A Presbyterian minister, a Republican governor and a former Obama White House staffer walk onto a stage for a political debate moderated by a member of the media. Why? To demonstrate what civil partisan political discourse looks like when the goal is honoring Jesus and not elevating self or demonizing the other. The discussion between […]
Presidential pardons and commutations make me think about two things: justice and mercy. President Obama commuted the sentences of 98 people last week. That brings the total number of Obama’s Presidential commutations to 872— 688 of those commutations have been granted in this calendar year. The sheer number of commutations are an intentional commentary […]
November 8th is still a week away, but it’s not too soon to be asking what happens after that? If Trump wins and Clinton loses we throw out much of what we’ve known in the past but if Clinton wins and Trump loses, well, as he said, “You’ll have to wait and see.” From the […]
Supreme Court will rule on transgender rights– USATODAY The Supreme Court will “consider a Virginia school district’s challenge to Obama administration guidelines requiring schools allow transgender students to use restrooms matching their chosen gender, rather than birth gender.” We should remember several things: the Supreme Court decides which cases to take, and which ones to […]
A Canadian atheist is suing Alcoholics Anonymous to have all references to God or any higher power from the 12-step program. Here’s the problem: AA is an inherently spiritual program of recovery, it always has been. AA started when Bill Wilson, who had been in and out of medically- and psychologically-based recovery programs, had a […]
As a Christian in America, the public witness of the faith has been trumped. From the rationalizing away “locker room” talk and immoral behavior, Donald Trump’s candidacy has exposed something deeply unsettling in the relationship between the Christian witness and politics in America. We’re going to explore”Trumping the faith” from a variety of angles in […]
Carmen joined Kerby Anderson on Point of View radio. They discussed thoughts on the presidential race, what has– and has not– been discussed in the debates, and living faithfully during this time. On the debates: “I would much rather hear a person cast a positive vision, claim not only their own dignity, which has been […]
Over the next several weeks we’re going to be discussing what I call “Trumping the faith.” We will discuss the impact and influence of Trump’s candidacy on the Christian public witness from a variety of angles. For Christians, credibility at stake in election– Al Mohler What’s at stake in this in this election cycle? The president […]
The macabre celebration of the 100th anniversary of Planned Parenthood and the specter of what such eugenicists have planned for the world in the next 100 years got me thinking about what it means to take a 100 year view. One hundred years ago, Margaret Sanger envisioned society free of the people she considered a […]
Chibok girls: Freed students reunite with families in Nigeria– BBC In April of 2014, 276 Christian young female students were kidnapped by the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram. This past week, 40 more girls were returned to their parents in exchange for the release of several Boko Haram militants, but 197 are still missing. From […]