This is post 1 of 1 in the series “War in the West” Emancipating the World 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
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More than one writer has noted the parallels between today’s Covid-19 storm and earlier plagues as to the church’s response. Here’s a piece by Tyler O’Neil, “How Early Christians Saved Lives and Spread the Gospel During Roman Plagues.” ~ Christians facing the coronavirus today would do well to remember how
In the days of the Coronavirus, our lives have been changed suddenly and forever. A few weeks ago, people all over the world were settled in the routines of a new year: children in school, parents at work, Christians gathering on Sundays for worship. But for several weeks, something had
DNA friend Marvin Olasky, editor in chief of WORLD and the author of more than 20 books, recently published “Social Calvinism: How the Reformer challenged conventional wisdom in government and economics” at WORLD’s Saturday Series page. We found his post about John Calvin so engaging and important we want to
As the Coronavirus leaps around the globe we are probably watching the veritable tip of the iceberg. As of February 26, the disease had infected 81,600 people, at least 2,767 had died, and thirty-nine nations had reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, the official name for the Coronavirus (which first appeared
This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Bill Barr at Notre Dame” Bill Barr, Freedom Fighter Freedom: Where Does It Come From? Self-Control: Will Just Any Religion Achieve It? Self-government: The Legacy of Christianity The Death of Morality Is biblical morality dead? When airliners flew into the twin
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Gospel to the West” Society in Crisis: Applying a Biblical Worldview in the West How Will The West Hear the Gospel? The Arts Can Take the Gospel to the West Christians must recognize drastic changes in the West Whether we like
(This post originally published November 23, 2017.) Thanksgiving Day is every day. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you,” 1 Thessalonians 5:18. Marilyn and I recently had a couple of interesting experiences related to Thanksgiving Day. She was at a local
This is post 2 of 5 in the series “Bill Barr at Notre Dame” Bill Barr, Freedom Fighter Freedom: Where Does It Come From? Self-Control: Will Just Any Religion Achieve It? Self-government: The Legacy of Christianity The Death of Morality What does it take to sustain freedom? Freedom isn’t the
This is post 1 of 5 in the series “Bill Barr at Notre Dame” Bill Barr, Freedom Fighter Freedom: Where Does It Come From? Self-Control: Will Just Any Religion Achieve It? Self-government: The Legacy of Christianity The Death of Morality US Attorney General Bill Barr A political theory says the