The Year of the Bible in Pennsylvania
Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania House passed a resolution by a vote of 193-0 declaring 2012 the Year of the …
All Articles by Laurence Vance
Time for a Drink
While eating in a restaurant in the Atlanta airport recently, I noticed that the restaurant’s bar was closed and — …
Some Caliphate
At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) – the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate …
Should Christians Support the War on Drugs?
Televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition Pat Robertson, with whom I have major theological, philosophical, and political differences, recently …
The Problem with Public Education
In the wake of the shootings in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this year, a bill was proposed in the Arizona legislature …
Ron Paul is Right About United States Overseas Military Bases
“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But …
The Real Reason Guantanamo Should Be Closed
It has been ten years now since the first “terrorists” arrived at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. …
Suppose We Followed the Golden Rule
“My point is, if another country does to us what we do to others, we’re not going to like it …
Korea Shows All That Is Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy
The tension on the Korean peninsula escalated late last year when South Korea began live-firing drills off its coastline. That …
Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?
The word isolationist is a pejorative term used to ridicule advocates of U.S. nonintervention in foreign affairs, intimidate their supporters, …
Idols of the Heart: Baptizing the War Prayer
Since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad in March of 2003, churches, Christian leaders, religious organizations, and individual Christians …
Statist Baggage on the Airlines
First it was the TSA; now it’s the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline …
Theological Schizophrenia
It is bad enough that Republican warmongers like Mitt Romney, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Allan West are whining about …
How to Reduce Military Suicides
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to most of what is …
“Republican Politics According to the Bible” Book Review
Review of Wayne Grudem, Politics – According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light …
Should Christians cite the Pledge of Allegiance?
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, …
Murder Inc.
Murder Inc. was the nickname of organized crime groups in the 1930s that murdered for the Mafia. Although many of …
Nuremberg, Eichmann, and Extra-Judicial Murder
Nazi Germany – the totalitarian rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933-1945 – is infamously remembered for …
The Supreme Court and Obamacare
The new term of the Supreme Court has just begun. All eyes are on the court, as it is expected …
Romans 13 and National Defense
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that …
Are You an Imperial Christian?
The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, …
Five Lies of the Religious Right About Ron Paul
Although I am a theological and cultural Christian conservative, I am not a member of the Religious Right and never …
A Simple-Minded Warmonger
Review of Mike Huckabee, A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don’t!) …
Cursed Be Unconditional Obedience
“Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service. My mental …
Freedoms I Wish the Military Were Defending
“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.” ~ George W. Bush, September …