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

Thursday, March 21, 2019

PART I Clarence Thomas back in the news: constitutional interpretation, precedent, the importance of understanding and applying the original meaning of a text.

PART II Do bad people deserve good lawyers? The political left is marching onward, leaving Ronald Sullivan behind: How the Harvard Law School professor became the latest focus of moral outrage

PART III Is social media really social? A new study reveals a correlation between teen loneliness and social media engagement

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

PART I Surgery for the sake of selfies? What a recent trend in cosmetic surgery tells us about our self-absorbed culture

PART II Examining the worldview of parenthood-indecision therapists: Is the decision whether or not to have children so trivial that the color of ink can help you decide?

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

PART I How four new laws in Kentucky help reveal the horrifying arguments that pro-abortion advocates are making

PART II There is no middle ground on abortion: Why trying to compromise on the sanctity of human life is completely irrational when the opposing views are considered

PART III Should we have fewer children for the sake of the earth? Why the Christian worldview welcomes every single human being as an image bearer of God

PART IV What are the consequences of following the example of Vermont? Examining the demographic and political makeup of America’s most European state

Monday, March 18, 2019

PART I When Horror Strikes: Mass terrorist attack in New Zealand leaves the island nation and the world shocked in the face of profound loss and unquestionable depravity

PART II How the role social media played in the New Zealand terror attack reveals the fading distinction between online extremism and realized evil

PART III In times of tragedy like this, Christians must understand our unequivocal call to “weep with those who weep”

PART IV How a delayed obituary from Germany (Hermann Goering’s daughter) raises the biggest questions of moral responsibility

Friday, March 15, 2019

PART I The new marijuana business is coming for you: How a recent flood of articles on the rise of cannabis indicates a turning point in the growing market

PART II A Mob Boss and an American Inventor: How the teenage years of Carmine Persico and Jerry Merryman pointed to the men they would become

Thursday, March 14, 2019

PART I Academic cheating in the news, but this time it’s by the parents, not the students: How human sinfulness inevitably shows itself in all institutions

PART II ‘We must change almost everything in our current societies’: 16-year-old Swedish girl explodes onto world stage as climate change advocate

PART III The vantage point of adolescent advocates of social issues: Why what is happening right now is often what youth consider to be the most critical event in history

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

PART I Coming to a school near you? The reality of 'comprehensive sex education'

PART II Aiming to go around parents: The great lie presented as a parental notification and 'opt out' in many sex education programs

PART III Utah legalizes fornication: How a recent bill reveals that every law seeks to govern morality

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

PART I Virtue signaling in the marketplace: Why businesses try to keep up with the changing opinions of the sexual revolution

PART II What do we do with our minds? Why many secular Americans are turning to Buddhist mindfulness

PART III Mindful mayonnaise and yoga pants? The danger of critiquing the big business of the mindfulness culture

Monday, March 11, 2019

PART I What happens in California doesn’t stay in California: If you want to see a glimpse into America’s political future, look to the West Coast

PART II The vast worldview divide in America on display: Why it’s more difficult to pass actual legislation than support general policy ideas

PART III Controversy over a Catholic school’s recent decision reveals much about religious liberty and the precursor of the same-sex revolution