Sam Bridges column
Sam Bridges is the founder and chief editor of VociferousSam.com, a website dedicated to providing insightful commentary on today's world and culture from a God-centered worldview and Biblical perspective. He is happily married to a beautiful Christian woman and is the father of five magnificent children. He is a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and webmaster at his church. For more information and commentary, visit http://www.VociferousSam.com.
Sam Bridges
February 23, 2006
Over the past few weeks, rioting in Europe and the Middle East has been spawned by cartoons depicting Muhammad in an unpleasant, though possibly accurate, . . .
Sam Bridges
October 14, 2005
It started long before Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court. It even started long before John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court. Conservative . . .
Sam Bridges
August 26, 2005
I feel an incredible amount of pity for Cindy Sheehan. She must still be experiencing intense grief due to the loss of her son, Casey, last year. As a parent, I . . .
Sam Bridges
June 23, 2005
On Tuesday, Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill, attempted to apologize from the Senate floor for disparaging remarks he made about the treatment of detainees at the U.S . . .
Sam Bridges
June 10, 2005
Just over two weeks ago, fourteen Senators developed and signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" that trumped all other parties under the guise of valid . . .
Sam Bridges
May 12, 2005
Several weeks ago, in the column entitled "The State of the Modern Church," I wrote about how there are some within the ranks of the Christian church who are . . .
Sam Bridges
April 22, 2005
On April 19, Americans remembered the victims of the horrendous attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City 10 years ago, an attack that . . .
Sam Bridges
April 1, 2005
In the past few weeks and months, there has been widespread criticism of Governor Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature for intervening in the Terri Schiavo case . . .
Sam Bridges
March 24, 2005
Few events have gripped the nation in recent history as the life-and-death fight surrounding Terri Schiavo. The 41-year old woman has unwittingly become the . . .
Sam Bridges
March 16, 2005
The modern church...the body of Christ...appears to be in a terrible state. That should be news to no one, even those who have no affiliation with any component . . .
Sam Bridges
February 17, 2005
Two recent high-profile situations have been either disconcerting or infuriating to endure, but they also raise troubling questions with respect to the First . . .
Sam Bridges
February 4, 2005
Liberals and Democrats continue to downplay and diminish President Bush's reelection this past November. Despite their negativity, the U.S. economy continues to . . .
Sam Bridges
January 12, 2005
Christmas 2004 is over. Most people in our culture and society completely forget Christmas each year promptly on December 26th. Their focus then turns fully to . . .
Sam Bridges
November 17, 2004
As Yasser Arafat's unexplained illness took a deeper hold on him and then as his death was announced, I felt very little regret or sadness. In fact, the only . . .
Sam Bridges
November 7, 2004
As part of VociferousSam's unannounced hiatus (during which some regular readers apparently checked the obits), our family experienced a brief vacation, a . . .
Sam Bridges
October 6, 2004
I have grimly joked over the past few weeks with family and friends that if John Kerry is elected President on November 2, VociferousSam will never be short on . . .
Sam Bridges
September 30, 2004
If last week's commentary upset some people, I suspect that this week's response will be an order of magnitude stronger.
Christian parents today strive to . . .
Sam Bridges
September 27, 2004
Occasionally, one of my magnificent children will ask me the meaning of a word they've encountered during their homework. While my reflexive response is often . . .
Sam Bridges
September 23, 2004
Monday, May 17, 2004 will be forever known as one of the darkest days in history. This infamy will be the direct result of that being the day the United States . . .
Sam Bridges
September 14, 2004
Christians are to have one source and one basis for how they view their world, how they make choices, and how they live their lives. That source is God, His . . .
Sam Bridges
August 27, 2004
On July 14, 2004, the U.S. Senate voted on a motion related to what is arguably one of the most important — both socially and morally — bills of our time, and . . .
Sam Bridges
August 21, 2004
Over the past several years, there has been an increasing amount of public discussion about the faith of politicians and elected officials. Within this context, . . .
Sam Bridges
August 17, 2004
The press and media have been filled lately with news and commentary about Alan Keyes being selected as the Republican candidate from Illinois for the U.S. . . .
