Faith
A beautiful Christmas message from Ronald Reagan
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0tuah-x7M] Let’s turn the clock back thirty years to hear the beautiful Christmas address of a president who loved Christ. Ronald Reagan wasn’t afraid to call Jesus the Christ. He called a Christmas tree a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. He gave no quarter to the politically correct Thought Police who…
Read MoreShould public policy be molded by religion?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71NT42QtD64] “We have to give voice in public policy to keeping with the values of the Word.” The person who made this comment was referring to the Gospel values embedded in Christianity. If I understand correctly, the speaker is saying that our faith must project its values onto the larger society by…
Read MorePostcard from Arkansas
By Tom Quiner Quiner’s Diner is taking a much-appreciated vacation in Arkansas, so we won’t be posting as often as usual this week. The photo above is the view I have from the deck on my cabin . I have a tall stack of books next to me, as this is very much a reading…
Read MoreThe Summer of Hope
By Tom Quiner It began on June 2nd. The year was 1979 when the Alitalia jetliner set down in a land that time forgot for 123 years of its thousand year history. A Man in White with kind eyes stepped onto the tarmac. He knelt and kissed the earth. What was he thinking? How did…
Read MoreThe contagious mass psychosis of 1917
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ60bBMesFo] I was sitting on my patio last summer sipping on a glass of wine and enjoying the company of some good friends when the conversation took a mysterious turn. Carol told of something extraordinary she witnessed years ago at Veterans Auditorium here in Des Moines. She was the reluctant attendee of…
Read MoreMay 13th, 5PM
By Tom Quiner Three children saw something that changed the world. The year was 1917. It took place in Portugal on May 13th at 5PM. Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto were stopped in their tracks by the mystical appearance of a beautiful woman. Here’s how Lucia described the woman: She was…
Read MoreThe other right to life
By Kim Lehman [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4Cs_QkwsM] Last week, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets of Washington DC to commemorate the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But the March for Life is not just about abortion. Ralliers hope to build a culture of life where the human person is viewed as sacred from conception…
Read MoreGod vs. Science, part 2
[The following essay came across my e-mail yesterday. You know the type, it’s been forwarded around the world. I don’t know who wrote it, so I apologize to the unknown author for not giving him or her proper attribution. It is a wonderful discussion of God vs. science.] *** God vs. Science “Let me explain…
Read MoreGod vs. Science, part 1
Can you prove God’s existence? Perhaps the better question is, can you disprove it? The evidence of intelligent design is compelling.
Read MoreQuiner’s Diner interviewed today on My World, My People
By Tom Quiner I had the pleasure of being interviewed today by John Hernandez, host of the podcast TV show called My World, My People. We talked about everything from the Arizona shooting to religion and journalistic bias. We even fit in a discussion about the steroids scandal in baseball. You can watch the interview…
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