Wallace B. Henley

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  Sep 10, 2014

  Obama and Presidential Hubris

  When a nation's chief executive presumes to be the sole judge of what's "right" for his nation he has crossed the fine line between a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" and a regime that cavalierly sets aside what might be the will of the people for the chief's own idea of what is "right." Such a person has gone from being a leader to a controller.

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  Sep 8, 2014

  The Global Tsunami Against 'Good': Antinomianism (Part 1)

  "I have never before seen it this way," said a close friend of mine in a recent hour-long conversation discussing current global turmoil. "Do you realize what you just said?" I replied. "We are both in our 70s, and have lived through a lot of history, and yet we agree that there are things happening now more intense and wide-sweeping than anything we have seen before."

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Tiger Woods and the Profane Profusion of Christ's Name

  How did so many Americans and others from the once-"Christian" West descend to the level that what the Bible says is "the name above all names" has been reduced to the gutter? More important: What does the use of the name of Christ in this fashion signify?

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  Jul 19, 2014

  The Border Crisis: Nixon Points the Way

  In the summer of 1970, the American Southeast baked when eleven states faced federal enforcement of school desegregation, but that social scorcher will be small compared to the border crisis sizzling now from Texas to California. Believe it or not, President Richard Nixon's handling of the challenge 44 years ago could point the way to the best solution.

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  Jul 2, 2014

  The Obama Admins' Rainbow Interventionism: Homosexual Rights the Major Goal of US Foreign Policy?

  Let me be clear, I am not condoning the persecution of homosexuals in Africa or anywhere else. But is the Administration moving to press its view of homosexual rights at the expense of religious beliefs as a primary U.S. foreign policy?

• Jul 1, 2014

  Congressman Trey Gowdy at 65,000-Member Megachurch: Don't Expect Political, Social 'Messiah'; Answers to All Political Questions in Bible

  Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, told campuses at Houston's 65,000-member Second Baptist Church June 28-29 that people who are hoping for an Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan in the political sphere or a Martin Luther King in the social arena will be disappointed. Today's media, political, and cultural atmosphere focuses on tearing down people who seek leadership.

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  Jun 13, 2014

  Where America and Western Civilization Are Headed (Part 3)

  Immigrants, like those of the early 20th century from Europe, still come to America in the pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and hope. What will the American future be like for those children?

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  Jun 10, 2014

  Where America and Western Civilization Are Headed (Part 2)

  But "the great swing of history" is not merely the passing of generations. The historical pattern is that whole civilizations rise and fall, say Arnold Toynbee and other historians. Here is more detail about the civilizational cycle which is "the great swing of history" we are now experiencing:

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  Jun 6, 2014

  Where America and Western Civilization Are Headed (Part 1)

  An analysis of the stages of civilization revealed in Old Testament Israel (we include Judah, the southern kingdom, here as well) reveal where contemporary Western Civilization – including America – is headed if it continues on its present trajectory.

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  Jun 3, 2014

  The Best Hope for a Rapidly Deteriorating World

  Global governance may be "all that saves us as a species," says one of the world's top foreign policy experts.