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Man Bursts into Church and Confesses to Cold-Case Murder

October 1st, 2018

What do you do if you've just heard the murder confession of a tormented cold-blooded killer who has managed to evade local and federal authorities for years? That was the situation faced by one Connecticut pastor recently. Continue Reading »

Posted in: Life and Death | 31 Comments »

"Affluenza Teen" Ethan Crouch Released from Prison

April 5th, 2018

Ethan Crouch, the Texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk back in 2013, walked free this week. His lenient sentence provoked national outrage, and the infamous “affluenza defense” was widely mocked. Continue Reading »

Posted in: Political & Religious Controversy | 27 Comments »

Kill 'Em All?

April 27th, 2015

For many years, lethal injection has been the preferred method of state-sanctioned executions in America's prisons, but that may not be true for long, as the ethics of that method have been called into question. Continue Reading »

Posted in: Political & Religious Controversy | 109 Comments »

Noah’s Ark: Moral Lesson, or Barbaric Myth?

March 17th, 2014

Many of us remember learning about the story of Noah’s Ark in Sunday school. Most likely, we learned from our parents and Sunday school teachers about God’s overflowing capacity for redemption and forgiveness. Continue Reading »

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