Author Bat Ye'or titled a recent book Eurabia-a blend of Europe and Arabia. She describes Europe's growing political, cultural, and religious ties with Muslims. She thinks the move toward Eurabia has gone so far that it can't be reversed.

Moderate Muslim scholar Bassam Tibi, a Syrian-born German citizen, expects Europe to become Islamic; the only question is what sort of Islam. Professor Tibi wonders whether hardcore Islam or a more tolerant version "is to dominate in Europe."

It is about Him, but if we can keep His soldiers myopic we may be able to misdirect many of His forces.

Yet there are other factors at work in this argument. Ten years ago, an American court ruled that a terminally-ill adult possessed a “constitutionally guaranteed right” to receive medical assistance in ending his life. Interestingly, the court cited discussion about the abortion debate in support, treating the question of assisted dying as a similar example of decisions affecting “personal dignity and autonomy” which the law should make possible.

Two controversial decisions of the 2003 General Convention have fractured the unity of the Anglican Communion and placed our future in peril. At issue are the approval given by the Episcopal Church to consecrate a practicing homosexual, who lives with another man, to serve as the Bishop of New Hampshire and the okay that was given for the blessing of same sex unions.