Author Archives: LAW

About LAW

Linda Whitlock has been a college English instructor, a freelance writer, an online writing coach, and an opinion columnist for The Roanoke Times. Her work has appeared in a number of publications, including The War Cry, HomeLife, Mature Living, Spirit-Led Writer, and PrimeLiving. Her passion is writing about the intersection of politics, culture, and worldview, particularly the Christian worldview.

Gratitude: The Things We Get to Do

Posted on January 5, 2019 by LAW

It’s the beginning of a new year, and I’ve established many, uh, aspirations, I’ll call them. Not resolutions, because then I’d have to admit I’ve already broken most of them. Not goals, because I’d have to make them “S.M.A.R.T” — … Continue reading →

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A Kind Word Never Goes Unheard

Posted on January 14, 2018 by LAW

I seldom listen to music when I’m in my car. A podcast is more my style. But on a recent errand-running day, I pulled out an old Oak Ridge Boys CD and slipped it into my car’s CD player. As … Continue reading →

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Defunding Planned Parenthood

Posted on July 25, 2017 by LAW

I have a commentary, “Many see Planned Parenthood taking life, not saving it” in today’s Roanoke Times.

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What God has Joined Together

Posted on March 7, 2017 by LAW

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. – Genesis 2:24 Douglas Mainwaring, whose same-sex attraction broke up his marriage nearly twenty years ago, has a … Continue reading →

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For Kings

Posted on January 22, 2017 by LAW

I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness … Continue reading →

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They’ll Know Us by Our Love

Posted on June 12, 2016 by LAW

Woodlawn, a movie that came out last fall, ended with a song I hadn’t heard or thought about in years, By Our Love, sung by for King and Country from A.D. The Bible Continues. Written by Peter Scholtes (according to … Continue reading →

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America’s Finest Hour

Posted on May 30, 2016 by LAW

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” – Winston Churchill Memorial Day is … Continue reading →

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Take Courage

Posted on January 22, 2016 by LAW

Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid. — Matthew 15-27b Years ago, when I heard someone relate the story of Jesus’ walking on water, the focus always seemed to be on Peter’s failure of faith. If only Peter hadn’t taken … Continue reading →

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Above Reproach

Posted on January 1, 2016 by LAW

Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world. … Continue reading →

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Marriage, Human Dignity, and Liberal Insecurity

Posted on July 12, 2015 by LAW

Three essays I’ve read recently powerfully express – far better than I could – some thoughts I’ve been having lately on the nature of marriage, on the brouhaha over Clarence Thomas’s dissent in Obergefell vs. Hodges, and on liberal/progressive insecurity. … Continue reading →

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