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What Explains the Left’s Hostility to Religious Liberty? It’s All About the Sexual Revolution

Why is the Left so hostile to religious liberty? One event or decision can reveal much about our cultural moment—like a flashpoint, occurrences cast a bright light on what was previously unseen. That kind of moment happened last Wednesday when the ...

December 2, 2020

What a Difference One Justice Makes: The Supreme Court Finally Steps Up to Defend Religious Liberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic

What a difference a single justice on the United States Supreme Court makes—it’s just a matter of math. Indeed, on Wednesday of last week a five-justice majority ruled in favor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn as well as a major Jewish co ...

November 30, 2020

A Direct Threat to Christian Education—The Human Rights Campaign Demands that the Biden Administration Deny Accreditation to Christian Colleges and Schools

The accreditation of Christian colleges and schools has just been directly targeted by the nation’s most influential LGBTQ organization. The Human Rights Campaign has recently issued a document directed at the incoming administration entitled Bluepri ...

November 18, 2020

From Father to Son — J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex

I talk about the announcement that Amazon intends to include sex and nudity in the upcoming "Lord of the Rings" streaming series on today's episode of The Briefing. Listen here. The astounding popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien and his writings–magnifi ...

November 10, 2020

Christians, Conscience, and the Looming 2020 Election

Samuel Johnson once quipped that when a man knows he is going to face the gallows, "it concentrates his mind wonderfully." The same concentration of mind often comes with the final days of an election. This election cycle is no exception. The campaig ...

October 26, 2020

“Ruinous Consequences for Religious Liberty” — A Prophetic Warning from Two Supreme Court Justices

The new session of the United States Supreme Court began this week—and the term began with eight justices instead of nine, due to the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Without a full bench, some of the cases argued before the Supreme Court mig ...

October 6, 2020

A Big Advance for Constitutionalism: Amy Coney Barrett Nomination Sets the Stage for a New Era for the Supreme Court

President Donald J. Trump made history over the weekend as he used his unilateral authority to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court—an event made possible as a seat opened up with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsb ...

September 28, 2020

Defending the Indefensible: With “Cuties,” Yet Another Boundary Falls

Over the last few decades, the sexual revolution in America has pushed the boundaries of what is morally acceptable quicker than what could have been anticipated. One after another, the boundaries fall, the norms are torn down. The latest example com ...

September 22, 2020

Fast and Furious: The Battle for the Supreme Court is Shaping Up Right Now

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg continues to dominate the headlines, which is understandable given her historic stature and long career. Yet, her death has set the stage for what will be one of the most epic political battles i ...

September 21, 2020

The Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Future of the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at her home in Washington, D.C., which brought an end to one of the most epic tenures of any justice on the United States Supreme Court. By any measure, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was history—she m ...

September 19, 2020