"The ultimate essence of evil is the loss of taste for God as our all-satisfying life and joy, and the preference for other things above God himself." - John Piper

"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1, ESV).

I checked out the #ProtestPP rally in Des Moines this morning. About 30-40 folks outside of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland's Rosenfield Clinic in Des Moines were protesting to urge Congress to defund this evil industry of taxpayer money.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope," (Romans 15:13, ESV).

Please submit comments before MIDNIGHT, MONDAY 2/13 opposing this latest global taxpayer funded psychological data mining scheme of our youngest children for invasive, ineffective, and harmful government pre-K programs at the federal register.

United Methodist friends does the Iowa Conference of the UMC represent you when they lobby at the Iowa Statehouse? Not if you are pro-life, pro-liberty and for small government.

I had/have my own concerns about Betsy DeVos, but the left's handling of her nomination was over-the-top. French points out this primary truth - whatever they think of her donations, the left have received FAR MORE funding from teachers' unions than Republicans ever received from DeVos. With all of their cries about DeVos they never really got to real concerns and issues, instead they engaged in partisan fear mongering doing exactly what their special interests wanted them to do.

Here are education policy bills of concern before the Iowa Legislature this session.

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," (Proverbs 17:17, ESV).