The Movement from Shouting to Silencing in Contemporary Culture
Image: MacIntrye called this descent of ethics into shouting in the twenty-first century Western world "emotivism." He described emotivism as the point you reach when "all morals are nothing but...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Introduce the Equality Act, Celebrated by Biden...
Image: But here's something that's also very interesting, even though Democrats in the house have a smaller majority, the fact is that that party is now so scared of it's left wing. It's almost...
View ArticleWar On Christian Orthodoxy Never Ends
Image: *"It got to the point where it became really untenable to have this patchwork of practices," Nathan Bult, senior vice president of public and government affairs, told NYT. "Bethany was ready ad...
View ArticleNever may the theological and the pastoral be separated
Image: The "but" is the problem. It's just not the case that theology is hard-nosed theory, while concrete circumstances demand gentle pastoral implementation. On such a view, the pastoral tail...
View ArticleWhat would a conversion therapy ban mean for gay Christians like me?
Image: But there is a group I may soon have to discourage from asking for my advice or prayers: any same-sex attracted Christians (gay, bi-sexual or just uncertain) who have ambivalent feelings towards...
View ArticleWhy Won't Evangelicals Get the Vaccine?
Image: We hear a lot about Black Americans who are, as they say, "vaccine hesitant," but their rate of refusal is only 33%. Among Catholics, 77% plan to get vaccinated, with only 22% refusing to. A...
View ArticleBonfire of the Sanities: California's Deranged Revival of the Aztec Gods
Image: Students are to be taught that white Christian settlers committed "theocide" against indigenous tribes when they arrived in the New World by murdering Native American gods and replacing them...
View ArticleLooking Back at The Sexual Revolution
Image: The seeds of the rebellious 60s may actually have been sown in World War II, (then Korean & Vietnam), when so many about-to-be dads were "fathered" by the military and saw and did things...
View ArticleWe Are Now Headed into New Territory, But Christians Before Us Have Been There
Image: Will we allow the government to dictate whom we must hire to be in our institutions? It may be a do or die decision--"do" go along with the government(s), or "die" by declining to obey...
View ArticleThe Great Awokening: Identity Politics versus Christianity
Image: Mahoney said that the "facile relativism" and "toxic and coercive moralism" that characterize social-justice ideology conceals "expressions of the same underlying philosophy" -- the religion of...
View ArticleWake Up, O Sleeper, Rise from the Dead
Image: My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are...
View ArticleSHEEP, WOLVES, AND PRAYERS
Image: One of the most sacred Hindu festivals is the Kumbh Mela which occurs every 12 years. The dates are determined by the astrological positions of the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter, the holiest time...
View ArticleCharismatics Issue 'Prophetic Standards' To Address False Trump Prophecies
Image: The movement came into much disrepute in recent months after scores of prophets incorrectly prophesied that former President Donald Trump would win a second term, while failing to prophesy major...
View ArticleIllinois church with drag queen leader has reached 'doctrinal annihilation':...
Image: "This is open revolt, and of course, you're going to see a division between those who are appalled by it, deeply troubled by it, deeply concerned by it and opposed to it on the one hand, and...
View ArticleFIVE PROPOSALS ON RACE
Image: Both Jews and Christians for most of their histories have believed that God deals with whole societies and not only individuals, and this belief has helped them respond to crises. We are in such...
View ArticleWhy We're Glad Our Publisher Isn't Backing The 'God Bless The USA' Bible
Image: From our screens, we watched the rioters on Jan. 6 storm the Capitol. We can't unsee the Jesus signs next to Trump signs, the Confederate flag paraded, the broken windows, injured bodies and...
View ArticleCritical Theory and the Church
Image: The subjective nature of postmodernism leads to its biggest problem -- the denial of reality in favour of whatever you choose to believe. A colleague of mine used to say that you can disagree...
View ArticleBasic Principles of "Wokeness," Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory, and...
Image: 2. There is no objective truth for the oppressor classes. 'Critical social justice is an anti-objectivity ideology: One of its fundamental assertions is that there are no objective truths, only...
View ArticlePITIFUL PRIDE
Image: Pride month, and its commercial sponsors, is an appropriate key to understanding the priorities of the modern West. It celebrates hedonistic self-assertion. It mocks the values of the past. It...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules 9-0 for Catholic Social Services, Can't Be Forced to...
Image: Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "The refusal of Philadelphia to contract with CSS for the provision of foster care services unless it agrees to certify same-sex couples as foster parents...
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