Tim Thomas
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BREAKING: Charlottesville schools on lockdown after FBI reveals shooting threat
WTVR news (local CBS affiliate) is reporting that Charlottesville (VA) city schools are currently under lockdown status over a threatened shooting. From the WTVR story: “Local officials were notified by the FBI about information from a post made on a social media message board which expressed discontent with recent events in Charlottesville, according to the Charlottesville Police Department ...… → Read More
BREAKING: Texas Tech officer shot and killed, apparently by student
Texas NBC affiliate KCBD is reporting that a Texas Tech campus police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty. The assailant was apparently a TTU student whom officers had brought to the police headquarters for a “welfare check”. The report states that the student pulled a gun and shot the officer, then fled the scene. From the KCBD report: “Early reports say the shooting suspect is… → Read More
Cruz: VA Must Expand Options For Veterans
Texas Senator Ted Cruz partnered last week with Concerned Veterans for America executive director Mark Lucas to pen the editorial “Congress must expand health care choices for veterans” for the Houston Chronicle. The editorial begins with the story of a woman named Linda, whose husband died as a result of Veterans Administration failure. It goes on to suggest two ideas that Cruz and Lucas say… → Read More
Cruz says Congressional leadership void could lead to 2018 bloodbath
Speaking to the NE Tarrant Tea Party last Saturday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz warned that a lack of leadership in the 115th Congress could lead to a nightmarish scenario for Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections. “If we go through 2017 and 2018 ... and the only two legislative accomplishments of a Republican Congress are a massive bailout for insurance companies and a massive amnesty package,… → Read More
Cruz lays out priorities for Congress
Ted Cruz is a planner. He’s one of those people who like to set priorities and then meet them. So it should come as no surprise that he’s developed a list of priorities for the 115th Congress to get back on track. Or perhaps we should leave out the word “back”. Going back implies you’ve been there before - and a strong case could be made that this Congress has not. Speaking to a gathering of the… → Read More
Trump’s latest judicial picks have Cruz and Cornyn smiling
Conservatives may differ in their overall assessment of President Trump, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone on the right to complain about the judicial nominees put forward by the Chief Executive thus far. As our own Dan Spencer noted back in July, “Trump is on course to reshape the judiciary in a notably conservative direction, even if he doesn’t get any more appointments to the Supreme… → Read More
Cruz on tax reform: “Simpler, flatter, fairer”
Texas Senator Ted Cruz issued a press release today outlining seven key principles he sees as crucial to reforming the federal tax code. Among the items mentioned are the establishment of a single “low flat tax rate”, a reduction in the corporate tax rate, and simplification of the tax code so that those filing can “file their returns on a postcard”. “Now is our moment to remake our tax system… → Read More
This is why racism isn’t taken seriously any more
That racism still exists in the United States isn’t debatable. Of course it does; as long as human beings inhabit the planet, there will always be those who believe they are better than others for various reasons – including skin color. That racism seems to be not only still in existence but alive and well in some corners is a national travesty. The Dream of King still struggles to find its… → Read More
The modern Church: We must be better than this
This is the last of a five-part series on how the Church can regain its relevance. Click to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. In Part 4 we saw that the Church has in large part come to accept mediocrity rather than strive for the greatness to which we have been called. That has to change if we are to ever again be able to enact change in our world. So, how do we make that change? To find the… → Read More
The Church is not called to mediocrity (Part 4 of a 5-part series)
This is the 4th of a five-part series on how the Church can regain its relevance. Click to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In Part 3 we saw that drawing closer to God is accomplished by doing all that we do as though we are doing it for Him. Let’s expand our focus a bit. If your life would look vastly different if you did everything to the glory of God, how much different would your church, your… → Read More
How can the Church draw closer to God? (Part 3 of a 5-part series)
This is the 3rd of a five-part series on how the Church can regain its relevance. Click links for Part 1 and Part 2. Chuck Swindoll, a well-known pastor and widely recognized leader among current Christian preachers, uses a great illustration to convey the point that the Church has slid away from God. Whether it originated with him I do not know, but it goes something like this: An elderly… → Read More
Why is the Church becoming irrelevant? (2nd of a 5-part series)
This is the 2nd of a five-part series on how the Church can regain its relevance. Part 1 can be found here. Links to parts 3-5 will be included here after they have been published. Because we have no idea when Jesus will return, it is incumbent upon believers to do everything within our power to ensure the continued relevance of the Church in order to effectively share the Gospel. But we are… → Read More
The Church is Becoming Irrelevant (Part 1 of a 5-part series)
This is the first of a five-part series on how the Church can regain its relevance. Links to parts 2-5 will be included here as they are published. From its spread to Rome, throughout Europe, and into North America, the advancement of Christianity into the Western world has been the scarlet thread tying age to age since Jesus’ ascension. Even the nomenclature used to identify particular years… → Read More
We have an algebra problem – and it’s not with those two trains leaving the station
Algebra. For many, the word causes heart palpitations at the thought of letters mixed with numbers. To others, algebra is the gateway to higher mathematical pursuits. Statistics show algebra to be the most common stumbling block for high school and college students. It should come as no surprise, then, that administrators tasked with raising graduation rates while reducing expenses would… → Read More
Church of England embraces homosexuality and transgenderism
The Church of England has just made official a major shift which has been coming for some time. In separate votes this past weekend, the church’s General Synod approved motions denouncing gay conversion therapy and encouraging their bishops to conduct special services to celebrate the transition of members from one gender to another. From The Times: Jayne Ozanne, the gay activist and evangelical… → Read More
Promise fulfilled: Trump donates first paycheck
For whomever is keeping track: President Trump recently fulfilled a campaign promise by donating his first-quarter net Presidential salary of $78,333 to the National Park Service. As with many things Presidential (or Trump, for that matter), the value of the donation was increased by the attention it received from NPS supporters. According to the Department of the Interior, an anonymous donor… → Read More
Women’s advocate: Pay for my IUD so I can have sex
Emma Apkan is a self-professed reproductive rights advocate. In plain English, that means that she thinks US taxpayers should bear the economic burden for her birth control. The opening line from her recent column “The GOP health bill is an attack on our sexual rights” reads: “When the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill to repeal the current health-care law, passed the U.S. House, my… → Read More
Elizabeth Warren Is Sick – And So Am I
Senator Elizabeth Warren stated last week that she is “sick of coming down to the Senate floor to explain to Republicans what Planned Parenthood does,” before doing what she does best – using fiery rhetoric and purposely misleading statements to pander to her pink-hat supporters. “I am sick of explaining that it provides millions of women with birth control, cancer screenings, and STI tests… → Read More
Cruz on Free Speech: Unleash the Power of Truth
Texas Senator Ted Cruz taught Supreme Court litigation as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas for five years. Though his time is very limited these days, if Cruz ever has the chance he should get back in the classroom. Earlier this week, Cruz delivered a primer on free speech during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Free Speech 101: The Assault on the First Amendment on… → Read More
#PinkOut Day celebrates murder
Planned Parenthood just can’t celebrate the murder of babies often enough. After observing a national #PinkOut Day back in March, the organization repeated the effort today. According to the group’s political arm Planned Parenthood Action Fund, today’s action was an effort to get the attention of Senate members who are expected to consider Obamacare repeal and replace legislation during the… → Read More