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R Is for Radiant
By Judie Brown Recently Meghan Schrader, a defender of the rights of people with disabilities, came to my attention because of a two-part article she wrote on the fallout of using the word “retarded” to define certain members of the human family. According to Merriam-Webster, the word retarded is “dated, now offensive: affected by intellectual disability: INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED.”...
A Cacophony of Voices
By Judie Brown The roar of messages defying God’s law is palpable in every nook and cranny of American culture. It is quite literally an orchestra of discord playing to the crowd day after day. Over the years, pro-lifers have moved from exposing the moral wrongs of...
True Words
By Judie Brown A stickler for word usage is the way some people describe me. Of course they are right. Because there are some words in the English language that are abused to the hilt, somebody has to set the record straight. When word abasement occurs, even among...
The Absence of Good
By Judie Brown The Catholic dictionary defines evil as “the privation of a good that should be present.” It continues, “[Evil] is the lack of a good that essentially belongs to a nature; the absence of a good that is natural and due to a being. Evil is therefore the...
Who Is the Liar Now?
By Judie Brown There was a time when everyone tried to be honest, even when it hurt. Integrity beckoned us to be witnesses to reality. But those days are gone! In our age, we are besotted with false rhetoric designed to make us feel good about the horrific acts that...
Complex Issues Versus Charity
By Judie Brown Recently deceased preacher Voddie Baucham Jr. delivered a message on cultural apologetics for Christians. His words are striking in their generosity, their love for Christ, and in their advocacy for always acting with mercy, even when we are righteously...
Life-Affirming Influencers Rock!
By Judie Brown We consider anyone who defends life, stands up for life, or lives a pro-life life to be an influencer. The thing about such people—and there are many—is that their presence in our world influences others without fanfare and without a self-awareness that...