Category: Classic Citizen
A Burgeoning Crisis
I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter;...
Read MoreThe Facts and the Truth
For the last few months, headlines about the Syrian refugee crisis have been dominating international news: Stories saying thousands of them arrive in Greece on...
Read MoreKilling Isn’t Caring
For the past 36 years, I have lived and practiced in the state of Oregon. For half that time, there was never any doubt about...
Read MoreThe Fellowship of the King
I was at a day-long marathon showing of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy recently (I’m a big nerd, so I do things like that from...
Read MoreLessons in Statesmanship
Tom Minnery: How did you wind up serving on Capitol Hill? Tom Coburn: I was practicing medicine, seeing the encroachment (of government on the private sector)....
Read MoreHouston, We Have a Problem
This article originally appeared in the November 2015 issue of Citizen magazine. Please feel free to download and share this FREE article with your friends and family ― compliments of...
Read MoreServant Leader
You know those people who retire after a long, productive career—then go right back to work, one way or another, because they still have a...
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Caught on Tape
Fifteen years ago, long before a series of undercover videos appearing to show Planned Parenthood executives haggling over the price of aborted babies’ body parts...
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Is Biblical Christianity on the Decline?
You’ve no doubt seen and been startled by the headlines: “Christianity Declines Sharply in US, Agnostics Growing: Pew”—Newsmax “Christians In U.S. On Decline As Number...
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Reversal of Fortunes
The pill in Rebekah Buell’s hand was only the size of a dime, but it felt bone-crushingly heavy as she looked at it through her...
Read MoreOf Football, Faith and Film
When Andy and Jon Erwin were filming University of Alabama football games for networks like ESPN in the 1990s, life was less complicated. They had...
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Years in the Making
This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Citizen magazine as a sidebar article within “Where There’s Smoke…” Please feel free to download and share this...
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Where There’s Smoke …
This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Citizen magazine. Please feel free to download and share this FREE article with your friends and family ― compliments of...
Read MorePerspective
Several weeks ago, I went to see a film starring George Clooney called Tomorrowland. To be honest, I was expecting to brace myself against some kind...
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What’s Coming Down the Aisle?
They don’t come around very often, but there are moments in time when the world waits with bated breath for something significant to happen. One...
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Battles in the Badger State
When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed right-to-work legislation on March 9—establishing that workers could not be forced to join or pay dues to a union—the...
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Julaine Appling’s KGB Connection
Mention the initials “KGB” to a Green Bay Packers fan and they’ll immediately know who you mean: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, the defensive standout who set the...
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Squelching the Slave Trade
In some ways, what happened in Sturgis, S.D., in the first week of August last year was the same thing that happens every year about...
Read MoreStates Take Action on Abortion
Amid lingering questions about the public funding of abortion and the abortion surcharge attached to many health plans on state and federal exchanges, several states...
Read MoreInsured for Life
As thousands of pro-lifers marched through the nation’s capital this January on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision to legalize abortion, the U.S....
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The Rescuers
Every once in a great while, you encounter a person who makes you realize that art imitates life. And simplistic catchphrases—much as you may try...
Read MoreThe Walking Dead
One of the most popular shows on television the last few years running has been AMC’s zombie-cult drama, The Walking Dead, currently in its fifth season....
Read MoreFired Up Over the Bible
The retired electric company worker scrawled his signature on the office sign-in sheet and waited in the conference room. The name “Walt Tutka” meant a...
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