The babies are alive. A recent headline from the little-known Center for Medical Progress should be front and center on every major newspaper and news broadcast: “University of Pittsburgh ADMITS Hearts Beating While Harvesting Aborted Infants’ Kidneys.” The Roe v Wade decision by the Supreme Court legalized aborting babies; it
Years ago I spent a morning with a group of other young men and women chained together with kryptonite locks to an abortion machine in a “women’s health center.” In two teams of six each, we were at the clinic when it opened. Before the abortionist arrived, the teams entered
Quillette recently published, “Why White Privilege Is Wrong.” The authors, Cambridge PhD students Vincent Harinam and Rob Henderson, report some surprising findings. White privilege as social theory claims that benefits accrue to individuals because of their skin color: “White privilege refers to a set of built-in advantages held by whites.
Words aren’t generally religious per se, but some words are clearly associated with Christianity. Not just technical terms like sanctification or dispensationalism but everyday words like bishop, chapel, devil, disciple, minister, sin. Words children use. Nevertheless, more than a decade ago, editors of the Oxford Junior Dictionary removed those very
Christian writer and scholar G.K. Chesterton has been called the “prince of paradox.” He loved playing with words and relished reflecting on seeming contradictions in scripture. He described a paradox as “truth standing on its head to gain attention.” We have written about this tension, though not as colorfully as
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “evangelicals and SOGI laws” EVANGELICALS and SOGI Laws What are the CONSEQUENCES of SOGI? SOGI vs. FAIRNESS FOR ALL … Which Way the Future? Do HIGH SCHOOL Students Still Read George Orwell? George Orwell, in his book 1984, wrote about the
This is post 14 of 23 in the series “Whiteboard animation” New DMF Feature: Whiteboard Animation Core Doctrines of a New Religion … animated version Reconciliation vs. Restoration Wisdom is Better than Knowledge … the animation Is Social Justice About Equality or Equity? … animation version The Meaning of America
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Language Builds a Nation” Elizabeth Youmans’ paper, “The Role of Language in Building a Christian Nation” in three parts What Difference Do Words Make? Whoever Controls the Language Controls the Culture God’s Word Creates Virtuous Nations Language is God’s gift to
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Language Builds a Nation” Elizabeth Youmans’ paper, “The Role of Language in Building a Christian Nation” in three parts What Difference Do Words Make? Whoever Controls the Language Controls the Culture God’s Word Creates Virtuous Nations Wars are won and lost
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “new fascists” The New Fascism: Tolerance That Leads to Tyranny The New Fascists Use Words As Weapons New Fascists: Bullies Attacking the Family The new fascists are coming. Actually, they’re already here. Postmoderns’ primary weapon in their growing arsenal is language,
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