John Stonestreet

John Stonestreet

Op-ed contributor

John Stonestreet is the President of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, and co-host with Eric Metaxas of Breakpoint, the Christian worldview radio program founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is co-author of A Practical Guide to CultureA Student's Guide to Culture and Restoring All Things.

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  • Why Mr. Rogers was better than Barney, but he'd be in big trouble today

    Why Mr. Rogers was better than Barney, but he'd be in big trouble today

    Not that long ago, culturally speaking, someone known throughout the world for being neighborly said some things that most likely would have gotten him fired today.

  • Women: What are they for?

    Women: What are they for?

    In other words, Christians ought not react to the rejection, erasure, or confusion of gender, by merely retreating to roles. We must begin where the Bible does, with design. 

  • What our cultural artifacts say to us and about us

    What our cultural artifacts say to us and about us

    Though I’d question how important Philadelphia was in the history of our culture’s embrace of sexual brokenness, Hanks is correct that cultural change follows a change in the public imagination and that change, more often than not, happens in many quiet ways.

  • Mary’s magnificat: The wait is over

    Mary’s magnificat: The wait is over

    Mary accepted her role in this event with a particular grace and humility. Her expression of worship is amplified by her example of radical self-sacrifice.

  • Who knows best? The push to replace parents

    Who knows best? The push to replace parents

    It’s as if any right that parents have to be involved and aware of their children’s education ends at the ability of progressive teachers to shepherd their students into alternative lifestyles, sexual practices, and abortions. 

  • Is social justice killing science? Why we need to define 'truth'

    Is social justice killing science? Why we need to define 'truth'

    In other words, biologists and other scientists are being taught to ignore or are being denied vast amounts of evidence simply because that evidence could threaten politically favored ideologies.

  • The Supreme Court case showing if Christians have free speech too

    The Supreme Court case showing if Christians have free speech too

    Not long ago, Christian beliefs about sex and marriage were considered mainstream. Today, they are among the most controversial beliefs someone can hold.

  • 'Stochastic terror': Truth is not violence

    'Stochastic terror': Truth is not violence

    In a turn that Orwell warned us about, dissent is considered danger, words are violence, opinions are hate, and yesterday’s truths are today’s terror.

  • Why CS Lewis remains compelling

    Why CS Lewis remains compelling

    Lewis’ brilliance as a writer and his skill as an apologist enabled him to hone the craft of describing deep truths in simple forms.

  • How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'

    How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'

    Once same-sex relationships are legally called marriage and technology is available to make children outside of a heterosexual union, those who have deliberately chosen a sterile same-sex relationship now claim the right to children or else, you know, discrimination.