Category Archives: Biography

Nothing Comes Between Me and My Calvin

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 14 of the Pillars of Faith series
Fall from Grace
My personal “fall from grace” began with John Calvin. I was participating in Buy Nothing Christmas last year, and for Dad’s free gift, I decided to write about his hero Calvin. Neither of us was expecting a lengthy piece called A Tremendous Blasphemy. [...]

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Beverly LaHaye’s Dirty Laundry

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 12 of the Pillars of Faith series
Dirty Devotion
I was ten when I learned that my duties to The Lord included picking up men’s crusty socks. I never forgot reading in the church library that my husband’s filthy laundry actually belonged to Christ.
I honor men as heroes — those who risk their [...]

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Randall Terry’s Theater of the Absurd

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 11 of the Pillars of Faith series
Life Doesn’t End at Birth
I saw a bumper sticker that said “Life doesn’t end at birth” and that sums up everything wrong with militant anti-choice groups like Operation Rescue. Beyond simply stating their ideas or faith, they idolize the fetus, going to ridiculous, macabre extremes. [...]

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A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Dr. D. James Kennedy

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 10 of the Pillars of Faith series
Though he worked with, prayed with, praised, and preached the message of Reconstructionists, Dr. D. James Kennedy insisted he was not “guilty by association.” Call it what you want: the man was devoted to all aspects of reconstructing Old Testament law and merging church and [...]

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The Unholy Grail: Pope Alexander VI, 1431-1503

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 9 of the Pillars of Faith series.
Brave New World
As Columbus sailed toward the New World, a new pope was elected in the old world. The year was 1492, and Rodrigo Borgia became Pope Alexander VI. Among the most notorious of all papacies, Borgia’s family was the inspiration for Mario Puzo’s Godfather [...]

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The Unreasonable Faith of Martin Luther

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 8 of the Pillars of Faith series.
In the Beginning was the Word
Martin Luther is best known for getting the Bible out of the hands of the Catholic clergy. The Bible was kept from the general populace because of the very dangers that bloomed ever after — the scriptures were too volatile [...]

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Oral Roberts, the Resurrection and the Life

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 7 of the Pillars of Faith series.
Empire of Miracles
He healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons, and said, Behold, I am coming quickly!
Jesus Christ?
Not this time. The Lord’s good buddy Oral Roberts, of course.
The Oklahoma-born Charismatic faith-healer Roberts had queues of thousands of sick waiting for his healing [...]

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Pastor Melissa Scott, Porn Star

by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 6 of the Pillars of Faith series.
She Works Hard For the Money
Anna Nicole does… Jesus? Well, sort of. America’s hottest televangelist is Pastor Melissa Scott, who struts her stuff on late night TV, and at the L.A. University Cathedral on Sunday mornings. She’s smart and beautiful, with impossibly long dark [...]

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