Maria Baer

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  • Should we dismantle the family?

    Should we dismantle the family?

    Eliminating families as antiquated or even (somehow) racist is not merely illogical for pragmatic reasons. It’s cultural suicide.

  • Heckle Christ’s bride at your eternal peril

    Heckle Christ’s bride at your eternal peril

    Many are joining a growing demographic known as the “nones,” rejecting all religious affiliation. The Christian version of those who grew up in the Church but have become “nones” often go by another label: “exvangelicals.”

  • Here's what's troubling about the exvangelical #LeaveLoud movement

    Here's what's troubling about the exvangelical #LeaveLoud movement

    The more that the wider culture finds Christian teaching outdated and outrageous, the harder it is to distinguish between the various motivations of those who leave the church, and/or the faith.

  • The Supreme Court doesn’t get the last word

    The Supreme Court doesn’t get the last word

    The idea of a politically neutral Supreme Court is one of our nation’s most persistent and appealing myths.

  • Why the Church must fight anti-Semitism in all of its forms

    Why the Church must fight anti-Semitism in all of its forms

    The progressive orthodoxies built around Critical Theory offer little space for Jewish people. In the name of “standing up for the oppressed,” maybe the most oppressed group in world history is being excluded.

  • Gripping grace, avoiding sin

    Gripping grace, avoiding sin

    Acknowledging that our nature is fallen and susceptible to such compromise is a wise thing to do, especially when mixed with asking for God’s grace. One of Jesus’ last and most urgent commands to His disciples was for them to pray that they would not fall into temptation.

  • In the sperm donation industry, there are no moral norms

    In the sperm donation industry, there are no moral norms

    Sperm donation intentionally creates fatherless children, treating both men and children as products to serve adult happiness.

  • Humanoid robots and how we're failing at human relationships

    Humanoid robots and how we're failing at human relationships

    Hanson Robotics didn’t make Sophia just because they could. They’re capitalizing on something in our culture that needs to be recognized. We’re failing each other.

  • Role of family is not to make you happy

    Role of family is not to make you happy

    We used to understand our families in light of our duties to them. Now we are increasingly understanding our families in light of their duty to us. What’s more, we increasingly think that their primary duty is to make us happy. 

  • A COVID-free China still isn’t free

    A COVID-free China still isn’t free

    Pro-democracy activists are arrested by the dozens and a billionaire tech CEO is presumed killed after criticizing his government… but shopping at a designer store without a mask is freedom? 

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