Paul Dean

What’s happened to good manners in the South? The New York Times reported that while good manners have always been part of a Southerner’s identity...

Debate routinely swirls around accused terrorists or enemy combatants of the United States concerning whether or not they have a right to due...

There is an ongoing dialogue in some circles as to whether the world would be better off without religion.

With the politicization of the homosexual agenda there is the oft repeated assertion that there is a genetic link to homosexuality.

I was talking with a friend about God using the circumstances in our lives to show us what’s in our hearts. For example, if the teenage boy’s drum...

I’m not sure I want my wife telling me what I can’t eat, let alone the government (though I do try to listen to my wife). Stories about government...

Perhaps no recent statement has better captured so glaringly the bent of our culture than Pat Robertson’s advice to a man whose wife has...

There is no doubt Edward Bulwer-Lytton was right when he coined the phrase for his 1839 play The Conspiracy, “The pen is mightier than the sword.”...

The church is not immune to movements, trends, programs, and people latching on to the latest study that’s supposed to transform our lives. Each of...

The issue of marriage with particular reference to a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage is dangerous for conservative Christians...

If “American Idol” or the latest reality show proves anything it’s that people like to get caught up in things with other people. There is no...

One of the biggest complaints from parents and teenagers alike is that there is often little or no communication between the two groups. Perhaps...

President Obama has a problem: volunteers seem uninterested this time around. That’s startling considering that under-thirty-somethings worked on...

Most American Christians believe that America has a special place in God's heart.

We’ve all heard of “spin” or “spinning a story.” Newscasters give us their spin on different events everyday and we understand that. That’s why we...

South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is becoming a bit intrusive. In our neighborhood we have a pool and swim...

It's fairly common among American Christians to see the role of government as doing good for the citizens of a nation. We not only live in a time...

Twenty-five years ago my father suffered a major heart-attack and needed by-pass surgery. That’s a frightening prospect for anyone at anytime. Even...