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Paul Stanley is a commercial insurance executive, writer and former journalist living in Memphis, Tennessee.

Why Are Evangelicals Being Excluded From 9/11 Ceremonies?

If you've watched the news any at all this week you've seen stories about the 9/11 10th anniversary ceremonies being held in New York City and Washington. What you may not have heard is that evangelical leaders are being excluded from these events. Today, the Family Research Council, a conservative pro-family organization, submitted over 62,000 signatures to Mayor Bloomberg at his office in New York. Two of our outstanding reporters covered the issue extensively and posted stories on our website at http://christianpost.com/politics/. I hope you will take a few minutes to read these stories about why Christians are being excluded from these important events and more importantly, prayer for the safety of our nation and for the sacrifice so many make ten years ago.

By |2011-09-08T21:31:25-05:00September 8th, 2011|My Blog Post|Comments Off on Why Are Evangelicals Being Excluded From 9/11 Ceremonies?
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Author Challenges Christians to ‘Vote the Bible,’ Not Political Parties

One of the many exciting things about writing for The Christian Post is getting to interview interesting people. Our assistant managing editor forwarded me a press release about a book and suggested I take a look at it. Mind you, we get tons of these releases each day. As someone who hopes to have my own book published soon, I now have a better understanding of the amount of information pitched to editors and reporters about upcoming publications on a daily basis. It's a bit overwhelming to say the least. Yet the title of this book caught my attention. You Voted for Who? And You Call Yourself a Christian? by David M. Kennedy. Yes, I'm a Christian and I know what I look for in a candidate, but I was by intrigued by what someone else had to say on the issue - especially someone from the "other party." David Kennedy calls himself a Democrat and says he left his southern Baptist Church years ago after they distributed copies of the Christian Coalition's voter guides. Remember those? I found David to be pragmatic, level-headed and above all, someone who has a heart for Jesus. David and I might disagree on [...]

By |2011-09-02T12:38:55-05:00September 2nd, 2011|My Blog Post|Comments Off on Author Challenges Christians to ‘Vote the Bible,’ Not Political Parties
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Fed Official Confirms Perry’s Claim of Texas Job Growth

GOP presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry has been touting the number of jobs created in Texas during the recent economic downturn. Perry has spent the past two weeks talking about the fact that about half of all the jobs in the nation have been created in Texas. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO and president Richard Fisher confirmed Perry's claims in recent remarks to a Midland, TX business group. Read the entire story at: http://www.christianpost.com/news/dallas-fed-ceo-defends-texas-job-growth-warns-politicians-over-criticism-of-bernanke-54419/  

By |2011-08-24T22:26:31-05:00August 24th, 2011|My Blog Post|Comments Off on Fed Official Confirms Perry’s Claim of Texas Job Growth
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On Being a Reporter & Editor

Of all the things that I have done in my professional life - or thought I would ever do for that matter, becoming the political section editor for an on-line newspaper never crossed my mind. I liked most of the reporters I knew (with one or two exceptions, that is), even when they didn't cover stories the way I felt they should. For the past two years I've spent a lot of time writing - on learning the craft - the fundamentals and technical aspects of writing, and following the advice of great writers who say the only way to improve your writing is to write - a lot. Sometime around the end of April I received an email from a close friend saying an on-line Christian news source was looking for reporters to cover various issues such as church, family, living, business, politics, etc. Writing on politics, I thought? Could be interesting. A couple of weeks later I made contact, submitted a writing sample and went through an evaluation period before being asked to join The Christian Post (CP) as a full-time reporter covering politics. The best way to describe CP is we cover secular news from a Christian [...]

By |2011-08-18T10:18:27-05:00August 18th, 2011|My Blog Post|Comments Off on On Being a Reporter & Editor
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Seeking Forgiveness for our Mistakes

The past few weeks have produced many unfortunate and painful headlines for some high profile political figures. I’m thinking of Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Edwards and Anthony Weiner. Of course they are only the latest that have made news because of their sexual indiscretions. Two years ago it was me, John Ensign and Mark Sanford; so I can relate. The story of my extramarital affair, exposed by my own indiscretions and a poorly planned extortion attempt, made headlines for about 14 days, most of them “above the fold,” meaning on the top half of the front page of newspapers, on the front AOL, in People magazine and on countless websites. The other politicians I mentioned had higher profiles than me so the coverage they received was even more extensive. Believe me, it wasn’t a pleasant experience and I don’t wish it upon anyone. But sin oftentimes produces severe consequences. In reliving these headlines and even writing about them, I could not help but make a couple of relevant observations. […]

By |2011-06-09T09:11:42-05:00June 9th, 2011|My Blog Post|2 Comments
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