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September 2015

September 17, 2015

Russell Moore on Evangelicals and Donald Trump

The strongest word yet on evangelicals and Donald Trump comes from Russell Moore this morning...

September 16, 2015

Going to Church, Skipping Donald Trump

Keith Miller writes a very helpful piece for The Federalist, demonstrating that reports of evangelical...

September 15, 2015

The Screwtape Secrets to Planned Parenthood P.R.

It sounds as if you supposed that argument was the way to keep [a human]...

September 15, 2015

Wanted: Journalists Not Beholden to Planned Parenthood

The tenth video by the Center for Medical Progress doesn't contain any jarring imagery of...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Looking for Abortion Truth in Big Media

As a general rule, I don't think conservatives should constantly harp about the bias of...

August 26, 2015

The Phantom Females of Ashley Madison

I wasn't planning to write about the Ashley Madison hack. For one thing, the story...

August 24, 2015

I Protested Planned Parenthood

I asked my friend Sean Perron to write about Saturday's Planned Parenthood protest. Sean works...

August 19, 2015

At Planned Parenthood, Beating Hearts Are Stopped

The newest video from the Center for Medical Progress is a horror beyond a nightmare....

August 13, 2015

Three Cheers for the Homeschoolers

When you hear the word "homeschool," what do you think? Do you think of underground...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

What Cecil the Lion and Planned Parenthood Taught Me About #AllLivesMatter

For myself and many of my fellow pro-lifers, the last few days have been a...

July 24, 2015

Flags and Fetal Tissue

"The debate over the fate of the flag, such as it is, pits people who...

July 13, 2015

Vote “No” On Crank Conservatism

A couple weeks ago I was making the 3 hour drive from Columbus, Ohio to...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

Same-Sex Marriage: 7 Questions for the Victors

It was to very few's surprise that the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday to...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

The Falling and Rising of American Christianity

Is Christianity fading in America? Are atheism and religious disaffiliation soaring? What does this mean for...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

#PrayForMarriage

I invite you to join many Christians around the nation in praying today as the...

April 26, 2015

The New Puritan Shame Culture

In the April 1886 issue of The Atlantic Monthly Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel, reviewed his father’s The Scarlett...

April 14, 2015

A Conversation Between “Safe,” “Legal,” and “Rare”

The following is an edited version of the transcript of conversation between abortion talking points...

April 09, 2015

What’s a Conscience Worth?

Consider this a brief, concluding postscript to my 4-article (!) conversation about religious freedom and the RFRA....

April 04, 2015

Do Christians Mean What They Say? A response to Frank Bruni

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni doesn't believe that Christians who are opposed to same-sex...

March 2015

March 15, 2015

Christians and College Debt

I've found myself thinking about one particular classmate from my undergraduate years. We entered around...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

50 Shades and the Limits of Cultural Engagement

As forecasted, 50 Shades of Grey is a box office hit. The film toppled a...

February 03, 2015

Measles and Mainline Protestants

Vaccination skepticism is--regardless of one's judgment about inoculation--an elemental rejection of expertise and authority structures. Hostility...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

“Professional Cuddling” and Our Pornified Culture

At The Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Armour looks at a blossoming new industry: Cuddling. Armour...

January 09, 2015

For Blasphemy and For Evangelism

I had an older professor in Bible college who was responsible for teaching survey courses through...

January 07, 2015

“The Prophet Has Been Avenged”

Horror and heartbreak in Paris: Three masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a...