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Reflections on the Gay Marriage Decision

As ever, a pleasure to offer this guest post from my friend Peter Wehner, a thoughtful...

April 2014

April 02, 2014

Understanding a More Religious and Assertive Russia

A very important and informative article by my friend Mark Tooley. * By Mark Tooley...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Where Franklin Graham Has Gone Wrong

I'm always pleased to publish a post by the esteemed Peter Wehner. * By Peter...

March 12, 2014

Speak Softly, Conservatives

I've become a friend and collaborator with the Values and Capitalism project at the American...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Syria, War and America’s Christians

By Mark Tooley The prospect of U.S. military action against Syria’s dictatorship has unusually...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Loud on Poverty, Quiet on Abortion: The Danger of Selective Theonomy

My friend Rob Schwarzwalder from the Family Research Council offers the following guest post this...

March 2013

March 08, 2013

Beyond Activism Innocence

It was my pleasure this week to interview Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, whose book, The World is Not...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Can a Teddy Bear Save Your Child from Hell?

Listen, brother: If you don't want your children to roast forever in hell, you should...

January 2013

January 11, 2013

Help! We’re Gay and We’re Being Oppressed!

A recent Prudential study showed that gays and lesbians are considerably more wealthy, on average,...

January 07, 2013

Social Justice, Guns, and God

The variety of intelligent things being said, representing a variety of positions on the issues,...

November 2012

November 09, 2012

Breakfast Links for 11/09/12 – God and Women; Christ and Assault Rifles; Politicians Killed Jesus

BREAKFAST LINKS 11/09/12: Frank Viola, Patheos/Frank Viola: “But beyond all these wonderful things that the...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Why We Need More Religion in Politics, Not Less

Last week I received another expression of a very common sentiment in the comments box...

October 01, 2012

Mitt: Make the Moral Case for Capitalism

Arthur Brooks nails it in this video. Data-driven arguments on behalf of free-market capitalism will...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Can America be Good Without God?

Maybe individuals can be "good without God" -- but can entire societies? This is one...

July 27, 2012

America’s Slow-Motion Suicide

What if freedom is its own worst enemy, and Americans' abuse of their freedoms will...

July 04, 2012

Against the Hippies: Or, In Defense of American Individualism

[UPDATE: Welcome readers of Hugh Hewitt and Instapundit! If you enjoy this post, please subscribe...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Three Course Corrections – An Open Letter to Mitt Romney

Dear Mr Romney, We've only met once, but we have mutual friends -- and in the...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Those Hyper-Politicized Evangelicals!

Believe it or not, the senior pastor at the conservative evangelical church I attend --...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

What’s Right with the Religious Right

Sometimes those of us who write in defense of the Tea Party or Christian conservatism...

October 20, 2011

Reconsidering Bush’s “Compassionate” Conservatism

After I had read his book, The Man in the Middle, I had the pleasure...

September 2011

September 09, 2011

Reversing the Great Moral Decline

These days if you let it slip that you'd like to restore the Judeo-Christian ethical...

August 2011

August 06, 2011

America Downgraded, and The Fierce Urgency of Debt Now

I'm tempted to speak as Aragorn did to Frodo at the Prancing Pony in Bree:...

August 03, 2011

When Christ is Lord, Nothing is Secular

There's a saying attributed to John Stott: "When Christ is Lord, nothing is secular." Or...

August 02, 2011

Whom Would Jesus Indebt?

One of the gravest dangers of the Budget Control Act passed yesterday is that it...

July 2011

July 30, 2011

Renewing Our Church, Renewing Our Nation

A pall hangs over America and her churches. There is a sense not merely that...

July 15, 2011

Wisdom from Jonah Goldberg? First Principles of Politics

I sometimes find Jonah Goldberg over-the-top, but I thought he made an excellent point in...

July 05, 2011

Yes, I'm Questioning Your Patriotism

Update: Thanks to Hot Air and Instapundit for the links! Please subscribe or follow on...

June 2011

June 22, 2011

Michelle Obama's Obesity Crusade: Coming Soon to a Church Near You?

Michelle Obama has been appearing at churches, including evangelical churches, to speak on health, fitness and...

June 21, 2011

Al Mohler is Right: We Have Not Loved Gays As We Should

Al Mohler is President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, an intellectual leader of the...

June 18, 2011

Mormon Irrationality? A Case in Point

I'm presently trapped in travel purgatory -- my attempts to return to Atlanta last night...

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