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The final Harry Potter movie opens Friday, but Steve Wohlberg, author of Exposing Harry Potter and Witchcraft, is worried that it’s one more two-hour recruiting film for the occult. “Pottermania will experience one last spasm with the Grand Finale of Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2),” he writes. “When the book…

Praising God, the world’s newest nation raised its flag for the first time Saturday, rejoicing that 20 years of war are apparently over. “We have reclaimed our permanent home given to us by God as our birthright,” proclaimed Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan. “Never again shall South Sudanese be oppressed for their political beliefs.…

“The Treasury may be printing fewer dollars, but I’m going all cash,” writes Brett Arends. “The dollar bill needs you.” Writing for Smart Money, he goes on to observe: A growing number of merchants won’t accept cash anymore. That includes a lot of airlines, which insist you pay by credit card if you want to…

Former Fox News pundit Glenn Beck proclaimed his solidarity with the Jewish people Monday as he spoke to members of the Israeli Knesset. “Where you go, I shall go. Your people are my people, your God is my God,” Beck told a committee of Israel’s national parliament, quoting the biblical Book of Ruth. “As a man who also worships the…

Does Barack Obama have an Israel problem? The frontrunning GOP candidates seem to think so: “He seems firmly and clearly determined to undermine our longtime friend and ally. He’s treating Israel the same way so many European countries have: with suspicion, distrust and an assumption that Israel is at fault.”  — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney,…

By W. Bradford Wilcox The Open Marriage by Nena and George O’Neill was published in 1972, as the sexual revolution gathered steam in America. The bestselling book encouraged spouses to “to strip marriage of its antiquated ideals” and, most famously in one chapter, to explore sexual partnerships outside their marriage, if they so desired. Fortunately,…

Greeted by a roaring applause from an audience shocked to hear her name, “The View” TV talk show’s host, Whoopi Goldberg, headlined the World Peace Talk with the Dalai Lama Saturday at the U.S. Capitol lawn. Before introducing the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to the crowd, Goldberg said she was surprised to receive an invitation…

Sandra Rawline, a 52-year-old branch manager at Capital Title of Texas, has been fired from her job because of her gray hair, according to the Houston Chronicle. When her boss informed her that the company’s headquarters would be moving to a more upscale neighborhood, Rawline was told she’d need to start wearing “younger fancy suits”…

In case you haven’t been paying attention, now it’s not fashionable to support Focus on the Family.  That’s the message from TOMS Shoes founder Black Mycoskie. Following criticism from liberal fashionistas, he has assured the politically correct that he certainly isn’t tolerant of Dr. James Dodson. Apparently the cultural diversity he envisions for America does not include the millions of…

In today’s culture, preaching will not be effective if Christians are not also highly effective, writes Dr. Timothy Keller on the website Redeemer City to City. “In our times, people will be indifferent or hostile to the idea of attending church services without positive contact with Christians living out their lives in love and service,”…
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