Church and Poverty
The church in general, and evangelical Christians in particular, has been helping people in poverty. But you wouldn’t know that if you attended a roundtable discussion of poverty at Georgetown Univers...
Candidates and Marriage
Most of the presidential candidates and hopefuls have figured out by now that they need to have an answer to the question: ‘What will you do if the U.S. Supreme Court comes down with a ruling in whic...
American Dream
Americans are overwhelmingly pessimistic about their chances of achieving and sustaining the American dream. That is the only conclusion you could draw from a recent Marist-McClatchy Poll. Americans “...
Converting Christians
Jim Denison recently found a “15-step strategy for converting Christians to atheism” and wrote about it in the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture. Although the article is supposed to help atheists con...
World’s Population in One City
On my radio program the other day, my guest made the point that you could fit the entire population of the world into Los Angeles. Since some people questioned that statistic, I thought I would provid...
No Privacy in Utopia
Welcome to utopia. Speaking a few years ago at a technology convention in San Francisco, Google CEO Eric Schmidt described this new world of utopia. “It’s a future where you don’t forget anything . ....
Minimum Wage
When the president raised the minimum wage for federal workers, lots of editorials appeared in newspapers. Jason Riley dug out an old editorial to illustrate how perceptions have changed in the media...
D. C. Discrimination
When a bill has the word non-discrimination as part of its title, it’s wise to dig deeper. A measure that requires non-discrimination against one group usually ends up allowing, even encouraging, disc...
Unity and Liberty
Scott Sauls was on my radio program recently to discuss his book, Jesus Outside the Lines. In his book, he tells a story of what happened in his church (Christ Presbyterian Church) when R.C. Sproul ga...
Civil Disobedience
When high school and college students read the section on civil disobedience in the book, Christian Ethics in Plain Language, they usually think about it hypothetically. How should Christians respond...
ISIS in America
A new book by Johnnie Moore reminds us why we should be concerned about the possibility that agents of ISIS will strike America. The title of his book explains his concern: Defying ISIS: Preserving Ch...
New Definition of Marriage
Yesterday I talked about how legalizing same sex marriage could affect churches and Christian organizations. A Supreme Court ruling in favor of so-called “gay marriage” would have a negative impact on...
