Cities Sending Mental Health Experts to Hundreds of Calls, NOT Cops — And It’s Worked 100%

Cities Sending Mental Health Experts to Hundreds of Calls, NOT Cops — And It’s Worked 100% by Matt Agorist  for The Free Thought Project As TFTP reported last week, Christian Joseph Hall, 19, was in the midst of a mental health crisis. He positioned himself on top of an overpass on I-80 leading to police closing off the road and engaging with him. Moments after police arrived, however, Hall would be dead. Video would prove he had his hands in the air and had surrendered when cops opened fire. Hall has…

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Wars and Fights…

Wars and Fights… When sin begins driving the bus there is nothing but trouble ahead. We already know, in our hearts, that we are outside the lines and should stop – but somehow we press forward. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. ~Romans 7:15 NKJB We know we should pray, but we do not. We want to turn our lips away from drink, but we do not. We want…

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TN Gov. Lee: ‘Transgender Athletes Will Destroy Women’s Sports’

TN Gov. Lee: ‘Transgender Athletes Will Destroy Women’s Sports’ By Emma Riley for CNS News Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee told reporters on Wednesday that “transgender athletes will destroy women’s sports” and that he wants to ban them from playing middle school and high school sports. “Transgenders participating in women’s sports will destroy women’s sports,” he said. “It will ruin the opportunity for girls to earn scholarships. It will put a glass ceiling back over women that hasn’t been there in some time. I think it’s bad for women and for women’s…

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The Meaning of Light in the Hebrew Bible

The Meaning of Light in the Hebrew Bible by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall Today we begin a two-part study exploring the Meaning of Light in the Old Testament, and next week the New Testament. First, a quick story. Back in the 1990s, a friend was into “New Age,” and angels — but I was unsure of what she really believed. However, she shared a “light blessing” with me that I cherish and have used ever since. When a loved one departs for a trip (or any reason), you imagine them…

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How The Suffering Of World Wars Seeded The Creativity Of J.R.R. Tolkien And C.S. Lewis

How The Suffering Of World Wars Seeded The Creativity Of J.R.R. Tolkien And C.S. Lewis By Joseph Loconte for The Federalist ‘If they won’t write the kinds of books we want to read,’ Lewis announced to Tolkien, ‘we shall have to write them ourselves.’ “The next few years will be ghastly,” wrote C.S. Lewis in September 1939, just two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Although a man of faith, Lewis confessed to a friend that his nerves were “often staggered” by the news from week to week. A combat veteran…

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