Opinion

• Why We Need to Support Local Journalism Christians care about good journalism because we believe that the truth matters. We also know that human beings have a propensity to abuse power and need to be held accountable. Because of this, we need to support local... Jan 31, 2022

  

  Why We Need to Support Local Journalism
• Transgender Surgeries and the Weight of Reality Because Christians believe in a world created by God, including the human body, we must not allow what is considered normal to seem normal to us. We might be shocked and grieved, but we should always point to the truth of who... Jan 31, 2022

  

  Transgender Surgeries and the Weight of Reality
• God’s Call to True Greatness As fallen human beings, if we are not submitted to the Spirit, we are by default submitted to the “flesh.” If we are not empowered by the Spirit, we are empowered by the “flesh.” How can we tell the difference? Jan 31, 2022

  

  God’s Call to True Greatness
• Leaving Religion in the Pandemic According to Pew Research Center, the percentage of American Christians has fallen about 12 percent over the last ten years, from 75 percent in 2011 to around 63 percent today. The surprising thing here isn’t that Americans are... Jan 28, 2022

  Leaving Religion in the Pandemic
• What Good Is Biblical Faith in Perilous Times? Faithful courage in the face of perilous times is empowered by living in community with the family of God. This principle makes sense in light of the fact that every Christian is inhabited by the Spirit of Christ (1 Corinthians... Jan 28, 2022

  What Good Is Biblical Faith in Perilous Times?
• In Defense of Stigma The suggestion that people who do something wrong only deserve our empathy or compassion when they “can’t help it” misunderstands the human condition. None of us are immune from wrong impulses, and all of us do things that are... Jan 28, 2022

  In Defense of Stigma
• Death by Social Media: The Instagram Effect While social media has much good to offer us, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. St. Paul said, “Let your moderation be known to all people. The Lord is at hand.” [Philippians 4:5] The wisest man who ever lived... Jan 27, 2022

  Death by Social Media: The Instagram Effect
• Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Fight against Antisemitism Antisemitism has been a scourge of the human race since the ancient world. Too often throughout history, Christians have not only turned a blind eye but even took part themselves. That this still happens in America, even after... Jan 27, 2022

  Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Fight against Antisemitism
• The Power and Privilege of Personal Influence You don’t have to own an island or a castle to have personal influence unimagined in previous generations. If you never serve on the Supreme Court or own your own island or castle, you can still use your gifts and abilities to... Jan 27, 2022

  The Power and Privilege of Personal Influence
• A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All Any political vision that treats marriage and family as optional or fungible, even if it goes by the label “conservative,” is destined to fail. This isn’t a matter of updating our definitions. If we lose our belief in marriage... Jan 26, 2022

  A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All