Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview | April 20, 2020
April 20, 2020
Today is a good day to tell on others! Let’s redeem the role of the tattle-tale! I read that neighbors are being encourage to rat each out for perceived failures to comply with various Covid19 related executive orders across the country. To be clear, I support compliance with the law and submission to those in […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 3-23-2020
March 23, 2020
Resources related to the COVID19 Coronavirus Google created a comprehensive dashboard for one stop, accurate information https://www.google.com/covid19/ Resources for parents, now educating their kids at home. My conversation with educator Erin Paske, who has served as a private homeschool teacher and now instructs kids online to increase reading proficiency. My conversation with Lacy […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 3-2-2020
March 2, 2020
It’s the season of Lent. How are you pursuing or chasing after God in these 40 days? Armor Up each day with Carmen via ReconnectOne. Now, on to the headlines…. Religious liberty here at home… AOC: The GOP only every invokes “Religious Freedom” when it wants to justify hate I don’t often send you to […]
Must Read Monday: Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 2-10-2020
February 10, 2020
The Nuclear Family was a Mistake The headline is total clickbait, right? It’s not about abandoning the institution of the family but actually rediscovering and recommitting ourselves to the multigenerational mess family was always intended to be. It’s the nuclear family (which was too fragile and fractured into single family and then to no family) […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 12-9-2019
December 9, 2019
Must Christian Higher Education give up its distinctively Christian commitments to accommodate LGBTQ identifying and allied students? That is the argument made by David Gushee in a Religion News piece entitled, Christian Higher Ed Can’t Win the LGBTQ debate unless it transforms. Is the Fairness for All Act proposed in U.S. Congress really fair […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 10-28-2019
October 28, 2019
The Number 1 security risk in the world is dead It feels like we have to lead off with the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-declared Caliph of the Islamic State. He ultimately blew himself up but his journey to that end was paved with human devastation. He is responsible for the rape, torture, and […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 10-14-2019
October 14, 2019
First, a quick reminder of what we’re doing here… A listener from Kansas called me out Friday morning during the show. He heard the news but wasn’t sure he heard me ever bring the Good News to bear on the news. I appreciate the reminder of what I’m supposed to be doing on air every […]
Reading headlines with Gospel worldview 7-22-2019
July 22, 2019
The reality on the U.S. southern border is unsustainable. News reports conflict as to “why” but everyone agrees that people must be treated with dignity and the system is failing. I continue to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform but Congress seems unlikely to move on that agenda. Facilities are totally overwhelmed and we are asking […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 7-15-2019
July 15, 2019
This week International Religious Freedom takes center stage in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, is casting an inspiring vision for the State Department’s 2nd Ministerial on the topic. At the heart of it is to get people of every faith to stand up and defend the right of freedom […]
Reading the headlines through a Gospel worldview 7-8-2019
July 8, 2019
Only Ohio and Tennessee continue to uphold biological reality on birth certificates as Kansas becomes the 48th state to allow people to change their birth certificate to match their transgender identity. From the article we read, “It was time for Kansas to move past its outdated and discriminatory anti-transgender policy,” Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement […]