The world has been hit by an event unprecedented in our lifetime. An unseen microscopic enemy has altered normal activities throughout the nations. As a believer in the providence of God and the progressive historical advancement of the kingdom of God, I have been asking myself, why is this happening? What is God’s purpose in […]
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Remembering Senator H. L. “Bill” Richardson
Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, Political Maverick and GOC Founder, Passes Away at 92 Senator H. L. “Bill” Richardson, founder of Gun Owners of California and Gun Owners of America went home to be with the Lord on January 13, 2020. He was 92. A nationally recognized, twenty-two-year veteran of the California State Senate, Richardson’s extensive […]
Wake Up, America!
China’s Bio weapon, and Nancy Pelosi… My wife Angie will tell you that I study history and world events fluently every day. I have studied China for many years. To get answers I need to questions, I call many I know in Washington on Capitol Hill from my tenure on two Presidential campaigns and Presidential […]
Reclaiming Christmas
By Nordskog Publishing on December 15, 2016 in Christmas, Commentary, Guest Essays, Publisher’s Corner, Terry Paulson
Guest essay by Terry Paulson John Gibson, in “The War on Christmas,” writes, “In the United States of America, a nation overwhelmingly Christian, literally any sign of Christmas in public can now lead to complaints, litigation, angry protests, threats, and bruised feelings. … Secular liberals say they’re just protecting the constitutional rights of non-Christians who […]
Rogue Authority
Guest essay by Ben Gilmore All authority comes (ultimately) from God. Thus, “authority” (direction, regulation, control, restraint) contrary to authority delegated by God does not exist. It might be called rogue authority. Laws (rules of action) made by such rogue authority should be considered no law at all. In the Bible, King David had the […]
Is Work a Curse or a Gift?
Guest essay by Jerry Newcombe As another Labor Day approaches, how are we doing when it comes to work? Millions of Americans are perpetually unemployed. Writing for Pew Reports (11/14/14), Drew DeSilver notes, “…more than 92 million Americans —37% of the civilian population aged 16 and over—are neither employed nor unemployed, but fall in the […]
Were Atomic Bombs Necessary to End World War Two?
This year, 2015, will mark the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the Atom bomb on Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 and Nagasaki, 9 August 1945. Did the Atomic Bombs Actually Save Lives? I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both American and […]
Eight Characteristics of a Truly Christian School
Guest essay by Dr. David Gibbs, Jr. Education, n. The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper,and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. […]
The Marvelous Christian Testimony of a Former Liberal Theologian
Guest essay by the late Eta Linnemann I want to give you my testimony, beginning with a verse from God’s word, 2 Timothy 3:16: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.” This is very important. I was a theologian for decades but did not know about the […]
Remembering the Indispensible leadership of George Washington
Guest essay by Dave Meyer It was December 1777. The Continental Army had just lost a key battle to the British, and General Washington and his men began settling in their new camp at Valley Forge. Yes, they were fighting the Redcoats. But they also fought hunger and sickness. Of the eleven thousand men, very […]
Let Us Imagine for a Moment
Guest Essay by James Wilson Let us imagine for a moment. Imagine my own state of California. Imagine California surrounded by Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon – as she is. Imagine Texas and Colorado pushing their way in to border California as well. Conjure up seething hatred for California and an armada of tanks, artillery, and aircraft […]
Stanley K. Monteith, MD, 1929-2014
Guest essay by Richard Tennesen “When you get to Santa Cruz, be sure to look up Dr. Stanley Monteith,” said a Republican friend of mine as we were preparing to move from Southern California to attend Bible College in 1972. By that time, “Dr. Stan” was already a well-recognized leader of the conservatives along the […]
When Man’s Word Prevails
It’s either Man’s Word or God’s! Whose word will prevail, man’s word or God’s? This question confronts you and me continually. Man’s word currently prevails in the Media, education, medicine, science, law, politics, government, and business. When it comes to the church, there is one guard against the word of man prevailing. That guard is […]
The Church and Civil Leadership
Guest essay by Billy Falling Candidates are already lining up for the 2016 presidential election. Straw polls on both sides of the isle are indicating the front-runners. Now that America has absolved itself of any collective guilt of racism by electing the first black president (twice), no more novelty elections are in order. The next […]
A New Year’s Reminder
Guest essay by Martin and Deidre Bobgan The New Year can mean many things to different people—new resolutions (such as those that failed last year), new plans and aspirations, another year older, or even the same old, same old. But for those of us who have been given New Life in Christ, the New Year […]