Thursday, April 4, 2019

PART I Chicago elects openly gay, African-American woman as mayor: What this tells us about identity politics, the normalization of a new morality, and the defeat of the Chicago political machine

PART II The prophet of the Mormon church claims God directly reveals truth to him, demonstrating the radical difference between Evangelical and Mormon theology

PART III Is belief in God incoherent? So argues an article in the New York Times

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

PART I Younger generations are moving to the left: What cultural conditions have led to this change and what should the church’s response be?

PART II Society is celebrating that a grandma gave birth to her granddaughter, but Christians understand that not every means by which a child is conceived is equally laudatory

PART III The importance of the Apostles’ Creed for defining authentic Christianity and passing on that faith to the next generation

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

PART I The Supreme Court makes a narrow decision on a death penalty case: A look at the media coverage, the divide of the court, and the delay between crime and punishment

PART II How changing opinions on the death penalty highlight the moral transformations in Western culture over recent decades

PART III The New York Times is shocked that Mike Pompeo’s theology shapes his practice, but why? How every person’s worldview, whether religious or not, influences their decisions

Monday, April 1, 2019

PART I Georgia passes bill restricting abortion. The response of the cultural elites? Hollywood threatens to pull out of the state, potentially taking billions of dollars in the process

PART II How the massive opposition to 'Unplanned,' a decidedly pro-life movie, reveals the hostility of the pro-abortion movement

PART III Who determines what a film is rated? How a story about the woman in charge of the classifications acknowledges that the ratings are a part of the inside Hollywood game

Friday, March 29, 2019

PART I The "leggings" controversy — Mom of four boys calls for modesty on campus: Why this biblical concept is now a controversial topic

PART II Truth is taking up sides? The Jussie Smollett saga continues to unfold, displaying the importance of truth and the progressive shortening of the cycle of scandal

PART III Rafi Eitan dies at 92: A look at the Israeli Spymaster who caught Adolf Eichmann and the inescapability of justice

Thursday, March 28, 2019

PART I The political left wants to pack the Supreme Court: What this threat to Chief Justice John Roberts teaches us about the role the court plays in the societal push to the left

PART II Once a society begins to legislate the invented rights of the LGBTQ revolution, the constitutional protection of the God-given right of religious liberty is jeopardized

PART III Is morality relative or absolute? How a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal reveals that, even in a postmodern world, moral categories like ‘evil’ exist

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

PART I Why would the United Kingdom reject an asylum claim on the grounds of biblical evidence? How this denial demonstrates the absurdity of governments making theological judgments

PART II Secretary of State Pompeo reduces funds used to advocate for abortion internationally: What this reveals about the massive cultural change over the past 30 years and the importance of elections

PART III There is no longer a single pro-abortion Republican in the House of Representatives: What this tells us about a Congress that is even more divided than the American people

PART IV A mayor in Massachusetts was simultaneously ousted from office and re-elected on the same ballot . . . democracy can be a strange system sometimes

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

PART I Religious liberty is challenged again as the moral revolution targets religious schools

PART II Can a religious school actually operate by its own religious convictions? Increasingly, our society is shouting “No."

PART III Despite the defeat of the Islamic State, the greatest threats of the Caliphate—its theology and ideology—remain

Monday, March 25, 2019

PART I With the findings of the Mueller report now released, what should Americans look for as we examine the special counsel’s report and the political responses to it?

PART II The moral dimension of politics: Why did some Americans want the President of the United States to be accused as a criminal?

PART III Where are we as a culture? Even eating a chicken sandwich can be an act of resistance to the moral revolution

Friday, March 22, 2019

PART I Just months after reinstating a ban on romantic LGBT relationships, Azusa Pacific University once again strays from the historic Christian understanding of romance

PART II Azusa Pacific tries to affirm irreconcilable positions: Why condoning LGBT romantic relationships necessarily implies condoning LGBT sexual relationships

PART III How Azusa Pacific’s policy reversal reminds us that every Christian institution will have to choose whether to face the consequences of not surrendering to the sexual revolution or of abandoning Christian convictions

PART IV Cyclone Idai: How the reality of natural evil calls for Christians to pray and care for our neighbor, even when that neighbor is across the globe