Weekend, October 26, 2024 　　Be a Threat to Satan 　　Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and...

　　Does Shangri-La exist, and if so, can we get back there? Though the name now is more likely to be associated with a Hong Kong-based luxury hotel chain, an annual international defense and security conference in Singapore, or a best-selling diet program, for an older generation of Americans, Shangri-La conjured up images of a blissful utopia. Published the same year...

　　Hurricane Helene’s devastation reminds us that we may be one disaster away from losing our homes and businesses and even the food and water we take for granted. When supplies are in high demand, whether before or after a disaster, sellers may be tempted to charge more simply because higher prices are what “the market will bear” or for more...

　　Where to find the strength you need to keep going 　　October 25 　　“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my...

　　Journalists and professors have formed a ululating chorus mourning the loss of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. Their laments often include suggestions about how that legitimacy might be regained. However, they conspicuously neglect to mention that the greatest threat to the Court comes not from within but from the baseless assaults that many of their colleagues have launched. The cacophony of...

　　When faced with a trade-off between security and liberty, it’s often said, Europeans will invariably choose security while Americans prefer liberty. That adage holds less true these days. Consider, for instance, how much of the US Federal Budget is spent on entitlements, not to mention the refusal of American legislators and citizens alike to contemplate any retraction whatsoever of the...

　　Weekly Overview: 　　One of the most powerful marks of a believer is transcendent peace. This world offers us no reason to be peaceful. It offers us no reason to be without stress, burdens, cares, and total frustration. But we serve a God who offers us peace in the midst of any circumstance. We serve a God in whom all true...

　　Law Liberty recently featured an excellent exchange between John Grove and Mark Pulliam on state nullification as a way to respond to federal overreach and infringements on liberty. 　　There is, however, an alternative. The Constitution’s Article V permits constitutional amendments through a state-based process of proposal and ratification. The Framers designed this procedure to enable the states to bypass Congress...

　　How Knowing Your Love Language Can Enhance Your Marriage 　　By: Amanda Idleman 　　You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.Galatians 5:13 　　Serving one another humbly in love captures the entire mission of marriage. When we say I do after making big...

　　In November 2023, the conservative British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, had an article by the newspaper’s deputy editor, an economic journalist, lamenting the country’s low rate of saving. In September 2024, it had an article by the newspaper’s deputy economics editor lamenting the country’s addiction to saving. 　　Perhaps the articles were not contradictory, strictly speaking. The first contained the following...

　　“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 　　It’s been a disastrous year for many who have been facing loss, destruction, and suffering. After our family went through a destructive storm, I remember thinking how other people in the world were just going about their usual day,...

　　In 1955, sociologist Albert Cohen published a now classic title in the criminological canon, Delinquent Boys. The book attempted to explain what Cohen described as “non-utilitarian” delinquency: acts of defiance demonstrating no objective purpose. There was no remunerative value to the actions, no obvious emotional fulfillment motivating them. Often these acts occurred in a gang setting, imbuing them with a...