Made in Our Own Image
A profound shift in scientific philosophy has occurred in the last 100 years. Significant scientific breakthroughs are manipulated into a grasp […]
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Let’s Just All Stop Breathing
Climate Change Catechism If you want a peek into what sort of moral value system the public schools of America
Identity Politics and the Widening American Divide
Why can’t Americans reach across the aisle like they used to? This question becomes more and more relevant every day,
Rob Bell’s “What Is the Bible?”
Rob Bell’s new book “What is the Bible?” seems to be on a trajectory that will cause a stir in
It is our business: How Life, Marriage, and Gender are Public Issues
Matt Walsh joined the CrossPolitic podcast this week to talk about his new book The Unholy Trinity, in which he
The UK Election: Can Theresa May Turn Around Her Sinking Poll Numbers?
There is a certain schadenfreude in watching the missteps of countries other than our own. This year in particular, I
Is Islam Really Violent?
I first heard of the Manchester bombing on Facebook. Before the identity of the bomber was released, the comment sections
What’s Behind the Uber Ban?
Industries that are overly controlled by government authorities do not have the mechanisms for allowing people to make these choices. When markets are allowed to work, options abound
Reaping Calamity: Venezuela and Socialism
Venezuela is continuing its slide into disorder and mayhem. Protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government have continued for almost eight
Is Our Galaxy Worth Guarding? (A Sort-Of-Not-Really Movie Review)
It is true that nobody makes a new earth without first making a new heaven. – G. K. Chesterton (Ffinch 1986, 278) I
What the French Election Means for Europe
Who is Emmanuel Macron? Three years ago, most French citizens would not be able to tell you. Macron’s rise has
Will the Russia Thing Bring Trump Down?
Remember when Trump was supposed to be “our boy?” He won a plurality of the vote among American evangelicals. Our
Confederate Monuments and the Plank in our Eyes
Last week city workers removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from a prominent city thoroughfare in New Orleans. This action
Why We Live in a Theocracy Now
Recently, my alma mater New Saint Andrew’s college announced that it would be purchasing a property in downtown Moscow, ID.
Amazon and the Church of Secularism
As Millennials reject organized religion and leave the church to never return, many bluster about the implications of such trends. Some secularists take
Defense Spending: What’s another $54 billion between friends?
For a thought experiment, next time you are reading Psalm 20, when you read “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God,” do a little mental modernization and change the words to “Some trust in Strike Eagles and others trust in Warthogs.”
Does the Church Fail the Uneducated?
The church in America has in part given way to a social club that maintains the apparatus of Christianity while providing different social classes, from the lower middle class on up, respectability and community. This respectability and community sometimes comes at the cost of exclusion of the poor and less-educated.
BGEA hosts World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
This week in Washington, D.C. the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is hosting its World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians.
When the People Cheer – Strip-Clubs and Black Thought’s Poetic Insight
On The Roots newest album ‘. . . and then you shoot your cousin,” one of the most powerful tracks is ‘When the People Cheer.’ Each stanza is written from a different perspective. The third stanza, Black Thought’s stanza, is written from the perspective of a sex addict that has reached both a financial and existential low because he is enslaved to sexual pleasures. He knows that what he is doing is wrong, but he can no longer resist the strip clubs. He turns in to an after-hours joint to blow his last dollar on a lap dance.