public civility and community spirit is attractive. In our time of convoluted “pluralism” (read: polytheism), his commendation of the explicitly Christian foundations of American society provides […]
Paul Hill, the Unabomber, and . . . Thoreau?
Posted on 31 March , 2017 22 May, 1996 Dear Op-ed editor: Oral arguments for Paul Hill’s mandatory appeal of his conviction and death sentence will be delivered in the federal court house in Tallahassee on 31 May. Hill acted in defense of the innocent and ought to be acquitted. Paul Hill terminated an unwanted […]
Justice for Jennifer
Posted on 13 March 2017 9 November, 1996 Bowie, Maryland Dear Editor: An update on the prosecution of a 25-year-old mother of four. Jennifer Sperle aborted her first child when she was 16. She tried desperately to stop other women from doing the same thing. She is to be sentenced on 10 February in Norfolk. […]
Snarr, Civil Rights, and THE Issue at Hand
22 Feb., 2017 As reported by Neil Snarr in the Journal (21 Feb., 2017) there was in Wilmington an anti-slavery newspaper published from 1851-1855, The Herald of Freedom, edited one John W. Chaffin. I was delighted to read about it. To the glory of Biblical truths and justice and to the credit of these Christian […]
23 Skidoo, Shelley!
21 December, 2016 On September 8, 1995, federal Judge James A. Redden sentenced Shelley to twenty years consecutive to the eleven years to which the Kansas state court had sentenced her. “Though I am loathe to call anyone a terrorist,” Redden declared, “you are a terrorist.” Scram! Or as was said by the judge’s parents […]
Letter to Pastor Jimenez (June 2016)
The letter below was prompted by the news story reported in the L.A. Times per this link: < http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pastor-praises-orlando-killings-video-sermon-20160614-snap-story.html > 16 June, 2016 Pastor Roger Jimenez Verity Baptist Church 2850 Northgate Blvd Suite #2 Sacramento, CA 95833 http://www.veritybaptist.com/contact.html Dear Pastor Jimenez, I wrote the following note to many friends of mine around the nation: Pastor […]
Angel Dillard Delivered from the Tyrant’s FACE
9 May, 2016 Hounded by feds with FACE in hands for five years, Mrs. Dillard enjoyed some relief on May 6, 2016. The jury ruled that her warnings to an abortionist, who had stepped up to take the place of the slain George Tiller, were not true threats. Indeed, Abortionist Tiller has still not been replaced since he […]
On the Resistance to the Advancement of Sodomy (Kentucky)
Michael Bray 8 September 2015 Since we have embarrassed God – no, slighted Him – no, offended Him by our selfish stupidity, observable among all the peoples – we have a big problem. We have tolerated rather than prosecuted the practice of sexual perversion. Now, we who have refused to oppose evil will ourselves be opposed […]
Kim Davis, Unwanted Witness to the Truth
A brief commentary is offered by David French, September 3, 2015, in National Review: Kentucky federal judge David Bunning has ordered Rowan County clerk Kim Davis to jail, holding her in contempt of court for failing to affix her signature to gay-marriage licenses. Here’s Judge Bunning justifying his decision: “The court cannot condone the willful […]
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