President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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American Christianity and the “Culture of Customization”

Researchers are beginning to look at the data and analysis from the massive U.S. Religious Landscape Survey undertaken by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life -- and some of the insights are worth noting. The study revealed big changes in Ame ...

March 11, 2008

A Bolt From the Blue — A Homeschooling Decision in California

Like a bolt from the blue, a California appeals court has ruled that the state's parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their own children. In a flash, a child welfare case that no one had noticed has become a flash point of controversy i ...

March 7, 2008

Shepherds’ Conference 2008

I am in Southern California in the company of over 3,000 faithful pastors at the 2008 Shepherds' Conference. The conference is one of my favorite events of the year, and I am so glad to be here with my good friend Dr. John MacArthur, host of the conf ...

March 6, 2008

Masculinity without Manhood?

It does not take great intellectual sophistication to see that we are in a period of widespread gender confusion. As with so many other developments of our times, our evolving language betrays more substantial shifts in the culture. Writing in The B ...

March 5, 2008

The Post-Truth Era Strikes Again

The question of truth has always haunted authors of controversial stories -- including both fiction and non-fiction. Nevertheless, non-fiction was understood to represent a claim to be a true, even if highly interpreted, account of reality. Or, at le ...

March 4, 2008

Transforming Culture: Christian Truth Confronts Post-Christian America

Peggy Noonan is right. At some point, in some moment, all of us must admit that something remarkable has happened to American culture. Mrs. Noonan, a former presidential speechwriter, recalls that this moment came for her during a high school graduat ...

March 3, 2008

Never Too Young? Misleading Our Girls About Beauty

Here is yet another sign of the times. The New York Times reports that even the youngest of girls are being targeted as consumers of cosmetics and beauty treatments. The elementary set is showing up in trendy salons for pedicures and manicures. As th ...

February 29, 2008

OK, So What Kid Doesn’t Fit this Description?

When thinking of signs of our times, consider this advertisement from a Nebraska newspaper. The ad was brought to my attention by a helpful listener to the radio program. Now, let's think carefully about this. Can't sit still? Can't play quietly? ...

February 27, 2008

America’s Changing Religious Landscape

A massive new study of the American religious landscape reveals big changes and powerful trends shaping the future. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life surveyed 35,000 Americans in one of the largest research projects yet undertaken. The U.S ...

February 26, 2008

America’s Most Sinful Cities?

What are America's most sinful cities? How could we know? Well, give Forbes magazine credit for giving this ranking challenge a try. The magazine recently offered rankings on the traditional seven deadly sins -- and ranked America's "top ten" on each ...

February 22, 2008