I. Opening: Why Should We Be Surprised? Ideas have consequences — and nowhere is this truth more starkly visible than in the demographic collapse now unfolding across the United States. The nation’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.57, the lowest recorded figure in American history, well below the 2.1 replacement
Normally, when we consider the environment in which we live, we think of our physical surroundings. Some of us live in urban centers, some in suburbs, some in the countryside. Those who live in middle and upper-class situations may think their environment is quite pleasant. But our environment comprises not
God has a big agenda for the world. His intention is to see people in personal relationship with him through the salvation secured by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He has also called the saved to be transforming agents in society. God’s special revelation, together with general revelation,
The novelty has worn off. A friend said this recently regarding the lifestyle required by this virus. So it behooves us even more to find a silver lining. For me, it’s dads with kids riding bikes. The last verse in the Old Testament is an interesting one. Malachi speaks of
Christmas celebrates the moment in history when a young woman conceived a child by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to the promised Messiah of the Jews and Savior of the world. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be
My heart is broken for women who are abused in virtually every country in the world. I get angry, angry at sexist men and sexist cultures for their abuse. (For example, we recently published a heart-wrenching story Horrors of La Pampa: Does Anybody Care?) The global war against women is
We see the world changing before our eyes. Most of the changes are the consequences of abandoning truth and substituting new ideologies. We are moving from order to chaos, from truth to power. In today’s internet age, these changes are coming faster than ever. Changes that once took generations now
Genesis 1:26-27 reveals, among many other truths, that before the creation of the world, the three persons of the Godhead lived in community, communication and communion. In John 17:24 Jesus says that the Father loved the Son “before the foundation of the world.” Being made in the image of God,
What is God’s view of singleness? Where does the single person fit in God’s plan for marriage and family formation? I often hear that question from unmarried people—especially women—after they hear me lecture on the maternal heart of God, or read my book Nurturing the Nations. This question is worthy
We have written about the abuse of power by the “new fascists,” about their use of language as weapons. This final post in the series will address fascist bullies. Marriage and the family, both inventions of God, are under assault from a new class of bullies: fascists. Increasingly, governments are
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