Opinion

• The Late Great Planet Church It’s not exactly news, but there are fewer people attending church now than before the pandemic. What we’re finding out now is just how big of a drop it was. According to a survey by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona... Sep 14, 2023

  

  The Late Great Planet Church
• Suicide Rates at All-Time High According to the Associated Press, nearly 50,000 people committed suicide last year, an absolute record in terms of raw numbers and the highest rate in nearly a century. Though, as one scholar noted, there’s always the chance... Sep 13, 2023

  

  Suicide Rates at All-Time High
• A Reflection on 'Speaking the Truth in Love' We are told that we have no right to force our beliefs on others, which is a belief others seek to force on us. But the illogic of such statements is lost on those who make them. In the face of such deception, it is vital that... Sep 13, 2023

  

  A Reflection on 'Speaking the Truth in Love'
• One Important Reason to Sabbath That No One Talks About Maybe because it seems selfish to focus on ourselves on our day of rest to honor the Lord, I haven’t seen many people make the connection between sabbath days and getting to know ourselves better. But knowing ourselves, our... Sep 12, 2023

  One Important Reason to Sabbath That No One Talks About
• Is Christian Nationalism Christian? The relationship between Church and state and culture is and has always been contentious. The recent cultural debate about the term “Christian nationalism” is confusing because participants in the debate tend to use mutually... Sep 12, 2023

  Is Christian Nationalism Christian?
• A Post-9/11 Reflection on America's Future There are three ways we know everything we know (called “channels of epistemology” by philosophers): the rational, the practical, and the intuitive. You do math rationally, you start your car practically (unless you’re an... Sep 12, 2023

  A Post-9/11 Reflection on America's Future
• What Is True Authenticity? A year ago, The Economist urged readers not to bring their “whole selves” to work. While some corporate gurus suggest that we make work feel more like home, the authors beg to differ.   Your professional self... Sep 11, 2023

  What Is True Authenticity?
• Reflections on Divine Empathy, Reason, and Hope Today is the only anniversary in American history known simply by a number. A few days ago, two more victims of the attack on the World Trade Center were identified through DNA technology. A total of 2,753 people were killed in... Sep 11, 2023

  Reflections on Divine Empathy, Reason, and Hope
• Is Sex Assigned at Birth? The most recent installment in the What Would You Say? video series looks at an idea that is increasingly popular, often repeated, and surprisingly believable: that sex is “assigned” at birth. Most of us have or will encounter... Sep 08, 2023

  Is Sex Assigned at Birth?
• 57 NFL QBs to Team Up for Suicide Prevention It can be tempting to think that suicide will always be someone else’s problem. But given its rapid rise, particularly among young people where as many as four in ten teens struggle with suicidal thoughts on a daily basis,... Sep 08, 2023

  57 NFL QBs to Team Up for Suicide Prevention