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Don't be Mad. "One Nation Under God" is a good thing.
The anti-Christian left is very concerned with what is happening in Washington, D.C. today, Sunday, May 17th. “The Christian Nationalists are coming!” they yell as they gallop their metaphorical horses across social media. Today is Rededicate 250, and Christian pastors and political leaders are gathering at the Capitol Mall (including Donald Trump and others), asking for God’s guidance and praying for Him to lead us as a nation that honors Him in our laws and culture. This is
Caleb Backholm
May 182 min read


The Court Ends Racial Discrimination Voting Maps. So Why are People Mad?
Since we’re all on the topic of redistricting, the Supreme Court just handed down a huge decision, decades overdue, that ended the requirement for states to discriminate based on race when drawing congressional maps. The modern interpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act called for race to be taken into consideration, and Democrats have been using that to their advantage ever since. When Louisiana created its last district maps after the 2020 census, they created on
Caleb Backholm
May 123 min read


Racism by Any Other Name
It is just as racist to want a man to go to prison just because he’s black as it is to NOT want a man to go to prison just because he’s black. How does half the country not know this? Rhamell Burke smiles at his court hearing. The reminder comes this week from this awful story where a black man pushed an elderly man down the New York subway stairs and killed him. Earlier that same day, or at least within a few days, this man, Rhamell Burke, had been harassing other people. H
Caleb Backholm
May 122 min read


“When Love Draws the Sword”
The battle of words, and of a very important idea, continues to wage between the Pope (a well-known theologian) and Donald Trump (a…um…lesser theologian). But who is on the correct side of the debate? The veteran…or the novice? And what is “Just War Theory” anyway? Here’s a story that I found helpful, adapted from another well-known theologian you may have heard of. “A man and his family were going down from Tehran to Jericho when they fell in among Iranian tyrants, who strip
Caleb Backholm
Apr 172 min read


New Hope for Mexico? - My view as one who lived there.
It’s a strange coincidence that the two parts of Mexico where I lived are also the two hotbeds of drug trafficking and violence — Jalisco and Sinaloa. I know what you may be thinking. ”Hmm, is it really a coincidence?” But yes, it is. I was just a kid the first time I moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, with my family. So any imagined stories of “El Gringo, the Child Narco Kingpin,” are pure fiction. Forget about it. Guadalajara is the second-largest city in Mexico, and the large
Caleb Backholm
Apr 173 min read


From Drone Fear to Qatar Praise: How Tucker Carlson's Anti-Israel Tilt Hurts Christian Priorities
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ambassador Mike Huckabee really caught fire this past week. I like Tucker. Always have. But he’s completely lost me when it comes to Israel. I found the interview to be quite frustrating at times, but also revealing. First off, Tucker seems oddly paranoid. In his lead-up to the interview, he tells his audience that, as he was planning to fly into Israel for the meeting, he was afraid that Israel would mistake his chartered plane for an Irania
Caleb Backholm
Apr 173 min read


Boundaries and Blessing: A Biblical Look at Texas and Minnesota
In an unusual quirk of winter, north Texas has been covered in ice this week, shuttering businesses, schools, and even the mail delivery for days.It is also covered by ICE, in the immigration and customs enforcement sense.So , Minnesota and Texas, though on opposite borders, share some commonalities right now. But not really.Did you know that Texas accounts for roughly 25% of the nation's ICE arrests and detentions? Just one state, 25%. That’s far more than in Minnesota, or
Caleb Backholm
Jan 293 min read


The 10 Commandments Aren't the Problem - Forgetting Them Is
As Fort Worth installs a privately funded Ten Commandments monument on public property, critics cry "church and state." But history tells a very different story about the moral foundation of American law - and why honoring it still matters today.
Caleb Backholm
Jan 202 min read


When the Wicked Fall: Venezuela’s Turning Point
What’s happening in Venezuela isn’t just about oil or geopolitics. It’s about the fall of a brutal regime, the weakening of global tyrants,
Caleb Backholm
Jan 53 min read
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