Friday, Aug 24, 2018

PART I According to Chelsea Clinton, you should support abortion for economic reasons. Why this is a truly wretched argument

PART II Power of Planned Parenthood on display as amendment to defund abortion provider fails in US Senate

PART III Why the promised economic boost from cannabis may not be all good news

Thursday, Aug 23, 2018

PART I The emerging corporate conscience: What is behind a shift in Walmart’s strategy when it comes to social issues?

PART II Rodgers and Hammerstein meet the sexual revolution as ‘Oklahoma’ gets overhauled

PART III Prestige vs. Popularity: As Oscars seek to reverse declining ratings, many in Hollywood push back

Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018

PART I The story behind the story as LGBT candidates appear on ballots in record numbers

PART II What the prosecution of a 95-year-old Nazi guard reveals about the difference between the biblical and the secular worldviews

PART III Wherever the cross of Christ appears, it must always be acknowledged as the cross of Christ

Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018

PART I Trinity Western University changes direction on student covenant. What’s at stake for religious schools?

PART II In a frighteningly short amount of time, Scotland becomes a strikingly secular nation

PART III How long can you have faithful church members when you have a faithless church leaders?

Monday, Aug 20, 2018

PART I The theological issues lurking under the headlines in the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal

PART II Who is your priest? Where is your priest? How a debate from the Reformation continues to define today’s news

PART III When a name isn’t just a name: Why the Mormon Church’s announcement of a name change is actually about a theological assertion

Friday, Aug 17, 2018

PART I What is the basic distinction between human beings and animals?

PART II Confusion about distinctions between animals and humans moves from high end of developmental scale to low end of developmental scale

PART III A post-Christian culture in Southern California? Image of Bible in ads leads to death threats, removal of ad

Thursday, Aug 16, 2018

PART I Colorado once again targets cake baker Jack Phillips, falling for trap set by sexual revolutionaries

PART II How abolishing the death penalty undermines justice and leads to a further devaluing of human life

PART III Who has the ultimate authority? USA Today gets right to the real issue behind the death penalty debate

Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018

PART I New, expanding wave of sexual abuse allegations rocks Roman Catholic Church

PART II Lessons from Willow Creek: What we must learn from the mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations at one of America’s largest protestant churches

PART III It tells us something about human nature that human beings will gamble on just about anything, including opera

Tuesday, Aug 14, 2018

PART I In the great battle of worldviews, the United States now competes with China for the attention and ambition of emerging nations

PART II As Xi Jinping’s power expands, Christians and Muslims in China see their freedoms shrink

PART III In an increasingly secular age, the only churches that will survive are those that are distinctively Christian

PART IV A classic case study in secularization: How church attendance in Quebec can go from 95% to 5% in one lifetime

Monday, Aug 13, 2018

PART I Questions remain after tragic human drama plays out in the air over Seattle

PART II One year after deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Christians must be very clear that biblical Christianity is incompatible with any claim of racial superiority

PART III Why we should be careful with our language when using the terms ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ to describe the different ideological sides in partisan politics

PART IV As always, words matter. Even when you ‘throw in the towel’ or ‘chuck up the sponge’