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August 24, 1998 No. 80824 "And If Not..." A Common Christian Culture One of the most dramatic moments of the Second World War occurred when the British army was helplessly stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. It turned out to be one of England’s finest hours—and, oddly enough, a telling illustration of the urgent need for Christian apologetics in our day. The time was June 1940 and the place was Dunkirk. The British Expeditionary Force, sent to stem the Nazi advance into Belgium and France, had been pushed steadily back to the sea. A pall fell over England. Hitler’s ...

This morning as I was driving into work, Dennis Prager took a call from a listener not that atypical of a secular leftist. I wished I had a transcript of the call, but I'll try to paraphrase it. The caller asserted that secularists are more open-hearted than religious people and that he hears more hate coming from the religious right than from secularists. Prager then asked him to give an example of hate speech from someone of the religious right. The caller cited Falwell (of course) to which Prager inquired "what specifically did Falwell say?". The caller said that Falwell ...

April 10, 2000 No. 000410 A "Possession of Cuba"? Why Elián Must Stay Since last November, America has torn itself apart over the case of Elián Gonzales, the bright-eyed six- year-old who was found bobbing in the ocean off the Florida coast. Like many Americans, I've been ambivalent. On the one hand my commitment to family values made me believe that Elián's place was with his dad. But Castro is a ruthless tyrant, and nobody ought to be sent to Cuba. Last Thursday, my ambivalence ended. I believe Elián should not be turned over to his father, and I ...

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I urge all Christians to fast and pray on Wednesday for the freedom of Elian Gonzalez. Although it looks bleak, remember that God is in control. He hears our prayers. He may not answer them in the way we expect, but He will answer them. I'm expecting a miracle from the same God who physically rescued this boy. Now let's pray that God will rescue him spiritually from that evil dictator. Comments?

By: TIMES STAFF WRITER On April 13, a Southern California Living story ("The Exile Decision: Visits to Cuba Mean Painful Choice") described how Paloma Morales Rodriguez of Walnut and some of the other 120,000 Cuban Americans in Southern California agonize over visiting the island while it is still under Communist rule. In this story, Times staff writer Maria Elena Fernandez and Times staff photographer Annie Wells traveled with Rodriguez on the first direct flight from Los Angeles to Havana in decades to chronicle her return to her homeland. * Paloma Morales Rodriguez left Cuba as a worm and returned, 30 ...

Easter weekend was spoiled by the government's illegal raid of Lazaro Gonzalez' home in Little Havana and left many of us shell shocked. My initial reaction was one of anger that eventually turned to depression especially realizing that Elian was being brainwashed in total seclusiion. At times it really seems like our gov't is behaving like a communist regime. Government psychologists declare the Miami relatives as mentally unfit just as do communists when they want to arrest dissidents. It was all pretty surreal. But the cloud of despondency has dissipated as I started to assess where we really are. Consider ...

Does your church, like mine, contribute to the National Council of Churches? If so, you may want to consider switching denominations, or try to stop your church from bankrolling this extreme leftist group. I'm not saying to leave your church, but at least ask questions. I'm a big believer in trying to first reform an organization and when all else fails, then abandon the organization. Don't be one of those hair-splitting types who leaves a church because they have a sligthly different view of the Book of Revelation from yours. But I think that support of the NCC is a ...

Does anyone know how we can make a screen saver out of the infamous picture of Elian staring the wrong end of the machine gun? I want to never forget this!!!

What happened to Elian Gonzalez today has strengthened my resolve to do everything I can to help George W. defeat Al Gore this fall and to help insure that the Republicans retain control of Congress. The GOP is not perfect, but consider the alternative of electing Al Gore and having to live with this Supreme Court appointments. I agree that Bush is not as pro-life as most of us would like. And I'm sure that many of you are concerned that he's too much of a free trade type. But like it or not, Americans will elect Al Gore or ...