Ratio Christi is my favorite campus ministry. And the chapter that does the best job of tackling the toughest and most impactful topics is the Ohio State University chapter, which is run by my good friend Eric Chabot. Eric just finished teaching a series on intelligent design to the students. He also brings the best evidential apologists to speak on campus. This time it’s Frank Turek.

Here are the details:

Join Frank LIVE tonight (MON. 11/3) at THE Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) as he presents, ‘If God, Why Evil? A Q&A in Honor of My Friend Charlie Kirk.’ The event kicks off at 7:30 PM ET in the Ohio Union Archie Griffin Ballroom

Please come, bring a friend, and be part of the conversation. Thanks to our generous donors, this event is FREE and open to the public. If you can’t attend in person, you can join us LIVE on YouTube HERE or your favorite social media channel.

The live stream will be here at 7:30 PM Eastern TONIGHT:

I hope you can tune in. I certainly will. And please pray now for God to make use of this event to lead people to him, and maybe even some people who will go on to have an influence on the university campus, just like Eric and Frank are doing now.

The problem of evil is one of the most frequently occurring questions that non-Christians ask. Sadly, most Christians are not well equipped to answer this question. But Frank Turek has a long history of working on this issue, so you will hear good answers from him. Even more important, you can see the real questions that college students are asking.

There is not much time given to the task of evangelism in most churches. Pastors seem to want people to avoid preparation, and just bypass the real questions that non-Christians ask. So, they don’t equip you to answer questions like “Does God Exist?” or “How Could a Good God Allow Evil?” You’re just supposed to say that Jesus forgives your sins, and makes your life better (somehow). This is not good preparation for answering the questions of college students or the non-Christian co-workers you find in the workplace.

My current church has the same attitude about dismissing apologetics training. Two weeks ago, one of the co-pastors at my church told the flock “the best evangelists are often new Christians, because they just explain what Jesus did for them in their own lives”. This past Sunday, the other co-pastor also praised the ability of people to evangelize without putting in any work. So, we are down to the level of the Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses now, just trying to appeal to people with personal testimony, and hoping that their bosoms will catch fire with feelings.

When you watch an event like Frank Turek on a university campus, you get the real experience of evangelism. This is a case where someone has put in the time to study these issues deeply, and write about them, even in published works. Frank has also done debates with people like Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic magazine. He has spoken and written about the most controversial issues, such as LGBT and pro-life. Most people in church tend to shy away from controversial issues or they just quote the Bible to people who don’t believe the Bible. Frank does a better job.

Eric told me that they have booked a room to hold 1000 students, and the event has been well advertised. You should share the link to the live stream on your social media, as well. Make sure you take the opportunity to see what evangelism to non-Christians really looks like outside the church doors. It’s not just sharing your testimony, or quoting the right Bible verse to people who don’t even believe the Bible. It’s about being ready with to answer anyone who asks you, and in the same way that Jesus answered his skeptics: with evidence. You might not be able to perform the miracles, but you can certainly learn how to make the case from God’s creation and designing work in nature, and make the historical case for the reliability of the New Testament and the resurrection of Jesus. And that does make you a better evangelist.

If you feel led to invest in what Eric is doing at Ohio State University, you can find his donate link here.

A little while ago, I blogged about how the Biden administration had spied on eight Republican senators. And I thought, “wow, this is 8 times worse than Watergate, will anyone go to jail for this?” Well, now we have 100 times worse than Watergate. This is a HUGE news story. Super journalist Catherine Herridge covered it. But no one in the corporate news media has covered it.

So, here’s the article in The Federalist, written by Beth Brelje, my new favorite author there.

Beth writes:

The Joe Biden-era FBI’s Arctic Frost operation — which targeted nearly every facet of the Republican Party and the conservative movement — was described Wednesday as “100 times worse than Watergate,” but the propaganda press still chose to ignore it. Larger new outlets turned a blind eye to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s press conference detailing how the FBI tried to tank President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign by using its authority to invasively gather data on some 430 Republican individuals and entities.

She notes that this bombshell story was not featured in the The New York Times, or Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post, or the CNN, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News websites.

What do you think will happen to the people involved? If it were up to me, I would charge them with treason, and send them to Guantanomo Bay.

But Daily Signal has a more realistic prediction:

As revelations about former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol protest come to light, an investigation of the investigator could go in several different directions.

Those directions include criminal charges against certain Justice Department personnel, civil rights lawsuits against federal agencies, a judicial impeachment, and presidential pardons, legal experts say.

[…]On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called for the impeachment of Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Boasberg signed off on a gag order in 2023 to prevent businesses that were subpoenaed from informing their clients. That included preventing AT&T from notifying Cruz that his cellphone records were being collected by investigators.

[…]There is the potential for criminally prosecuting Justice Department personnel who were part of Smith’s investigative team, said Mike Howell, director of the Oversight Project, a watchdog group.

The charge of conspiracy against rights would apply anytime two or more individuals plotted to threaten, injure, or intimidate another American to prevent him from exercising his constitutional rights—in this case, the right to free speech and freedom of assembly, as well as the right against unreasonable searches and seizures.

I think this would be a wonderful story to have floating around in the news right up until the 2026 mid-term elections. Help voters to understand which political party really does use government as a weapon against their political opponents… just like Hitler did.

Do you ever wonder why people on the left are so uninformed? It’s not because they’re stupid. It’s because they choose to consume news sources that make them feel superior to Republicans. They don’t know about these stories, because the brain is not in charge of how they are informed. The heart is in charge. And the heart says “you aren’t allowed to read anything that makes me feel bad”. And that’s why they don’t know about these stories.

So, if you want to make a difference before the next election, why not share that article from The Federalist on your social media pages? Might as well help people to understand the need to vote Republican. In every election. Fascism should not be allowed to happen again, like it did under the Obama and Biden regimes.

A while back on this blog, I blogged about a case where a Canadian homeowner was awakened in the middle of the night by an armed intruder. The homeowner defended himself from the armed intruder. The intruder was air-lifted to a hospital, and the Canadian police arrested and charged the homeowner with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.

Not content to have banned self-defense, but now they want to ban possession of bolt-action rifles and shotguns.

Here’s the story from Daily Signal:

Gun control in America’s northern neighbor has moved into confiscation phase, as Nova Scotia, Canada’s east coast province, kicked off a pilot program of “voluntary” gun buybacks in September, while the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan say they will not comply.

The national ban was originally decreed by then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government in 2020, covering 1,500 models of rifles, but has since been expanded to include more than 2,500 models. And while the ban is purported to cover “semi-automatic firearms with sustained rapid-fire capability,” the list of prohibited firearms also includes more traditional bolt-action rifles and shotguns commonly used in hunting.

[…]The program will go nationwide later this fall.

[…]Canadians gun owners have complied with strict regulations but accepted the government’s pledges that it would respect the rights of hunters and sports shooters, he said. That compact has now been broken.

Naturally, the criminals aren’t going to turn in their guns. It’s just the law-abiding people who have to.

The article notes that failure to hand over your guns to the federal government is a criminal offense, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. This applies to people who live in rural areas who might have to deal with dangerous wildlife, as well. So it’s not just threats from violent rapists and murderers, it’s threats from animals that could literally kill you. The government just tells people “call the police” and “comply with the criminal’s orders”. I am not joking.

Colion Noir has actual video of the Canadian police explaining:

The article also notes that this ban on bolt-action rifles and shotguns was actually enacted by executive order. It was not passed through the House and Senate and signed into law. It’s just the command of the dictator who runs the poorly-named Liberal Party of Canada.

Look at what the criminal justice system is like in Canada:

A British Columbia court sentenced a 24-year-old refugee to probation and a suspended sentence on Wednesday over a violent stabbing incident in Vancouver last November.

Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Elbahloul pleaded guilty to assault in connection with the stabbing and slashing of one man, and a minor charge related to the assault of another.

[…]Elbahloul was provided with a knife by one of his companions and used it to stab the victim’s stomach and then proceeded to also cut his legs. The victim required medical attention as a result of the fight.

Elbahloul also admitted to kicking another victim who was on the ground during the altercation.

[…]Judge Kathryn Denhoff acknowledged the seriousness of the crimes but noted that neither victim provided an impact statement.

She also considered what she called the challenging circumstances of Elbahloul’s background.

Displaced by war in his home country of Libya at a young age, Elbahloul experienced significant violence and loss, Denhoff argued in her decision.

This story reminds me of my recent blog post that talked about the consequences of having a feminized legal system. Compassion for criminals, and too bad for their victims.

This happens all the time, actually:

Recently, a Pakistani national narrowly avoided deportation due to a last-minute intervention by the Liberal government, despite participating in infrastructure blockades alongside climate extremist groups.

Do you think that it’s safe to travel to a country like this? I would avoid traveling to Canada at all costs. It’s not a safe country. And the police and criminal courts have zero liability for the results of their pro-criminal, anti-self-defense policies. You pay them, you are raped and murdered, and they don’t face any consequences for it. And the majority of their voters are OK with that.