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  • The Chauvin-Floyd trial and the pursuit of justice

    The Chauvin-Floyd trial and the pursuit of justice

    Guilty on all three counts. What are we to make of this trial and the events and comments surrounding it?

  • The latest from California (I am not making this up)

    The latest from California (I am not making this up)

    One of the first major names mentioned was Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, formerly regarded as one of our greatest Olympic male athletes and known as the father of some of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. Ironically, Jenner has stated that he encounters more issues in Hollywood being conservative than being transgender. Welcome to our upside down world.

  • The sword of ‘fear sells’ cuts both ways

    The sword of ‘fear sells’ cuts both ways

    Have you seen the Project Veritas, undercover video footage exposing CNN’s extreme anti-Trump animus (see here and here)? Have you seen the candid comments about their intentional misrepresentations of both Trump (negatively) and Biden (positively)? Have you heard the unashamed admission that “fear sells”?

  • Why has John Piper’s son become a Bible-bashing Tik-Tok star?

    Why has John Piper’s son become a Bible-bashing Tik-Tok star?

    Yet, for many of us, it was even more shocking to learn that Abraham Piper, son of the influential pastor John Piper, had become an internet sensation, best known for his videos mocking his former evangelical beliefs.

  • Bad news in Supreme Court’s ruling on behalf of religious liberty

    Bad news in Supreme Court’s ruling on behalf of religious liberty

    It was good to see the Supreme Court rule yet again in favor of religious liberty in the latest California case to reach the nation’s highest court. Yet the fact that the ruling was only 5-4, not to mention some of the reasoning in the dissenting opinion, gives real cause for concern.

  • Why can’t a parent marry their adult child?

    Why can’t a parent marry their adult child?

    On April 5, 2007, Time Magazine asked the question, “Should Incest Be Legal?” Three years later, when Columbia University professor David Epstein was arrested for a three-year, consensual affair with his adult daughter, his attorney noted, “It’s OK for homosexuals to do whatever they want in their own home. How is this so different? We have to figure out why some behavior is tolerated and some is not.”

  • The Biden admin, the worst case scenario, and how we should respond

    The Biden admin, the worst case scenario, and how we should respond

    Joe Biden has been President of the United States for less than three months, but already, the fears of many conservatives are being realized. On many different fronts, things are going in a very wrong and dangerous direction. The question is: What can we do about it? How do we respond?

  • Some thoughts on African Americans, Major League Baseball, and cultural assumptions

    Some thoughts on African Americans, Major League Baseball, and cultural assumptions

    More than 10 years ago, I was speaking with an African American pastor in New York City, talking about our respective burdens. He said to me, “You’re trying to get prayer back in the schools. I’m trying to get education back in the schools.”

  • Debating an evangelical turned atheist, Muslim apologist, and more

    Debating an evangelical turned atheist, Muslim apologist, and more

    On Wednesday (April 7), I’m scheduled to do four more debates, one with a gay pastor on Jesus and LGBTQ+ people, one with a transgender pastor on affirming trans identities, one with a progressive Christian on abortion, and one with a questioning Christian on divine healing.

  • A bipartisan proposal for voter integrity and photo ID’s

    A bipartisan proposal for voter integrity and photo ID’s

    Former NBA star and now sports commentator Charles Barkley recently opined, “. . . I think our system is set up where our politicians, whether they’re Republicans or Democrats, are designed to make us not like each other, so they can keep their grasp [on] money and power.”