Opinion

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  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... Dr. James Emery White Sep 14, 2023
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  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... John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Sep 13, 2023
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  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... Jim Denison Sep 13, 2023
• 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... Kelly-Jayne McGlynn Sep 12, 2023
• 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... John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Sep 12, 2023
• 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... Jim Denison Sep 12, 2023
• 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... John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander Sep 11, 2023
• 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... Jim Denison Sep 11, 2023
• 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... John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander Sep 08, 2023
• 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... Ryan Denison Sep 08, 2023
• Empty Canadian Graves Back in 2021, news outlets around the world announced a scandal involving Canadian government schools and missing indigenous children. Starting in the 1800s, Canada built and opened a series of boarding... John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Sep 07, 2023
• 5 Steps to Take Before Sharing Your Faith I am convinced that the church’s greatest obstacle to influencing our culture is that our culture does not see the church as relevant to its greatest issues. Secular people know what we are against more than... Jim Denison Sep 07, 2023