Thursday, May 2, 2019

PART I Emperor Naruhito ascends to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne after his father’s abdication: How the history of the imperial family informs this historic transfer of power

PART II Though once thought to be a god, the emperor of ‘secular’ Japan is still considered a priest of Shinto. How secular can a society really be when worship is involved?

PART III Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston criticizes rugby star Israel Folau for judgmentalism: Why the bad news of sin and hell is necessary in the good news of the gospel

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

PART I Canadian father found guilty of ‘family violence’ for opposing sex reassignment of his teenage daughter

PART II What the gag order on a Canadian father means for parental rights in the sexual revolution

PART III The threat that homeschooling presents to the moral revolution: Why the British government is seeking to control the education of all children, even homeschoolers

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

PART I Synagogue shooting in Poway, California: Understanding the evil of Anti-Semitism and the history of Chabad Judaism

PART II How the statement from the parents of the synagogue shooting suspect reveals the danger of curiosity in the information age

PART III The inerrancy of Scripture is rejected in the USA Today because of the moral revolution: Why Christians must believe that Scripture alone is the final authority for the church

Monday, April 29, 2019

PART I United Methodist court upholds the majority of the traditional plan that affirms biblical sexuality: Will the liberal churches now exit the denomination gracefully?

PART II The culture of death gains ground in Kansas as the state’s Supreme Court blocks law that would have limited abortions: The danger of an unrestrained government

PART III The Atlanta Journal-Constitution publishes a number of opinion pieces on Georgia’s proposed abortion law: Analyzing the far-fetched arguments of pro-abortion advocates

Friday, April 26, 2019

PART I Joe Biden is officially running for president: Will he be liberal enough to win the nomination of the Democratic party?

PART II A look at the candidacy of Mayor Pete Buttigieg: How the young mayor of South Bend, Indiana, became a front-runner for the 2020 Democratic nomination

PART III Openly gay Pete Buttigieg is being heralded as a candidate of faith, which raises the question, ‘What does it really mean to be a person of faith?’

Thursday, April 25, 2019

PART I The family of a pregnant woman murdered in New York demands justice for two, but New York’s new abortion law guarantees that no justice will come

PART II The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case raising the question, ‘Is it constitutional to ask about citizenship status on the 2020 census?’

PART III You can’t spend what you don’t have, even if you’re the federal government: The looming social security problem facing the United States

PART IV Elizabeth Warren’s plan to cancel student debt and eliminate tuition sounds nice and seems fair, but is it really either?

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

PART I Theology makes its way into the headlines again: The Financial Times looks at Joel Osteen’s prosperity theology. It’s not pretty.

PART II The problem with the false gospel of prosperity theology is not that it promises more than the gospel of Christ, but infinitely less

PART III Ukraine overwhelmingly elects comedian as president whose only political experience is portraying a president in a sitcom

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

PART I New details emerge about the attacks in Sri Lanka: The challenges of understanding the proper role of technology and the necessity of conversionist Christianity

PART II What the response to the Sri Lankan tragedy reveals about secularism and the West

PART III New Yorkers are still worshiping this Easter, some by going to church and others by going to brunch

PART IV The Supreme Court chooses to take up cases on the application of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964: Is the original meaning of a text binding?

Monday, April 22, 2019

PART I A big theological story hits the pages of the New York Times, denying the sovereignty of God, the virgin birth, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and much more

PART II The radical candor of modern liberal theology: A new religion to replace Christianity

PART III The 100 most influential people? What TIME’s cover story tells us about TIME and America

PART IV Horrible headlines from Sri Lanka: A tragic story as old as Christianity

Friday, April 19, 2019

PART I The release of the Mueller report and the hard questions of justice: The challenges of seeking justice in a hyper-partisan age

PART II When the demands of justice meet the reality of justice: Why, in a political age, politics always dominates

PART III Bigger than the headlines: The centrality of the cross and resurrection to Christian faith and hope