For whom are you praying and who is praying for you? One answer: Jesus. Read John 17. In her weekly conversation with Ben Johnson from the Acton Institute, Carmen discusses the challenges Christian students are facing on college campuses where free speech is strictly limited to designated zones and developments in the case of the […]
Peter Kapsner and Carmen discuss a Psychology Today article on why gender self-identification is not enough. During their conversation Carmen makes reference to several resource for families seeking to navigate the gender dysphoria of our day: RestoredHopeNetwork.org Help4Families.org Andrew T. Walker’s book, God and the Transgender Debate (Carmen’s conversation with Andrew) Ryan Anderson’s book, When Harry […]
This is one of those “take notes” episodes. After a Kindness Story from Nicole J. Phillips, Dr. David Stevens form the Christian Medical and Dental Association unpacks the Biblical, biological, social, medical and ethical dimensions of transgender identification from a Christian worldview. Among other observations, Dr. Stevens points out: the created nature of male as male […]
Brandon Showalter from the Christian Post joined Carmen to discuss several developing stories in the U.S.: Jack, aka Jacquelyn, is 10 years old. His grandmother fears his mother has started him on puberty blockers. But she doesn’t know for certain because her daughter and her same-sex spouse, have not allowed the grandmother to have any […]
Maybe you’ve heard there’s a rising trend in Hollywood for the children of celebrities to identify as transgender. This is the glamorization and popularization of htat which is being actively normalized in the culture. Carmen talks with professor Peter Kapsner about the confusion and complexity of the issues surrounding transgender identification today. They also discuss […]
Is childcare a right everyone should have? Should it be free? Ben Johnston from the Acton Institute talks with Carmen about Elizabeth Warren’s universal childcare proposal. Going deeper, they discuss what research shows is ideal for children and how the church can best support their well-being. For More: Thinking Like a Christian Regarding Paid Family […]
A Day at the park….Man pulled from quicksand in Zion during harrowing two day rescue This is a story with a happy ending but also a great real life example of how we can amble into situations from which we cannot free ourselves. Help – in this case LOTS of help – has to come […]
In the opening segment Carmen says, “there’s nothing neutral about the advent of gender neutral birth certificates.” A growing number of U.S. cities and states now allow parents to identify their newborn babies as gender X, recognizing them as neither male nor female. Then Carmen turns to the subject of U.S. Senators applying unconstitutional religious […]
Let’s start the new year with a bit of satire that rings true. The Babylon Bee is a satirical website but their piece entitled “Culture in which all truth is relative suddenly concerned about fake news” expresses true truth about the status of our cultural moment. From the satirical to the serious, New York […]
In the news: An Ohio professor is suing after being punished for referring to a transgender female student as “sir” during class. The Alliance Defending Freedom has taken on the case. The descriptor evangelical is appearing in many headlines today, but what […]