John Stonestreet and David Carlson

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  Sep 10, 2019

  If you were Drew Brees, what would you say? Thoughts on a faux controversy

  “Controversy erupts around Drew Brees,” proclaimed news outlets on Friday, the very same news outlets who erupted the controversy engulfing one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks.

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  Sep 3, 2019

  The search for the 'gay gene': New study, predictable reactions

  Nothing in our culture so clearly demonstrates the controlling power of one’s settled presuppositions like how we think and talk about sexuality.

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  Sep 1, 2019

  A win for free speech and conscience rights … (and for Christian videographers)

  I’m no lawyer. ... but even I can understand the straightforward and sweeping language of Circuit Court Judge David Stras.

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  Aug 22, 2019

  The problem with 'Do something!'

  Americans are afraid… perhaps more than at any time since 9/11. It’s understandable. Despite the fact that most of us are safer today than we think, the sheer evil that’s behind a mass shooting or a violent attack is put right in our face by the 24-hour news cycle.

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  Aug 21, 2019

  Marty Sampson's church failed him

  Too much of Christianity – especially evangelical Christianity – neglects intellectual discipleship altogether. Not even basic theology is articulated from some pulpits. I don’t know how else to say it: They fail God’s people.

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  Aug 13, 2019

  Millennials and the Bible: 'Not what you think'

  On the whole, Millennials tend to be skeptical of absolutes, and anyone or anything claiming to be the authority on life and the world. Thus, they tend to be skeptical about the Bible.

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  Aug 8, 2019

  El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy: The heart of the matter

  We need to ask what it is about our culture that’s producing these young men bent on killing and chaos. And we need to ask: Where is the church?

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  Jul 8, 2019

  Antifa violence and the media

  The recent Portland “protest” and assault—actually assaults, because there were others—are just the latest in a long string of riots with Antifa at their center.

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  Jul 2, 2019

  The US Women’s Soccer Team and Jaelene Hinkle: Ideology first, winning second

  Recently, the U. S. women’s soccer team thumped Thailand 13-0 in the Women’s World Cup. It got ugly, and led to criticism: some felt the American ladies wrongly ran up the score and that their goal celebrations were a bit over the top.

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  Jun 17, 2019

  'Emanuel': The untold story of the Charleston shooting

  What sets this documentary about Emanuel Church apart ... is “the theological understanding of where forgiveness comes from. And that is the cross of Christ.”