"Bad Blood" is a book by John Carreyou, about Theranos, Inc. and Elizabeth Holmes, its founder and CEO. Carreyou was the prizewinning Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the story, initially from sources inside the company, of the misrepresentations related to a device that Holmes maintained could do 200 blood tests on a prick of… Continue reading Bad Blood
Author: Larry Foster
I am the Editor of the Conservative Christian Apologist. I have been a Christian for almost 60 years since my youth.
The Ministry of Truth
In George Orwell's novel, "1984", written in 1948 about a future fictional facist country called "Oceania", the "Ministry of Truth" makes sure that all information available to the population of Oceania conforms to the current party line. This ministry was in charge of changing accounts of the past and destroying any evidence that might prove… Continue reading The Ministry of Truth
Happy At Any Cost
"Happy at any Cost" by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre is the story of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Hsieh took over the struggling online shoe retailer in the early days of internet e-commerce and made it into a profitable company. Amazon later bought out the company for 1.2 billion making Hsieh a rich man. His… Continue reading Happy At Any Cost
Soul-Crushing Barbarity
Recently, two pro-life activists were on there way to sidewalk counsel at the Washington-Surgo abortion clinic in D.C. They spotted a medical-waste-management truck loading boxes. They managed to get the driver to open one of the boxes as they suspected they included aborted babies. They found 110 first-trimester and five late-term babies. One baby was… Continue reading Soul-Crushing Barbarity
Heart of a Tiger
"Heart of a Tiger" by Herschel Cobb is a book about the summers spent by the author with his grandfather Ty Cobb at his home in Lake Tahoe in the 1950s and 1960s. The purpose of the book was to give another viewpoint of Ty Cobb, one of the greatest baseball players to ever play… Continue reading Heart of a Tiger
The Blessed Forgiven
"Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit is no deceit.... I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.… Continue reading The Blessed Forgiven
Desert Fox
"Desert Fox" by Samuel Mitcham is a biography of German General Erwin Rommel. Rommel is widely considered, along with American General George Patton, as one of the two best generals of World War II. The book covers his his entire life, including his impressive exploits as a junior officer in World War I, but concentrates… Continue reading Desert Fox
The Power of Prayer
"Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit." James 5:17-18 Elijah was able to stop the… Continue reading The Power of Prayer
Trudeau’s Enabling Act
Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada recently invoked the "Emergencies Act", voted into law by Parliament in years past for national emergencies. It was invoked in response to continuing trucker protests (against vaccine mandates) and blockades in the city of Ottawa and certain Canada-US border crossings. Included are orders that certain financial service providers cease the… Continue reading Trudeau’s Enabling Act
Interview With Our Editor
The following is an interview with the Editor with questions posed by Steve 2525. Question 1 - American Society has changed drastically and significantly since 2015. During the Trump administration the Media and Democrats in Congress, FBI, DOJ, NSA and Establishment Republicans began a war upon Conservatives and Donald Trump as their representative. Since then… Continue reading Interview With Our Editor
Robert E Lee: A Life
"Robert E Lee: A Life" is the newest biography of the Confederate general written by historian Allen C. Guelzo. Guelzo is a self-described Yankee partisan but presents a fairly even-handed portrait, but more negative than some better biographies such as by Emory Thomas or Douglas Southall Freeman. While critical of Lee for his view on… Continue reading Robert E Lee: A Life
Be Kind to the Wicked
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.... and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and the evil." Luke 6:27-28, 35 One of the commands of our… Continue reading Be Kind to the Wicked
Amy Carmichael
Amy Carmichael was one of the most famous Christian missionaries in history, serving 55 years in India. Raised in Belfast in Northern Ireland, Amy studied music, singing and painting and found the Savior while in boarding school. Following her conversion she had a longing to learn how to live a holy life, pleasing to God.… Continue reading Amy Carmichael
A Passion For God
"A Passion For God" by Lyle Dorsett is a biography of A. W. Tozer. Tozer, a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, is probably best know for writing the classic book "The Pursuit of God" calling Christians to a more closer intimacy with God. Tozer was born in Western Pennsylvania in poverty and moved to Akron,… Continue reading A Passion For God
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Written during the Civil War it tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to… Continue reading I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Charles Dickens and His Christmas Carol
One of my favorite stores is "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of the redemption of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, someone who was enslaved by his desire for money and profits and who had distain for virtually everything and everyone else. He was visited by three spirits from the past, present and… Continue reading Charles Dickens and His Christmas Carol
Christmas 1972
I was recently reflecting on my most memorable Christmas at 13 years old, from a standpoint of the gifts I received, almost a half century ago now. My folks were fairly frugal and Christmas was my greatest opportunity for games/toys for the year. Mom would generally get me two or three "fun" gifts I could… Continue reading Christmas 1972
Florida State Guard
On December 2 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he was proposing allotting 3.5 million dollars to reestablish the Florida State Guard, a 200 man volunteer militia controlled by the State alone. He pitched the idea as a way to further support the Florida National Guard during emergencies. The notable difference between a State Guard… Continue reading Florida State Guard
Our Thanksgiving Harvest Festival
"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord. On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth… Continue reading Our Thanksgiving Harvest Festival
Inflation is Here and it is the Poor Who Will Suffer
The much feared inflation is now certainly here. The recent Consumer Price Index increased to 6.2% from a year ago, the biggest inflation surge in 30 years. The national debt has ballooned to around 29 trillion, over $80,000 per citizen. As a result, the federal government's debt burden in 2021 will be larger than the… Continue reading Inflation is Here and it is the Poor Who Will Suffer
Franco
"Franco" by Stanley Payne and Jesus Palacios is a biography of Francisco Franco the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975. Although a right-wing dictator who supported Hitler in his war against Communism, Franco survived World War II in power and, after a long reign, bequeathed Spain an increasingly prosperous society that would transform into… Continue reading Franco
Avoid Disqualification
"Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.… Continue reading Avoid Disqualification
Insanely simple
Insanely Simple is a book written by Ken Segall on the obsessive simplicity of Apple Corporation. It makes the case that one of the keys of Apple's success is its drive to simplify its products and processes and not let complexity creep in. This was a principle Steve Jobs believed in strongly and insisted his… Continue reading Insanely simple
Put on Christ
"But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that… Continue reading Put on Christ
Our Imperishable Body
"But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven,… Continue reading Our Imperishable Body
