By Gary DeMar

I wonder if people can read. I don’t mean read the words on a page. I mean read to understand. Last week’s articles on third parties are a case in point. Two of the articles, one published by me and the other by Eric Rauch, are critical of those pushing the third-party option. These two articles were designed to get Christians to deal with political realities as they now exist. Let me be clear: As things now exist, a vote for a third-party candidate won’t change anything. It might make third-party advocates feel good, but we are still going to get either Obama-Biden or McCain-Palin. Third-party voters will say that since they didn’t vote for either one, they won’t be to blame for what happens. We’ll all be to blame, because we have not done what needed to be done a long time ago. Today’s third-party candidates are an attempt to avoid a much larger issue: the requirement of hard work!

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by Gary DeMar

Next to the book of Revelation (not Revelations), the most widely quoted section of Scripture dealing with what many believe is a comprehensive prophecy about end-time events is the Olivet Discourse found in Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21. With descriptions of wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, and false prophets, it’s no wonder that these passages have been used for centuries to claim that some type of cataclysmic end was always near. It will help at this point to understand how the Olivet Discourse has been interpreted and then hone in on what is the most consistent biblical interpretive approach to the passage.

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by Joel McDurmon

Here in the Atlanta area we are suffering from gas shortages. We are one of a few pointed regions of the Southeast (also particularly Nashville and the Carolinas) that has experienced a squeeze at the pumps since Hurricane Ike (we have no local refineries, and our gas is trucked from one main pipeline that routes petrol from the gulf refineries that Ike shut down). Most stations within 60 miles of the city have no gas. Stations are hurting not only due to decreased volumes of gas sold, but also due to decreased in-store sales since people don’t come in where there is no gas. This article offers a review and a possible solution some station owners might want to consider which would benefit consumers as well.

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by Eric Rauch

Leslie Nielson was dead: to begin with. The great ship had capsized when the wave crashed over its port side and now it was slowly sinking. The passengers left inside were faced with a decision: fore or aft? Two leaders arose, each with a persuasive answer to the dilemma. It was up to the passengers to decide whom they would follow…

It happens every four years. For the two or three months that precede the United States presidential election, the Christians in this country, from the mountains to the prairies, lose their minds. And I’m not talking about the Christians whose minds are lost all the other 3 years and nine months of the time, but normally clear-thinking, deliberate, passionate, and effective Christians, who understand that changing the country will not come through politics, but simple obedience to the Gospel. For these usually sane and rational individuals, the presidential election exemplifies the ultimate opportunity for Christians to demonstrate that they are “in the world, but not of it.”

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By Dr. Richard A. Jones

George W. Bush, by missing many a golden chance at greatness that came his way, is almost certain to go down in honest history as mediocre rather than what he could easily have been. I personally liked what I saw of him on TV and could envision him as being a good neighbor or even a friend. His wife’s pleasant demeanor helped. He’s handled the terrorist crisis fairly well given how skilled the jihadists have become over the last 20 years as illustrated by multiple attacks leading up to 9/11 and beyond. I’m convinced most Americans are glad Bush persevered in Iraq and even the “we support the troops” mainstream media has surrendered! Another Viet Nam would have shaken our collective national soul in perilous ways. Neither war nor empires should ever be sought but there are Washington schemers who love spilling the blood of others for their own purposes. Beyond all that, however, no sane society can afford to be bullied by mad men, especially by religious extremists, fanatically and misguidedly dedicated to hopeless causes.

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