Approaching the Rubicon

By Charlie Johnston Libertyville, Illinois – Coming to my old home state of Illinois I know what an athlete must feel like visiting his old home stadium 25 years after he has retired. It is intimate in that he knows every nook and cranny of it, including every mound and soft spot on the playing field. […]

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Be Not Afraid

By Charlie Johnston Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal Which comes upon you to prove you, As though something strange were happening to you. -1 Peter 4:12   A dark pall shrouds the earth these days. People can feel and hear the ice of harmony cracking beneath their feet. All are tottering […]

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Comes a Mighty Wind

By Charlie Johnston Occasionally, I have noted that our lack of understanding of the customs and mores of Roman-occupied Jerusalem have caused us to dramatically misinterpret the import of many of Jesus’ sayings. Everything He did and said was designed to enhance the dignity of the human person. For example, the Lord said that if […]

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Welcome to Armageddon

By Charlie Johnston I am holed up, feverishly working on the last touches on my CORAC Handbook. Today was my deadline, but I will push it through the weekend, may God have mercy on my soul. Many people treat the Apocalypse and Armageddon as the same thing. They are not. The Apocalypse is the end […]

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Whatsoever is True

Quaecumque Sunt Vera By Charlie Johnston In mythology, when sunlight bursts into a dark lair of vampires, a great shrieking and furious snarling fills the air as the vampires perish. I can’t help but notice that there is a lot of shrieking and snarling coming from the left lately. The American Spectator’s Scott McKay thinks […]

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Searching for Light

By Charlie Johnston I will be going into radio silence through this weekend. The CORAC Handbook and Manual on Building Functional Communities will go to Dr. Joe Brickner this weekend for formatting and then be released next week in digital form. Hard copies will be available later in the month, which you will be able […]

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Intellectual and Moral Eclipse

By Charlie Johnston Thoughts from my sojourn at Mt. Meeker during the eclipse… When I was doing radio back in the late 80’s through the mid-90’s it drove me bananas that all the media would judge a legislative session by how many new laws it passed. I was insistent that a legislature should rather be […]

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To Life!

By Charlie Johnston Shawnee, Kansas – You may or may not have noticed that David Daleiden’s Center for Medical Progress (CMP) dropped a video about a week and a half ago proving that some Planned Parenthood affiliates have been selling baby body parts for profit illegally. It includes footage of abortionists speaking bluntly about it, […]

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