I was raised a pagan!   OK, well maybe not a strict pagan, but if you understand the term in the context of the early Roman Empire, where it meant someone who practiced something other than Christianity – or no religion at all – that pretty much described my up-bringing. No religion for us, not even on Christmas or Easter (called CEO’s). Nope! With Saturday evenings reserved for beer, poker and guitar-playing ... and with blue cigarette smoke suspended thicker than the toxic

So let me set the stage here!   The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labour and Pensions held a 10:00 am hearing this January 14, 2026. Its intended focus, as stated, was “ Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs .”     The earlier Dobbs decision [ Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ] of June 24, 2022 had overturned Roe v. Wade  (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey  (1992), eliminating the constitutional right to abort

Martyrdom is not a ‘modern’ invention. Any believer who has ever taken the time to investigate the early days of the church, will know that waves of Christians succumbed to licking flames ... unimaginable torture techniques ... and crazed beasts ... often ‘headlined’ through gory, public spectacles by the unnatural blood-lusts of Roman Caesars, Catholic Popes and other potentates. This was the cost of allegiance to Christ and His kingdom, as history’s centuries and pages witn

I confess that I do not remember much about Christmas as a kid. It’s not that I did not have parents who lavished presents on me and my two siblings come December 25; they did! But ask me what those presents were, when I was 10, 11 or 12 – and it is tough to remember.   Scientists say that that is because part of the brain responsible for moving memories into long-term storage is still maturing. OK! However, someone once told me that 1 adult year is apparently equal to about