Last year, the “in” thing for postmoderns was “gender neutrality”: bathrooms, pronouns, names, birth certificates, wedding and drivers’ licenses. Even gender-neutral parents and gender-neutral children. Until recent years, we used men’s rooms and women’s rooms. No one would have thought of a man going into a women’s restroom or shower
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This is post 8 of 12 in the series “toxic new religion” The Cultural Roots of Campus Rage The Tyranny of Feelings: Yale as a Microcosm for a Troubling Trend Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the New Religion Advances by Redefining Words Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Latin study” Latin is Better Than Video Games Learn Latin to the Glory of God In the first of this two-part series we highlighted the Philadelphia Boys’ Latin school. This institution is graduating young men of character whose language skills outstrip most
This is post 4 of 12 in the series “toxic new religion” The Cultural Roots of Campus Rage The Tyranny of Feelings: Yale as a Microcosm for a Troubling Trend Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the New Religion Advances by Redefining Words Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the
This is post 3 of 12 in the series “toxic new religion” The Cultural Roots of Campus Rage The Tyranny of Feelings: Yale as a Microcosm for a Troubling Trend Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the New Religion Advances by Redefining Words Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the
This is post 10 of 10 in the series “wisdom” Wisdom book preview Poverty: The Fruit of Neglected Wisdom What Wisdom Has to Do with Wealth Creation Laws: Wisdom Sustains the Universe Wisdom Sustains the Universe Through Human Obedience Wisdom is Better Than Knowledge Wisdom: The False and the True
This is post 9 of 9 in the series “Narratives” Scott Allen explores the problem of how narratives have steadily replaced truth in Western society. What’s Wrong With a Story? The Destructive Power of Narrative: An Example from American History Why Narratives Have Become Pervasive Farewell, Justice: The Corrosion of
What does love look in today’s public square? (Photo by Rhododendrites) Just over one month has passed since the atrocity in Orlando. In those four weeks, many have insisted that the Christian community needs to accept and embrace, rather than judge and condemn, the LGBT lifestyle. Christian friends and acquaintances have said that
Photo by Michael Vadon There’s a link between Donald Trump and the New Year’s Eve Cologne attacks. The New Year began in ugly fashion at the train station in Cologne, Germany. At least 100 German women were groped and raped. Der Spiegel wrote about “… drunk young men from North
In the materialist’s world, battles are fought with weapons “of the flesh.” Litigation, for example. And of course the courts have their place: justice, after all, is rooted in God. Nevertheless, the Christ follower has access to a much more powerful weapon than a lawsuit. No doubt our readers are