John Stonestreet

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  Dec 18, 2022

  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.

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  Dec 17, 2022

  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. 

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  Dec 12, 2022

  George MacDonald and the Christian imagination

  MacDonald believed that people really are “princesses and goblins and good fairies” that, in his non-fantasy novels, he portrayed as ordinary men and women.

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  Dec 11, 2022

  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.

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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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  Nov 4, 2022

  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. 

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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 22, 2022

  Can you laugh at your enemies and love them? Rules for Christian mockery

  Sadly, Christians are often among those engaging in bad-faith speech on Twitter, including against one another. We should punch up, never down. Mockery is a tool to expose evil and folly in powerful places, not for grinding down the weak.