Opinion

• Singer Rejected by The Voice Wins Vocalist of the Year: The Peril and Promise of Persistence Curtis Almquist of the Society of St. John the Evangelist notes: "The energy in Jesus’ teachings is about our being prepared: being prepared to die, but, in the meantime and more importantly, being prepared to live. You don’t... Nov 16, 2020

  

  Singer Rejected by The Voice Wins Vocalist of the Year: The Peril and Promise of Persistence
• Chris Nikic (Who Has Down Syndrome) Completes Ironman. More Importantly, He Bears God's Image A recent Christian Post article described how women, 69 percent of the time, are immediately offered an abortion when their child is diagnosed with Down Syndrome in utero. If they decline, they are asked again. And often,... Nov 13, 2020

  

  Chris Nikic (Who Has Down Syndrome) Completes Ironman. More Importantly, He Bears God's Image
• The Crises of Our Day and the Power of Community We can choose the self-centered existentialistic ethos of our culture or we can choose to serve the common good by serving together. Here are three biblical steps to a better future: Nov 13, 2020

  

  The Crises of Our Day and the Power of Community
• Divorce Is Down during COVID. Why? Predictions of a COVID-induced divorce surge never materialized. And according to Dr. Bradford Wilcox, director of the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project, divorce filings are down between 10 and 20 percent since... Nov 12, 2020

  Divorce Is Down during COVID. Why?
• The Peril and Power of Personal Freedom I am hopeful that our commitment to the fact that “all men are created equal” will empower us to face our challenges together while embracing the value and beliefs of every American. But it is this very commitment to the... Nov 12, 2020

  The Peril and Power of Personal Freedom
• Why the Idea of Human Exceptionalism Ruffles Feathers Scientists who assume that human exceptionalism is a religious hang-up will see any animal spotted resembling human behavior as evidence that there’s nothing exceptional about humans. This same commitment to disproving human... Nov 11, 2020

  Why the Idea of Human Exceptionalism Ruffles Feathers
• Giving Life and Offering Eternal Life I’m confident that you would say you believe in the existence of hell. But let me ask you: Do you truly believe that the non-Christians you know will spend eternity there? Are you convinced that your neighbors who seem to be... Nov 11, 2020

  Giving Life and Offering Eternal Life
• Ballot Initiatives and the Silence of Churches In addition to national, state and local leadership, voters also made decisions on over 100 ballot initiatives. Nov 10, 2020

  Ballot Initiatives and the Silence of Churches
• Is Alex Trebek in Heaven? The Question and Urgency of Eternity A year after his cancer diagnosis, Trebek released a video in which he said that giving up his battle with cancer “would certainly have been a betrayal of my faith in God and the millions of prayers that have been said on my... Nov 10, 2020

  Is Alex Trebek in Heaven? The Question and Urgency of Eternity
• Pray to Our Holy God for Our Divided Nation This past Wednesday morning, the day after an election that is still not resolved, my friend Ed Stetzer challenged us, in direct and clarifying terms, what kind of church the world needs right now. Nov 09, 2020

  Pray to Our Holy God for Our Divided Nation