A new fascism is on the rise in the West. A pluralistic framework will not create a pluralistic social and political order. As we have written before, social and political pluralism rests on the nonpluralistic foundation of Judeo-Christian Theism. In other words, because of Judeo-Christian influence, people are free to
Many people recognize what Jews and Christians have posited: the human being is an integrated physical and spiritual whole. No model of human life is sustainable that diminishes or ignores either part of the human, or seeks to bifurcate the integrity of human beings. But today the West denies the
People in a locked-in state can have a real life? When it comes to referencing disabilities here in the West our vocabulary has changed. At one time, anyone with a mental illness was labelled “crazy” or “insane.” Those with slower response times were “dim-witted.” A cleft palate was a “hare
The ministry of the Disciple Nations Alliance is based on the conviction that truth has the power to transform lives, communities and even nations. Broken, impoverished communities are transformed when the church confronts cultural lies, and embodies and proclaims the truth. Helping the church do this is the beating heart
Mike and Karen Pence, photo by Gage Skidmore “To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their conscience are defiled,” Titus 1:15 ESV. The polluted conscience of an unbelieving mind defiles even what is innocent and pure.
Nancy Pearcey’s book Finding Truth is a must read for those who understand that we live in the real world, not a world of illusion, the product of our own imagination. At Darrow Miller and Friends we have been writing on issues related to the “post truth” culture that we
Finding truth is not a futile pursuit! These last few months, at Darrow Miller and Friends we have been writing on issues related to the “post truth” culture that we now inhabit. We have sought to make a distinction between truth and narrative, between the subjective and the objective. Richard Pearcey’s
Sharia is not friendly to freedom Professor Allan Bloom opens his 1987 classic, The Closing of the American Mind, with this provocative statement: “There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative….” While at
Pluralism is grounded in the Judeo-Christian worldview “When Muslims are in the minority, they complain about being oppressed. But the minute they become the majority, they become real oppressors because of the inherent intolerance of their culture.” So writes Ed Straker in American Thinker. He is describing one of the
Progressive. Webster’s 1828 defines it as, “Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; as progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde.” But it’s hard to see how that definition applies to today’s secular progressive movement. Barronelle Stutzman’s courageous stand for the truth about marriage has stirred the hearts of Christians across the
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