Michael Brown

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  Aug 1, 2014

  How Should We Be Living?

  I intend to bring a wake-up call and sound an alarm as I take the trumpet to my lips. How should we be living today? In a day in which we can watch videos of Christians being beheaded on our cell phones while cities which have had a Christian presence for almost 2,000 years have been emptied of all believers by radical Muslims, how should we be living?

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  Jul 28, 2014

  Universalism Is Next for the Soft Love Crowd

  We know that one of the greatest strengths of the "gay Christian" movement is that there are lots of really nice people who are same-sex attracted, and some of them profess deep faith in Jesus and are active in compassionate and sacrificial service to the poor and needy. How could a loving God condemn people like them?

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  Jul 22, 2014

  LGBT Executive Order: Mr. President, You Have Crossed a Dangerous, Unprecedented Line

  Dear Mr. President, I write to you today as a concerned citizen of our great nation, standing as a witness against your historic actions on the morning of July 21, 2004, actions which I hope you will one day repudiate with deep remorse and regret. I am referring, of course, to your signing an executive order Monday banning "discrimination" by federal contractors against LGBT people, allowing for no religious exemptions of any kind.

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  Jul 21, 2014

  Questions for Israel's Critics

  In light of the murderous actions and intentions of Hamas, what would you like Israel to do? Would you prefer that Israel simply turned the other cheek and let its people be slaughtered?

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  Jul 14, 2014

  I Now Pronounce You 'Spouse and Spouse'

  In keeping with its reputation of pioneering social madness, California has now passed legislation that eliminates the words "husband" and "wife" from state laws.

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  Jul 7, 2014

  Renouncing Jewish Jihad

  There have been and will continue to be Jewish terrorists who use their religion to justify murder, but the difference between Jewish jihad and Islamic jihad is that only in Islam is jihad a legitimate expression of the faith.

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  Jul 5, 2014

  The Media Condemns Israel Again

  More than 10 years ago, media watchdog groups noticed a consistent pattern in Middle East reporting.

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  Jun 30, 2014

  Why Gay-Affirming Christians Cannot Truly Affirm the Full Inspiration of Scripture

  For the last few decades, there have been gay-affirming Christians who reject the full authority of the Bible and who have no problem saying that Moses or Paul were wrong on certain subjects. But it is only in the last few years that there has been a rise in gay-affirming Christians who claim to be orthodox believers in the full inspiration of the Scriptures.

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  Jun 24, 2014

  Is the IRS Lying?

  Is the IRS lying about Lois Lerner's lost emails? The prevailing sentiment in America today could be answered with a series of rhetorical questions, like, is the ocean wet? Do birds fly? Does the sun shine?

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  Jun 20, 2014

  It Is Time to Leave the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

  If you are a Jesus-loving, Bible-based member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), unless God has called you to stand as a prophetic voice of rebuke to the denomination, or unless your ministry commitments to individuals make it impossible for you to leave, now is the time to make your exit.