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July 2021

July 07, 2021

God’s “Yes” and Long Flights

Some of my most revealing discussions happen on airplanes, during long flights. They usually begin...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Christians’ Complicated Relationship with Experts

Another week, another lengthy YouTube video alleging a coronavirus-related conspiracy reaching to the highest levels...

February 2019

February 11, 2019

Explaining Abortion to My Six-Year-Old Daughter

Last week my first-grade daughter, Astrid, heard me mention abortion in conversation with my wife...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

Why the Kavanaugh Controversy Feels Different

The uproar following last week's testimony by Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh before the...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

Pro-Lifers: School Shootings Are Not a Segue to Talk about Abortion

A few weeks ago, I wrote about what I call the "abortion-juke," which is the...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

Christians: Please Retire the Abortion-Juke

Not every conversation is about abortion.

December 2017

December 07, 2017

The Burning Fertility Clinic: Abortion’s New ‘Gotcha’ Argument

Have you seen this latest argument by pro-abortionists?

November 2017

November 27, 2017

From Bill Clinton to Roy Moore: How Character Stopped Counting for Evangelicals

It's obvious that the religious right of 2017, if transported back to 1997, could not...

November 19, 2017

A Poorly-Tuned Analogy: Why the Violinist Argument for Abortion Fails

It sounds airtight at first, but the violinist argument is actually filled with fatal holes.

November 15, 2017

Voting for Grishnákh: A Reductio-ad-Orc for ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Logic

Is there a candidate, in a democratic system, for whom it would be inherently wrong...

November 02, 2017

‘It’s the Current Year!’ Is Not a Good Argument

You'll frequently hear people these days say, "It's 2017!" as an argument for abandoning some...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Hugh Hefner’s Legacy Is Remaking Women in Man’s Image

More than anything else, Hefner will be remembered for remaking women to be as much...

June 2017

June 19, 2017

On Surrogacy, IVF, Evangelicals Are Dropping the Ball Again

Forty years ago, American evangelicals were defending or ignoring abortion. Today they're defending or ignoring...

June 06, 2017

In Defense of Purity Culture’s Tape Analogy

Sexual sin has lasting consequences.

March 2017

March 10, 2017

Against the Tyranny of Exceptions

These days, policing generalizations is the go-to move when you’ve got no other arguments. The...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

Killing, Not Care – The Point

My day job is writing for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, the folks...

February 01, 2017

Answering Pro-Abortion ‘Um, Actually’ Memes

I frequently see pictures like this floating around Facebook and Twitter. They're part of what...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Trump, Dingoes, and the Pro-Life Judges Argument

As some of you will already know, I've consistently refused to support or vote for...