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  • Demons are real. Exorcism isn't the answer.

    Demons are real. Exorcism isn't the answer.

    Ask most Christians about the powers of darkness and you'll get one of two answers — and both are wrong. One camp treats every hardship as a demon to be cast out. The other treats demons as superstition the modern world has outgrown.

  • Inside my meeting with Reza Pahlavi: His plan for a free Iran

    Inside my meeting with Reza Pahlavi: His plan for a free Iran

    I recently met Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi with a group of evangelical leaders. What I heard wasn't theory — it was a concrete roadmap for the day after the Islamic Republic falls, one built on religious freedom, rule of law, and an ancient bond with Israel.

  • They destroyed 108 Armenian churches. Now they're erasing more.

    They destroyed 108 Armenian churches. Now they're erasing more.

    Power may seize territory. It cannot seize truth. As Azerbaijan presents Armenian monasteries to foreign diplomats as relics of a different heritage, this piece asks who will hold the line on historical honesty — and why the Church can't look away.

  • James Talarico's moderate makeover doesn't add up

    James Talarico's moderate makeover doesn't add up

    Under fire for his radical statements on gender, James Talarico is suddenly sounding a lot more moderate. His record says otherwise.

  • Antisemitism in teachers' unions is everyone's problem

    Antisemitism in teachers' unions is everyone's problem

    There is a mistake Americans repeatedly make when antisemitism appears in one of our institutions—we treat it as a Jewish problem alone. A new Senate report on the NEA suggests why that's dangerous for everyone.

  • Grad schools are training activists, not teachers

    Grad schools are training activists, not teachers

    Who's teaching the teachers? According to a new AEI report, it's an ideologically uniform slate of professors pushing "queer pedagogy" and "anti-capitalist" frameworks instead of practical training. This piece makes the case for breaking graduate schools' gatekeeping power over K-12 hiring.

  • Why do we empathize with villains now?

    Why do we empathize with villains now?

    "Cruella wasn't evil, she was misunderstood. Maleficent wasn't evil, she was betrayed." Culture keeps rewriting villains as victims — but what happens to a society that forgets how to name evil?

  • 3 reasons to take your kids to church

    3 reasons to take your kids to church

    To help feed your desire to face the challenge, I offer three reasons to take your kids to church.