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June 2022

June 22, 2022

The Difference Between Early and Modern Feminists

Whereas modern feminists seek to make women be like men, thus valuing men above all,...

June 16, 2022

Decadence

After the life leaves the body, it decays. The same could be said when the...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Entertainment in Our Culture of Death

The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he...

May 27, 2022

Abortion and the Historic Church

Abortion existed throughout human history, including the ancient world. And Christianity has consistently condemned abortion...

May 26, 2022

Did Evangelicals Used to Support Abortion?

The Southern Baptist Convention and some prominent evangelicals supported legalized abortion in the years just...

May 20, 2022

Newspeak for Abortion, Part 2

George Orwell's classic essay "Politics and the English Language" is a must-read for all citizens,...

May 19, 2022

Newspeak for Abortion, Part 1

Abortion advocates are changing the language that is politically-correct for discussing abortion. "Pro-choice" is out,...

May 12, 2022

Canada Is Euthanizing the Poor

Legalized euthanasia in Canada was originally for the terminally ill, but it has since been...

May 11, 2022

Pro-Abortion Conservatives

Nobody really knows the political impact of the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v....

May 04, 2022

The Leaked Reversal of Roe v. Wade

A leaked copy of a draft opinion indicates that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

Oklahoma Bans Abortion

Both pro-lifers and pro-abortionists expect the Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade, so...

March 2022

March 14, 2022

Russia and the Culture Wars

Some Christians and other cultural conservatives have seen Putin's Russia as an ally in our...

January 2022

January 20, 2022

How the Loss of Family & Church Gave Us Identity Politics

Mary Eberstadt argues that the decline of the family and of the church--the traditional sources...

January 04, 2022

Revising the First and Second Amendments

A proposal to revise the Bill of Rights, including eliminating guns from the Second Amendment...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

How Liberal Protestantism Gave Us Roe vs. Wade

The supporters of the 1973 decision legalizing abortion say that religious considerations should not be...

December 15, 2021

The Dwindling Nuclear Family

What is the percentage of American households that consist of a married couple with children?...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

The Sterilization Boom

A growing number of young women--some of them in their teens--are not only choosing not...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

What the Bible Says about Old Age

The Bible assigns a very high status to old people. But it doesn't draw back...

September 2021

September 03, 2021

Darwin’s Social Darwinism

I have heard that "social Darwinism" was the invention of Herbert Spencer, 19th century Robber...

August 2021

August 20, 2021

Where the Battle Is Raging

Robert Benne quotes Luther on the necessity of Christian confession at the points where the...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

The Sexual Revolution Is Systemic

Karen Prior rejects critical race theory, but she still sees a systemic dimension to racism....

July 23, 2021

The Left’s Culture War

Conservatives and Christians are associated with the culture wars. But the most aggressive culture warriors...

June 2021

June 14, 2021

What If Science Caused the Pandemic?, Part II

Americans have lost faith in the government, business, schools, the media, and the church. What...

May 2021

May 31, 2021

Spending $6 Trillion and Scrapping the Hyde Amendment

President Biden has submitted his 2022 budget, which comes in at $6 trillion. That would...

May 28, 2021

Bonhoeffer’s Theology of the Body

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's opposition to abortion is in the context of his theology of the body.

May 27, 2021

Bonhoeffer on Abortion

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a Lutheran theologian who is widely respected from all sides. So his...

May 24, 2021

The Supreme Court Takes Up Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will, in effect, be a...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Making Taxpayers Pay for Abortions?

The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...

March 2021

March 15, 2021

Why Won’t Evangelicals Get the Vaccine?

Evangelicals have the highest rate of hesitancy to get the COVID vaccine than any other...

March 12, 2021

The Equality Act Takes Away Religious Exemptions

The Equality Act, which just passed the House and goes to the Senate, extends the...