What is Marriage to Evangelical Millennials
05.16.15
A few weeks ago, I assigned the article “What is Marriage?” to the students in my gender theory class, which I teach at an evangelical university. This article presents an in-depth defense of the conjugal view of marriage, and I included it on the reading list as part of my efforts to expose students to a range of viewpoints—religious and secular, progressive and conservative. The goal is to create robust civil dialogue, and, ideally, to pave the way for thoughtful Christian contributions to cultural understandings of sex and gender.
Battling Anti-Christian ‘Stink Bugs’ at Graduation
By   |   05.12.15
Graduation season is upon us. Be it middle school, high school, college or graduate school, now is a time of joy and celebration for millions. From coast to coast, graduates, faculty, family and friends are gathering, or soon will, to...
“Whoever Would Save His Life Will Lose It” — A Charge for Graduates
By   |   05.09.15
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it,...
LGBT Activists’ Comical Rhetorical Ingenuity and Conversion Therapy Bans
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.27.15
The Left believes minors should be able to access medical help in rejecting their unchosen, unwanted physical embodiment but then wants to prohibit minors from accessing medical help in rejecting their unchosen, unwanted same-sex attraction. So, how do “LGBTQIAAP” activists...
Lazy, Critical Christians: Too ‘Spiritual’ To Fight The Good Fight
04.25.15
I’ve recently noticed a circular trend among Christians to haughtily chastise those of us in the bloody political trenches as perhaps not having enough “spiritual” focus.
Cardinal Francis George, R.I.P.
04.23.15
Remembering the man who reshaped U.S. Catholicism.
It’s Time for American Christians to Stand With the Persecuted
By Fran Eaton   |   04.22.15
Over this past weekend, Christians were shot and killed, beheaded and drowned because they refused to abandon their faith in the face of venom-filled Muslim jihadists. In one case, twelve Christians were thrown overboard to their deaths in the Mediterranean...
You Really Want Us to Keep Our Faith to Ourselves?
By   |   04.11.15
Growing numbers of voices are telling Christians “Keep your views to yourself!” “Stay out of the public square!” Well, what if we did? Frank Capra’s classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” showed a despairing George Bailey, played by Jimmy...
Stand Firm
By David E. Smith   |   04.04.15
The English language is filled with hundreds of phrases that people use in everyday conversation without ever giving a thought to their origin. Phrases such as handwriting on the wall, wolf in sheep’s clothing, and charity begins at home are...
04.03.15
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Culture War — Now More Than Ever
04.02.15
In 1992, Pat Buchanan put the phrase “culture war” on the map with his speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention. Since that time, there’s been a lot of water under the bridge, but — we should be careful to note — it is all the same river.
Atheist Richard Dawkins Wants to Keep Parents from Imposing Religion On Kids – While Imposing His Religion
By   |   04.01.15
Richard Dawkins recently made one of the most ironic statements I’ve heard this week. During an interview for The Irish Times Dawkins, speaking about children, said: “Children do need to be protected so that they can have a proper education...
34,000 Black Churches Leave PCUSA Over Same-Sex Marriage
03.30.15
Urging Presbyterian Church USA to "repent and be restored to fellowship," the National Black Church Initiative, which represents 34,000 churches from 15 denominations, has declared it has severed ties with PCUSA after it amended its constitution changing their definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. "NBCI and its membership base are simply standing on the Word of God within the mind of Christ. We urge our brother and sisters of the PCUSA to repent and be restored to fellowship," NBCI President Rev. Anthony Evans said, according to Charisma News.
‘Truth Serum’ Will Reveal What Churches Really Believe, Says Land
03.26.15
A longtime Christian leader says the issue of homosexuality and homosexual marriage are acting like a "truth serum" for evangelical churches.
A Capitol Challenge to Caesar’s Power
By Robert Knight   |   03.21.15
When the most basic truths and institutions are under relentless attack, it should hearten many to know that a gargantuan cultural counterstrike is taking shape in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol dome. In a city obsessed with power and...
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