Opinion

• Thirty Years after Tiananmen: Persecution ‘the World Has Never Seen the Likes of’ Tiananmen Square consists of 109 acres in the heart of Beijing, China. Ironically, the name means “Gate of Heavenly Peace.” First constructed in 1420 during the Ming dynasty, it was the entrance to the Imperial City and the... Jun 03, 2019

  

  Thirty Years after Tiananmen: Persecution ‘the World Has Never Seen the Likes of’
• When Should We Answer Our Critics? When I released this embedded op-ed and posted a picture with Francis Chan on my Facebook page, I was branded by some as heretical, ecumenical, and part of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), none of which are true. May 31, 2019

  

  When Should We Answer Our Critics?
• Some Women Are More Equal than Others: Voices the Tolerant Won’t Tolerate One of the most important developments in American culture over the last few years has been the elevation of women. Especially since the #MeToo movement inspired victims to come forward, we’ve become serious about ending the... May 31, 2019

  

  Some Women Are More Equal than Others: Voices the Tolerant Won’t Tolerate
• Oregon Lawmakers Require Schools to Teach about the Holocaust: Fourteen-Year-Old Helped Make it Happen Alter Wiener was imprisoned in five different concentration camps during the Holocaust. Most of his family was killed, including his father. He weighed eighty pounds when he was liberated in 1945. Wiener moved to the US after... May 31, 2019

  Oregon Lawmakers Require Schools to Teach about the Holocaust: Fourteen-Year-Old Helped Make it Happen
• The Gods of Our Age: Our Short Course on Sex, State, Science, and Stuff “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” God’s commandment to Israel could not have been clearer, but for Israel, keeping it was not so easy. Each time God’s people turned to “other gods” like Baal or Molech—despite the dire... May 30, 2019

  The Gods of Our Age: Our Short Course on Sex, State, Science, and Stuff
• Blind and Autistic Performer Reminds Us that Every Life Is Sacred Kodi Lee played the piano and sang on America’s Got Talent when it premiered Tuesday night. The twenty-two-year-old is blind and autistic, yet he was so amazing that he received a standing ovation from the judges and a “golden... May 30, 2019

  Blind and Autistic Performer Reminds Us that Every Life Is Sacred
• The Bedroom and the Pew: Religious Couples Are the Most Satisfied One of our world’s most persistent myths is that religion is the enemy of good sex. The idea of Christians as repressed Puritan prudes—as historically inaccurate as that is—still exerts enormous power over our imaginations. May 29, 2019

  The Bedroom and the Pew: Religious Couples Are the Most Satisfied
• Gillette Ad Shows Transgender Son’s First Shave: Responding to a Six-Step LGBTQ Strategy “Whenever, wherever, however it happens—your first shave is special.” This is the caption of a Facebook ad by Gillette. It features a young person shaving while a father offers encouragement. May 29, 2019

  Gillette Ad Shows Transgender Son’s First Shave: Responding to a Six-Step LGBTQ Strategy
• What Do We Do about Demographic Decline?: All Ideas Welcome According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, the number of births in the U. S. has dropped to a three-decade low in 2018. In just one year, the birth rate fell seven percent among women 15 to 19; four percent... May 28, 2019

  What Do We Do about Demographic Decline?: All Ideas Welcome
• The Legacies of Bill Buckner and Bart Starr: “For What Shall We Live?” If your life ended this week, for what would you be remembered? Bill Buckner played twenty-two seasons in the major leagues, winning a batting title with the Chicago Cubs in 1980 and playing in the All-Star Game the next year.... May 28, 2019

  The Legacies of Bill Buckner and Bart Starr: “For What Shall We Live?”