The West is in the midst of a war—a battle of ideas—with two fronts. Islamism is on the attack from the East, but a parallel tyranny grows in the West, a tyranny every bit as fundamentalist and threatening as jihad. I speak of the tyranny of fundamentalist atheism. Of course
Is biblical morality dead? When airliners flew into the twin towers in September 2001, it was immediately apparent that the US was under attack. And people reacted. Those in the immediate vicinity literally ran for their lives, but all America sat up and took notice. In a moment of national
Not every religion enables self-control Years ago I saw a sign in an office kitchen: “Your mother doesn’t work here; please clean up after yourself.” It’s not hard to imagine the back story: otherwise-responsible adults (they were holding down jobs, after all) leaving dirty cups in the sink. Somebody else
US Attorney General Bill Barr A political theory says the fiery oratory of a leader has less effect than the collective, quieter influence of his subordinates. Let’s hope so. That’s one way to reflect on a recent speech by President Trump’s Attorney General Bill Barr at Notre Dame. His forty-minute
Truth and love in combination needed today Meet Jose. He’s an undercover narcotics agent. He spends time with substance abusers, people whose bad choices have brought devastating consequences. That’s one kind of person Jose deals with daily. A drug user. Jose also deals with drug pushers, people who sell to
Darrow’s recent post, “ABORTION and Today’s NAΖΙ Doctors” received lots of attention. So we’re following up with this animated version. Click the picture below (or go here) to see it at our YouTube channel.
George Orwell, in his book 1984, wrote about the totalitarianism that’s happening on today’s college campuses. That’s the contention of Nancy Pearcey’s article which we offer here to round out our series on evangelicals and SOGI laws. In her post, Gov’t Should Not Punish People for Disagreeing with State-Mandated Sexual Orthodoxy,
Earlier in this series on SOGI we wrote about the Fairness for All compromise offered to the LGBT community by two Christian associations in the US. What would be the likely consequences of this proposed compromise? FFA would, for the time being, provide protection from SOGI laws to certain faith-based
SOGI laws, like all ideas, have consequences. The logic of the 1992 Casey decision led to the 2015 “civil rights” case of Obergefell v. Hodge. “The 5–4 ruling requires all fifty states to perform and recognize the marriages of same-sex couples on the same terms and conditions as the marriages
Postmodernism is spreading around the globe, bringing with it a new definition of sexuality and marriage. In fact, as the principles of postmodernism turn to policy, traditional concepts of human sexuality and marriage are being abandoned in favor of sexual orientation and gender identity. These changes seem not to be
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