Tag Archives: University of Chicago

Syphilis Cases Spike: Health or Worldview Crisis?

Posted on October 25, 2024 by David E Smith

Officials at the Cook County Department of Public Health are sounding the alarm about the spike in syphilis cases, particularly congenital syphilis, in which this malady is passed to a preborn baby. Is the problem of sexually transmitted infections primarily a public health issue or a worldview issue?

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Biblical worldview, Cook County Department of Health, Dr. Kimberly Stanford, monogamy, Safe sex, Sasha-Ann Simons, sexually transmitted infections, STDs, STIs, syphilis, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, University of Chicago | Comments Off

America’s Declining Biblical Worldview

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

I've often heard the term "worldview" compared to a pair of glasses—your worldview is the lens that sits right in front of your spiritual eyes and affects the way you see everything. If your glasses are scratched, the whole world will look scratched. If your glasses are smudged, the whole world will look smudged. And if your glasses are pink-tinted, the whole world will look pink. And so, the best way to deal with someone who insists the world is pink is not to endlessly debate back and forth about any particular object whose color you disagree about, but rather to change out their glasses for a pair that lets them see the world as it really is.

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen | Tagged America's Declining Biblical Worldview, American values, Arizona Christian University, Biblical worldview, Cultural Research Center, Dr. George Barna, National Opinion Research Center, NORC, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal, Worldview | Comments Off

The Smearing of Doug Wilson

Posted on October 7, 2021 by David E Smith

I was hoping not to wade into the gutter with the critics of Douglas Wilson, who in IFI’s view is one of the most important truth-tellers on the corrupt American scene. But the calumny hurled at Wilson is so manifestly unjust that we cannot remain on the curb any longer.

For those who don’t know Douglas Wilson, he is a faithful, wise Christian, a theologian, and pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho with the increasingly rare gift for foreseeing where intellectual trends are leading both the church and the culture and for fearlessly warning against these trends. He …

Posted in Faith, Media Watch | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christ Church, Doug Wilson, Gloria Steinem, Kamilla Niska, Logos School, Matthew Whitling, Nadia Bolz-Weber, New Saint Andrews, Sarah Bader, Sarah Stankorb, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Divinity School, University of Chicago Lab Schools, University of Chicago Press, Vice Magazine | Comments Off