Posts by Dr. Harry L. Reeder III — Page 6

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TIME OF DANGEROUS DIALOGUE? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, Frank Bruni, who writes for The New York Times recently opined that, “We are in a dangerous place when it comes to how we view, treat and talk about people we disagree with. Madonna […]

      Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PORNOGRAPHY’S RECENT SUICIDE SPIRAL TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry there are times that we have to deal with stories that are rather sensitive. Perhaps there are sensitive young ears around the radio or the smartphone or the tablet – we just want to give a […]

        Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, additional statistics are in from the Open Doors’ “Intolerance Against Christians.” The number of Christians murdered increased to more than 3,000 in 2017. The report analyzes the data collected in 2017, a year in which, according to the organization […]

3 things contributing to the U.S. drop in life expectancy

      Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript:  MULTI-YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY DROP NOT SEEN SINCE ’60s TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, statistic out of World Magazine: “U.S. Life Expectancy in 2016 Drop for The Second Straight Year.” An Average Adult can now expect to live 78.6 years with a five-year gap between life […]

        Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Today is January 15th. On the calendar, that marks the recognition of Martin Luther King and his birthday. DR. REEDER: The legacy of his significant life-long initiative in terms of maintaining the proper application of the Bill of Rights to […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript:   TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to give you two stories that made the news this week and get your response. The first was the Golden Globes ceremony and the speech given by Oprah Winfrey. There was a lot of focus […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S BIG NIGHT AND BIG PRAISE FOR GOD TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, last Monday night, Alabama was heard around the world as Nick Saban won his sixth national championship. He now ties Bear Bryant. DR. REEDER: Yeah, it was quite an […]

        Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ACADEMIC INTOLERANCE OF DEBATE  TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, today I’d like to take you to an op-ed piece written by George Will. It has to do with a situation that took place back in 2014 at Marquette University, which is a Jesuit school […]

Do you know the frivolous programs your tax dollars fund?

      Listen to the 10-min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, last week, it was reported that the National Endowment for the Humanities spent nearly $13 million in just one month for 253 projects. Now, the National Endowment for Humanities gives away a lot of money for a lot of projects and […]

      Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: BANNON TOPS HEADLINES BUT WHY? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take a look at a story that developed last week, but I want to look at it in a little different way today. The story has to do with a book entitled […]

        Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, J.J. Hanson has passed away. He passed away on December 30th, just 36 years old. Many of our listeners probably don’t recognize that name and, for those that don’t, let me just say that J.J. Hanson was a vocal […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: REPUBLICAN COMEBACK? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I remember back when it was 2008 – President Obama had just won the presidential election – and I remember hearing one political pundit say, “The Republican Party is dead. It’s over for them.” Here we […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW YORK BANS AND FINES CONVERSION THERAPY TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I’d like to take you to a headline out of World Magazine: “New York City Votes to Ban Conversion Therapy.” Conversion therapy, Harry, would be a counselor or a pastor sitting […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: MEASURING TRUMP AGAINST HIS PROMISES IN FIRST YEAR TOM LAMPRECHT: Today, specifically, I’d like to take a look back on the first year of Donald Trump’s administration and his presidency – what he promised and then what he accomplished – again, let’s sort of go through […]

Is it pointless to make New Year's resolutions?

            Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, one thing’s for sure:We never run out of material on Today in Perspective as we try to give a commentary on the news through the lens of Scripture. Today, I’d like to look ahead to 2018 but, […]

The top 11 news, faith and culture headlines of 2017

        Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today is our last In Perspective of 2017. We look down through the years and it is history, or “His Story.” Today, I’d like to talk a look of “His Story” through 2017: I’m going to go through a […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, John Stonestreet recently addressed the fact that America is shrinking. He said, “I don’t mean we’re getting shorter.” What he was referring to is the latest official estimates taken from two years of data that puts the U.S. […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, yesterday, we talked about the tax package that was passed by Congress. There was another news story that made headlines last week and that was Donald Trump’s national security strategy speech. To highlight the four pillars of that […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, it was last Wednesday President Donald Trump said the American worker received a great Christmas present. He was talking about the new tax bill legislation that was passed. Analysis says legislation could increase the national GDP by 1.7 […]

      Listen to the audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today, I want to take you to a blog piece written by Mary Sauer. She says, “I have Christmas-induced parental guilt and I don’t know what to do about it.” In essence, in this piece, she talks about how Christmas can get […]

Advent and Christmas, ever wondered what's the difference?

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today is our final broadcast prior to Christmas Day 2017. Today, I’d like to have a discussion on what is Advent? For many of us, we think, “Well, it’s a season between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.” Is that […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, last week, as Americans and people around the world went about their Christmas preparations, a Christian theologian – a personal friend and a mentor of yours – slipped into eternity. R.C. Sproul, at the age of 78, passed […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, on today’s podcast, I’d like to do a follow-up to Monday’s program, as well as Tuesday’s program. Monday, we talked about the Doug Jones/Roy Moore election out of Alabama. Yesterday’s broadcast, we talked about the fact that American […]

Want our trust? The 7 things an elected official MUST do to gain it

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, anyone following the news realizes that the House Judiciary Committee had somewhat of a firestorm last week when Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, came before that committee. There was much discussion over what appeared to be partisanship […]