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By: christiancentury.org – November 3, 2017 When women offer their experience as truth, all the maps change,” said novelist Ursula Le Guin. After movie producer Harvey Weinstein was outed as a sexual predator, thanks to the courage of a few actresses who spoke out, a multitude of other women began speaking the truth about their experiences. Women in the film…

By: James Vincent – theverge.com December 11, 2017 Another former Facebook executive has spoken out about the harm the social network is doing to civil society around the world. Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and became its vice president for user growth, said he feels “tremendous guilt” about the company he helped make. “I think we have created…

By: pewforum.org – December 12,2017 As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should commemorate the Christmas holiday, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults believe the religious aspects of Christmas are emphasized less now than in the past – even as relatively few Americans are bothered by this trend. In addition, a declining majority says…

  By: Alexander Bolton and Naomi Jagoda – thehill.com – December 11, 2017 Republican lawmakers are concerned about how their tax bill is being viewed by the public and say they need to do a better job of selling it to middle-class and low-income voters. A CBS News poll conducted last week found that 53 percent of people nationwide disapprove…

By: Matt Vespa – townhall.com – December 10, 2017 On Friday, CNN peddled an incorrect report about Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Wikileaks. They allege that the then-presidential candidate, his son, and other folks within their inner circle received an email that contained a decryption key to a trove of documents from Wikileaks. The problem was this email was…

By: Kerby Anderson Although we usually sing the carol “Joy to the World” during the Christmas season, the hymn isn’t really about the incarnation of Jesus. Isaac Watts wrote it and has often been known as the “Father of English Hymnology.” He composed “Joy to the World” in 1719. It was originally titled “The Messiah’s Coming and Kingdom.” The original…

By: Kerby Anderson One song we often sing during the Christmas season is “What Child Is This?” William Chatterton Dix wrote the lyrics in 1865 when he was an insurance company manager and had been struck by a severe illness. After a spiritual renewal in his life, he wrote a number of hymns. This one was set to the tune…

By: Kerby Anderson The carol “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is an English translation of a Latin hymn that is sung during Advent and Christmas. The text goes back to at least the 18th century (and perhaps much earlier) while the music put to it goes back to the 15th century. “O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel….

From: probe.org Dr. Dale Taliaferro’s 38-question quiz concerning the Christmas story from a biblical perspective. Take the quiz yourself: click here for a format with the questions and answers separated. 1. Can you name the parents of Jesus? a. Mary (Matt. 1:16; Luke 1:31, 2:6-7). b. God (Luke 1:32, 35). c. Joseph (by adoption) (Matt 1:16, 19-20, 24-25). 2. Where…

By: John C. Goodman – townhall.com – December 7, 2017 The quick answer is that liberalism is no longer an ideology, focused on ideas. It is a sociology, bent on acquiring political power and social dominance. George McGovern was the last Democratic presidential nominee who ran an issues campaign. That was 45 years ago. Since then Democratic politicians and their…

President Donald Trump displays an executive order after announcing the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, December 6, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – December 7, 2017 The president recognizes reality: Israel is a real country. Jihadists, the tip of the sharia-supremacist spear, rationalize mass murder by denying the humanity of their enemies:…