Opinion

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  What We’re Missing about Mass Shootings Our society largely fails to cultivate young men, to teach them about their fallen natures, and to morally form them to choose love over hate and courage over violence. Thus, the epidemics of addiction,... John Stonestreet Nov 23, 2022
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  Let's Resolve to Be People for Whom Others Give Thanks As we prepare for Thanksgiving tomorrow, let’s resolve to be people for whom others give thanks. And let’s do so out of transforming gratitude for the One to whom we direct the thanksgiving of our tables and... Jim Denison Nov 23, 2022
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  I Learned How to Be Grateful from Those Who Have So Little Looking around my hometown of Los Angeles, my heart soars with gratitude. My home is safe, my bills are paid, and I am fortunate to be able to serve my family an ample Thanksgiving meal. And yet, I am fully... Caroline Barnett Nov 23, 2022
• Bringing the Giving Back to Thanksgiving The stillness of Thanksgiving is followed by the frenetic motion of the pre-Christmas holiday shopping days:  Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and then the unexpected day arrives. It is called Giving... Dr. Pamela Prince Pyle Nov 22, 2022
• Why C.S. Lewis Remains Compelling This week marks the anniversary of both the birth (Nov. 29) and the death (Nov. 22) of C.S. Lewis, one of the most remarkable Christians of the last century. Even today, nearly 60 years after his passing,... John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Nov 22, 2022
• Benefits of Gratitude In light of today’s theme, the biblical exhortation to give thanks becomes even more compelling. In Psalm 100 we find seven such imperatives in the Hebrew, seven commands related to gratitude. Jim Denison Nov 22, 2022
• Inoculate, Don’t Indoctrinate (and then Trust God with the Results) Because the most dangerous ideas in this cultural moment target our kids’ identities, parents must work toward kids’ identity formation as much as intellectual or behavioral formation. John Stonestreet and Heather Peterson Nov 21, 2022
• Giving Thanks Even in the Midst of Tragedy Even in the midst of tragedy, the writer of Lamentations could pray, “You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life” (Lamentations 3:58). And one day “death shall be no more, neither shall... Jim Denison Nov 21, 2022
• Dating Is Broken What is life for? If the answer is only our own self-actualization, there is no better to strive for or worse to avoid. But, if the answer is found in the goodness of creation and the ultimate purposes of... John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander Nov 18, 2022
• Does the So-Called 'Respect for Marriage Act' Threaten Our Religious Liberty? In a day when six in ten Americans say the legalization of same-sex marriage is good for society, we should not be surprised that Congress would follow suit. And we should not be surprised when those who... Jim Denison Nov 18, 2022
• A Belgian Euthanasia Case Reveals a Culture of Death Offering death under the guise of compassion inevitably subjects human life to a medical cost-benefit analysis. States which execute their own citizens will find it impossible to not devalue them. And... John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander Nov 17, 2022
• Candace Cameron Bure Ridiculed for Biblical Morality The simple fact is that you and I are just as fallen and temptable as those who oppose biblical morality. Our sins are no less sinful than theirs. The difference is that “by grace [we] have been saved... Jim Denison Nov 17, 2022