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August 2015

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 10, 2015

Weekend Roundup 7/10

"Dismantling the Facade of Authentic Vulnerability ," Chris Martin I went to a small Christian liberal...

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 22, 2015

Weekend Roundup [5/22]

1) Why Britain Should Leave the EU—Pascal Gobry, The Week We often like to define...

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 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...

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 31, 2015

Who Are the Liberals?

If there's anything in store for American political discourse more absurd or uninformed than the...

October 2014

October 19, 2014

A Hill(song) On Which to Die

The contrast is striking. Brian Houston, lead pastor of Hillsong, tells The New York Times...

October 15, 2014

Should Those Sermons Be Turned Over?

Collin Garbarino makes a Christian's case that they should: A sermon is a proclamation of...

October 14, 2014

A Texas-Sized Travesty

A constitutional disaster is unfolding in Houston, where the mayor, Annise Parker, has demanded that...

October 07, 2014

This Was Not Democracy

Andrew Sullivan has every right to celebrate the impending national reality of same-sex marriage. This is...

October 01, 2014

Sandy Hook was not about homeschooling

I'm grateful to World Magazine and Andrew Branch for reporting yesterday on some troubling developments...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Pope Francis, Jonathan Merritt, and Denying Reality

Jonathan Merritt’s article on Pope Francis and cultural attitudes towards Christianity reminded me of college....

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Greece and Grace

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Monday to reverse a lower court's ruling that banned...