“From university campuses to political campaigns to the public square, we find ourselves seemingly incapable of amicable exchange. To be sure, the situation is a bit more complex than a mere call for civility.”   I recently saw an internet meme with an image of a 2-foot-tall book with several thousand pages. On it was... Continue Reading

“Founded in 1812, Princeton Theological Seminary is affiliated with Presbyterian Church (USA), a Mainline Protestant denomination that has gained headlines and suffered membership losses for its increasing acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage.”   Princeton Theological Seminary hosted a controversial conference last week to explore so called “gender fluidity” and how people are “forging new... Continue Reading

“How about 15 years hard labor for attempting to steal a poster? How about being imprisoned in a jail where you’re so hungry that eating corn out of cow dung or, if you’re really lucky – catching a mouse – is considered a meal. How about being served “justice” by a court not ruled by... Continue Reading

Is labeling the horrors inflicted by Islamic State on ethnic and religious minorities “genocide” the prelude to stepped-up U.S. action to put a halt to it? Or is it in fact a substitute for such action?   For almost two terms in office, Barack Obama and his team have studiously avoided acknowledging the most obvious... Continue Reading

Texas lawmakers last year passed the “campus carry” law that requires public universities to allow concealed handgun license holders—who must be at least 21 years old—to bring their weapons into campus buildings and classrooms. Private institutions of higher learning, which often have religious affiliations and conservative beliefs, can decide whether to allow guns on school... Continue Reading

While warning against the flagrant abuses of Constantinianism, (Adams) also noted that most early American colonies united faith with franchise. Here is how he raises the establishment question: “In thus discontinuing the connection between Church and Commonwealth—did the people of these States intend to renounce all connection with the Christian religion?”   The Rev. Jasper... Continue Reading

“I know my impressions here are anecdotal, but so are the stereotypes on the other side. Are there lazy, entitled, narcissistic Christian Millennials? Of course there are. But I see no evidence that there are any more of them than there are lazy, entitled, narcissistic Baby Boomers or Gen-Xers or any other age cohort.”  ... Continue Reading

“[The NFL] told Georgia, ‘If you build a new stadium, the Super Bowl will come. If you build a new parking complex, the Super Bowl will come. If you give five certain tax breaks, the Super Bowl will come. And now, if you’ll veto the religious freedom bill, the Super Bowl will come,” said an... Continue Reading

Election years tend to incite fevered reactions because it seems as though everything is at stake. There’s much at stake, to be sure, but we should put it in a trillion-year perspective that can allow us not to panic. No one and nothing will take our country away from us—if we define correctly what we... Continue Reading

The authors called this effect “ego depletion” and said it revealed a fundamental fact about the human mind: We all have a limited supply of willpower, and it decreases with overuse. Eating a radish when you’re surrounded by fresh-baked cookies represents an epic feat of self-denial, and one that really wears you out. Willpower, argued... Continue Reading