Opinion — Page 154

How 'church growth at all costs' mentality weakens worship

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: THE CHURCH HAS LOST ITS THICKNESS — WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I’d like to take you to an article written by John Stonestreet out of Breakpoint. The headline is “Are our churches truly leaving a mark on people? Or, another way to think […]

There’s an election primary next week, and many of the candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Alabama want you to know one thing: They like Donald Trump. If you watch the political TV and radio commercials airing in Alabama’s five major media markets, you will learn these GOP candidates go beyond just supporting our […]

Why most people shouldn't go to college

Today, all Americans are told, “Go to college!” President Obama said, “College graduation has never been more valuable.” But economist Bryan Caplan says that most people shouldn’t go. “How many thousands of hours did you spend in classes studying subjects that you never thought about again?” he asks. Lots, in my case. At Princeton, I […]

So let me break this down before I get started. On Tuesday, ABC cancelled the hit sitcom “Roseanne” after the show’s star and co-creator, Roseanne Barr, posted a racist tweet about one of President Obama’s top aides. The tweet referencing Valerie Jarrett , which has now been deleted, read: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the […]

Is the Alabama Republican Party willing to allow an ignorant, racist, anti-Semitic, liar to represent them in the fall? https://twitter.com/WagtheDog68/status/1001497916769558529 According to word out of the ALGOP, maybe not. This shouldn’t even be an issue, but it is. Jim Bonner is NOT former Congressman Jo Bonner, nor is he related to him, but the similar […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: FACEBOOK THE “NEW CHURCH”? TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, World Magazine ran an article recently on Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It says he believes his social platform will join one billion people in meaningful communities, according to an interview he gave with CNN Tech recently. In fact, he […]

Several recent polls, plus the popularity of Sen. Bernie Sanders, demonstrate that young people prefer socialism to free market capitalism. That, I believe, is a result of their ignorance and indoctrination during their school years, from kindergarten through college. For the most part, neither they nor many of their teachers and professors know what free […]

Is US bellicosity backfiring?

U.S. threats to crush Iran and North Korea may yet work, but as of now neither Tehran nor Pyongyang appears to be intimidated. Repeated references by NSC adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence to the “Libya model” for denuclearization of North Korea just helped sink the Singapore summit of President Trump and Kim […]

Are Evangelical mothers happy?

NEW STUDY SHOWS CHRISTIAN WOMEN ARE HAPPY, BUT FEEL SLIGHT MOM GUILT TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you to a story that Christianity Today featured recently. It was a story concerning research that Pew Research had done. Pew Research found that evangelical mothers score high for balance and satisfaction in parenting. Yet here […]

How to think about Memorial Day

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: MEMORIAL DAY IS A DAY OF REMEMBERING FALLEN HEROES TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today is Memorial Day. DR. REEDER: Yes, Tom, the origins of this holiday, of course, go back to what was identified in our history books as a term of compromise, the Civil War. And […]

America’s war heroes are born, not made

Near the end of the Korean War novel “The Bridges of Toko-Ri,” an American military commander is mourning the death of some of his best men, but also remembering their strength, their courage, and the devotion they shared for one another. Staring alone out at the morning sea, he reflects on how fortunate our nation […]

Protestors descended on Publix stores across the nation Friday, following the lead of the “March For Our Lives” activist David Hogg, to stage a “Die-In” protest. The whole idea for the protest started when Hogg tweeted: .@Publix is a #NRASellOut In Parkland we will have a die in the Friday (the 25th) before memorial day weekend. […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: AMERICAN BIRTHRATE AT ALL-TIME LOW TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, headline out of The Wall Street Journal, “American women are having children at the lowest rate on record with the number of babies born in the United States last year dropping to a 30-year low.” Some 3.85 million […]

You don’t need to believe that the special counsel investigating President Donald Trump is a terrible person to conclude that the Obama administration and Clinton machine (and later their holdovers during the Trump administration) politicized and weaponized federal agencies to protect Hillary Clinton and damage Trump. So if you just can’t shake your instinct that […]

Can a Pope change moral truth?

That joking retort we heard as children, “Is the pope Catholic?” is starting to look like a serious question. Asked five years ago about a “gay lobby” in the Vatican, Pope Francis responded, “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?” As judgment was thought to […]

Many of Alabama’s 2018 high school graduates will start college this fall. Unfortunately, many recent college graduates report putting off buying cars or homes, saving for retirement, or marriage due to student loan debt. Will Alabama’s new grads face this fate? Student loans now total almost $1.5 trillion, with 2016 graduates averaging $28,000 in debt. […]

Why sports gambling is a terrible idea

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: SPORTS GAMBLING — NOW STATE DECISION TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, about two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court decided to allow states to make their own decisions when it comes to sports gambling. The case Murphy v. National Collegian Athletic Association dealt with if the government […]

Often times we forget how scary the world we live in really is. We often do not think about those that walk the streets and shop alongside us at supermarkets. We forget that there are actually people who live amongst us that cause harm day in and day out to one of America’s most precious […]

Crapweasel of the week: Educrat Arne Duncan

Educrat (ED-yoo-krat) noun, usually pejorative. A government school official or administrator whose primary function is to spend tax dollars telling other parents what to do with their children. Beltway education bureaucrats abhor families who choose to keep their kids out of public schools — unless it’s to grandstand over gun control. Behold Arne Duncan, longtime […]

Ireland is preparing to vote, again, on the issue of abortion. The Irish government announced that the referendum vote, on the topic of the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, will happen on May 25th. Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution, commonly known as the 8th amendment, states, “The states acknowledges the right to life of the unborn […]

How the Russia investigation helps Trump

This week, for the first time in months, a generic ballot poll showed Republicans beating Democrats in the midterm elections. According to Reuters, Republicans are now leading by six points. And while that poll is obviously an outlier, the movement of the generic ballot in the direction of Republicans isn’t: The average lead for Democrats […]

As the calls to investigate the investigators continue to grow, America has clearly started to tire of non-stop news coverage and the politicking off of the narrative of the narrative that the Russians and Trump campaign colluded to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. Congressman Mike Rogers was asked on WVNN this morning if he […]

How to avoid going 'wobbly' on the truth

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: REX TILLERSON ON HOW TO KEEP COUNTRY FROM GOING “WOBBLY” TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, there’s a little town in Virginia which you’ve visited many times, Lexington, Virginia, the home of Washington and Lee College but also the home of the Virginia Military Institute. It was at that […]

Alabama is in danger of losing one of its seven congressional seats, and it’s your fault. That is according to a Wednesday editorial that appeared in two north Alabama newspapers, the Decatur Daily and Florence’s TimesDaily. The editorial board of the Daily and the TimesDaily reacted to a lawsuit filed by the state of Alabama […]