John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett

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  Dec 8, 2022

  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.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  '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.

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  Nov 23, 2022

  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.

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  Oct 26, 2022

  Marriage is a calling, not a right

  The same is true with marriage. Jesus was asked a “do” question, and our culture is constantly “doing” something new to and with marriage: ending it, replacing it, expanding it, substituting for it.

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  Oct 11, 2022

  Living as earthly and heavenly citizens

  How can these dual loyalties, to Christ and to nation, blend? How does our earthly citizenship interact with our heavenly citizenship? 

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  Aug 26, 2022

  Faithful in this time and place

  In that time and place, God called His people to keep the faith, commit to the tasks at hand, and steward the time they were given by remaining faithful.

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  Nov 7, 2021

  Aslan and the path of faithful pain

  To deny that God could or would use discomfort for our good is to deny that He is present in our pain. He is. Just as, in His quest to restore the glory of His creation, He did not shrink back from inflicting pain on His dear Son, His love for His people often includes a level of discomfort and pain.

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  Sep 16, 2021

  Christian schools should be thoroughly Christian

  Simply put, any school wishing to be Christian must be thoroughly Christian: in purpose, content, curriculum, aim, and personnel. This is no easy task. In fact, to be a Christian educator is, to paraphrase Dr. John Stackhouse, “more than twice as hard.”

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  Aug 19, 2021

  The worldview of the Taliban

  Bad ideas, like the bad ideas of radical Islam, have victims. How we push back on these forces will take many different forms, sometimes even force, but here’s what’s clear. We will never make headway if we fail to understand the worldview that animates the whole thing in the first place.

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  Aug 14, 2021

  Olympic stories of faith are more precious than silver and gold

  These stories offer a more complete picture of the Olympics than what has been portrayed in so many media reports. These are athletes who have found in Christ that which is “more lovely than silver, and more costly than gold.”