Truth with Teeth
The biggest danger of a prolonged government shutdown is the mirage of a prosperous nation being shattered. What if the shutdown went on long enough for people to realize that they live not in a prosperous nation, but in a nation of federal dependency? By most outward measures, the United States appears wealthy beyond precedent....
Every movement needs an adversary. Every cause, a culprit. So the activist, the partisan, the reformer all invoke a shadowy pronoun: they. They are the elites. They are the corrupt. They are the problem. The word absolves the speaker. It is cleansing, surgical. By naming them, we declare ourselves innocent. Yet this linguistic division conceals...
The attitude of the Church today is, in many ways, quite different from that of the Apostolic Church. The early believers lived in the shadow of the Roman Empire, where loyalty to the state was not merely political but religious. The emperor was hailed as savior and lord, and citizens were expected to burn incense...
Port-au-Prince is burning...again. But this time, the fire isn’t just a symptom of instability. It is the smoke of sovereignty collapsing into ash, a sovereign state being overtaken not by revolutionaries, nor invading armies, but by gangs-turned-governments who now control the daily lives of millions. This is not anarchy. It is something more insidious: criminal...
Once a year, we gather ’round the grill and pretend. We pretend we’re a sovereign people. That we govern ourselves. That the spirit of ’76 still haunts the halls of power and not just the packaging of craft beer and the occasional campaign speech. It’s Independence Day, America’s annual cosplay of liberty. The story goes...
As fireworks burst across the sky and patriotic shouts swell in the air, we celebrate today not merely the birth of a nation—but the triumph of liberty over tyranny, of conviction over compromise. On July 2, 1776, America's founders ratified the Lee Resolution and broke the bonds between Great Britain and her colonies. On July...
PLANET VIROLUX, AZURYN STAR RESORT Twin moons hover above mist-draped peaks. The sky pulses with lavender auroras and cloudless lightning, caused by some not well understood effect of the crystal content in the mountains. Jagged obsidian cliffs rise high above the city of Azuryn, around pools of shimmering bioluminescent liquid, which flow down into lavafalls...
FOGRUNNER – GALLEY – MORNING CYCLE AFTER THE SMUGGLER'S MALL The lights hummed to life with a flicker as the Fogrunner coasted through deep space. The scent of synthetic bacon and burnt caf steeped into the recycled air. Julian Fog leaned against the galley counter in a ragged T-shirt that read “HARLEY DAVIDSON – EARTH’S...
It’s not uncommon to hear pastors declare from the pulpit of our churches, “We love people.” It’s on banners, websites, and mission statements. It’s echoed during food drives, clothing giveaways, and outreach events. And yet, often behind the scenes—in staff meetings, private conversations, or even from the stage in moments of unscripted frustration—that love can...
Reverence Him. He spoke—and stars ignited. He breathed—and man awoke. He stretched out His hand—and seas parted, storms stilled, blind eyes opened, the dead walked out of tombs. Reverence Him. He walked on water like it was dust. He fed thousands with a boy’s lunch. He touched lepers and they were clean. He spoke truth...