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  • Deciding who gets treated and who doesn’t

    Deciding who gets treated and who doesn’t

    Triage can be defined as “the process of sorting people based on their need for immediate medical treatment as compared to their chance of benefiting from such care.”

  • We can only 'imagine' a utopia

    We can only 'imagine' a utopia

    If the history of the 20th Century teaches us anything, it’s that this-world-only political utopianisms always lead to catastrophe, in which individuals are sacrificed on the altars of the collective good

  • C.S. Lewis and the coronavirus

    C.S. Lewis and the coronavirus

    C.S. Lewis never faced the coronavirus, of course, but in the late 1940s, the world was coming to grips with another threat: nuclear annihilation.

  • What to do about our kids and 'eco-anxiety'

    What to do about our kids and 'eco-anxiety'

    Doctors and other researchers have discovered a whole new class of psychiatric disorders among young people these days. They’ve labeled it “eco-anxiety,” otherwise known as “climate depression.”

  • The dangerous 'science' behind gender transitioning

    The dangerous 'science' behind gender transitioning

    How can we distinguish between solid research and what won’t withstand further scrutiny when it comes to the so-called “settled science” of gender transitioning?

  • Coronavirus, God, and a world out of our control

    Coronavirus, God, and a world out of our control

    We exist by the grace of God. Were He to withhold His breath of life and His creation-sustaining Word—well, that’d be it, folks.

  • Lent, the reality of death, and fearing God

    Lent, the reality of death, and fearing God

    A key distinction is that Lenten disciplines, beginning with Ash Wednesday’s reminder that “You are dust and to dust you shall return,” place our celebration of resurrection in the context of our humanity, both our mortality and our fallenness.

  • Tactics for discussing your Christian convictions

    Tactics for discussing your Christian convictions

    Here's a great resource to equip Christian to engage in tough conversations with skeptics and unbelievers—and even with fellow believers who might be fuzzy on the key teachings of our faith.

  • Pro-life, pro-paid family leave

    Pro-life, pro-paid family leave

    A woman told of her decision to have an abortion. Pro-lifers should listen to her story carefully and take her circumstances seriously.

  • J. Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl 'performance' and our culture’s mixed messages

    J. Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl 'performance' and our culture’s mixed messages

    In the midst of our culture’s ubiquitous calls to protect kids and women from abuse and harassment, especially in this #MeToo era, we pretend that as long as we call it “art” or “female empowerment,” that this sort of overt sexualization will magically have none of the consequences we now complain about.