Wallace B. Henley

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  Mar 8, 2014

  The Obama-Putin Match: Advantage Russia

  The world is a more dangerous place than it was in the nuclear-nervous Cold War era. This imperiled condition is not because of strength and knowledge but because of weakness and delusion.

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  Feb 28, 2014

  A New Church for the New America: The Big Stretch of the Multiethnic Church (Pt. 3)

  "There are no people here anymore." The line was a shocker. The church leader was explaining to my wife and me why his congregation was selling its massive church facility and moving away. Yet we could see hundreds of houses, all full of human beings. But to reach them required a stretch he and the congregation couldn't even conceive.

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  Feb 27, 2014

  A New Church for the New America: The Big Stretch of the Multiethnic Church (Pt. 2)

  To be effective in the new America, churches must move away from their "nationalisms" (which we discussed in Part 1 of this series) and extend out beyond their preferred range of reach.

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  Feb 26, 2014

  Chuck Hagel's Smoke and Mirrors

  Current budgetary recklessness is bringing the Unites States government into violation of one of its crucial biblical mandates.

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  Feb 26, 2014

  National Church or Kingdom Church: The Challenges of the New America (Pt. 1)

  A new America is aborning before our eyes. Immigration and other factors are changing political philosophies, voting patterns, sociological assumptions, cultural expressions, and religious, moral, and ethical beliefs and styles. There must be a new church for new America – really the "old church."

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  Jan 29, 2014

  The State of the Union: Activist Presidents and the Clustering of Demons

  "Let's make this a year of action," President Barack Obama exhorted the Congress in his 2014 State of the Union address. Be afraid. Very afraid. Activist presidents give us domestic policy boondoggles and foreign policy adventurism.

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  Jan 25, 2014

  When It Comes to Welfare, Sheila Jackson Lee Got It Right

  Change "welfare" to "transitional living fund" suggested Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, in a January 8 speech in the House of Representatives marking the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society "War on Poverty".

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  Jan 7, 2014

  Open Letter to Atheists From a Megachurch Pastor: Don't Go! (Part 2)

  Dear Atheists: Despite Pastor John Hagee's suggestion you leave the country, please stay. Previously, I gave four reasons we need you to remain. Here are three more:

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  Jan 4, 2014

  Open Letter to Atheists From a Megachurch Pastor: Don't Go! (Part 1)

  Dear Atheists: Please don't go! I know Pastor John Hagee recently encouraged you to "leave the country" if you don't like "Merry Christmas", its carols and trappings. Please don't go, because you teach us much. Here are the first four of seven reasons why we need you to stay (the next three follow in Part 2):

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  Dec 27, 2013

  Phil Robertson, the Blindfold, and the Abyss

  So thank God for Phil Robertson, and for those important and courageous voices in the homosexual community who have come to his defense because of their belief in free thought and speech, as well as all others who admire someone in this age of compromise and political correctness who will stand by his faith. That looks "like Jesus" to me.