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September 2015

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...

September 14, 2015

The Problem of “Problematic”

This month's issue of The Atlantic came with a provocative cover story, entitled "The Coddling of the American Mind." It...

August 2015

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 15, 2015

Tinder Mercies–Or, How Porn Destroyed Sex

You've probably already seen the Vanity Fair piece on how the dating/hookup app Tinder is...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Confession at Planned Parenthood- “It’s a Boy”

The worst one yet, by far. Here's what we learn from this video: 1)...

July 28, 2015

“The Moment I Grabbed the Leg…I Felt Death and Pain”

I remember my first day...I was with one of my trainers. I walk in and...

July 24, 2015

What Abortion Does to Us

Charles Krauthammer explains why the Planned Parenthood expose videos will have effects on the public:...

July 24, 2015

Flags and Fetal Tissue

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

July 21, 2015

The Mythological Moralities of Planned Parenthood and Caitlyn Jenner

What does the organ harvesting ugliness of Planned Parenthood have to do with the spectacle...

July 14, 2015

Time to Shut Down Planned Parenthood

An undercover video has recorded Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood's Senior Director for Medical Services, revealing...

July 07, 2015

The Myth of “Adult Entertainment”

Let’s contemplate one of the most widespread and most unfortunate phrases of recent times: The...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

A Culture War Worth Finishing

The phrase "culture war" is a little bit like the word "abortion." Both terms exist...

June 23, 2015

In Defense of the “Billy Graham Rule”

One of the highest privileges of being a pastor's kid is seeing, over the course...

June 19, 2015

Why Flying the Confederate Flag Isn’t a Conservative Thing to Do

The horrific and terroristic murder of 9 black Americans in Charlestown, South Carolina, while they...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

The One Ring and Pornography

One moment during the lowest point of their journey, when all seems lost in the...

May 14, 2015

Why Your Kid Doesn’t Need Twitter

When you think of the things children need to succeed later in society, you probably think...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

#PrayForMarriage

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

April 23, 2015

Should Christians Watch “Game of Thrones”?

Christians have debated amongst themselves for thousands of years how to approach entertainment and secular...

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 07, 2015

How RFRA Helps Us Love Our Neighbors

In the sincere hope, dear reader, that soon we may speak of other things, let me...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Loneliness and the Religion of Personal Autonomy

Is it even possible that my generation, which sends 6 billion text messages per day...

March 19, 2015

This Is Your Brain on Hot Takes

Fare Forward has published this outstanding piece by Jake Meador on how the current state of...

March 17, 2015

Is This the Beginning of the NFL’s End?

Chris Borland, a second year linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, is retiring after his...

March 15, 2015

Christians and College Debt

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

March 06, 2015

In Addiction, But Not Of It

Los Angeles Angels slugger Josh Hamilton is in the news again after the former American...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The Ugly Legalism of Sports Worship

Do I worship sports? I hope not. I don't think I do, but I'll admit...

February 20, 2015

How Addiction Votes

Carl Trueman has written several fine pieces lately on both the nature of and antidote to our...