For three years, the practice of astrology has been on the rise. And according to a 2019 article in The New Yorker, millennials are fueling this spike in the popularity of astrology. Astrology is the practice of seeking guidance from signs in the stars and planets. More to the point, it’s reading your horoscope and believing what it says, based on your astrological sign on the zodiac. And the acceptance of astrology is soaring, driven…
In the last few weeks, educational institutions at all levels have announced their plans for students to return, or not return, to in-person instruction, remote learning options, or some hybrid of the two. And all over America parents of school-aged kids are either cringing or celebrating. It’s the same for college students. Confused, crying, or singing. It all depends on what their institution decided to do this fall. Stay home and receive instruction remotely, come…
On July 6, CNN’s Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon were defending the destruction of statues in America when Lemon offered a strange comparison between Christian devotion to Christ and America’s reverence of the Founders, “But here’s the thing,” he claimed, “Jesus Christ, if that’s who you believe in, Jesus Christ, admittedly was not perfect when he was here on this earth. So why are we deifying the Founders of this country? Many of whom owned…
Historical figures are being targeted in America. And without much regard for history. Statues of Abraham Lincoln are in the crosshairs. Images of Christopher Columbus, Ulysses S. Grant, and even Matthias Baldwin have been vandalized, presumably due to their association with racism. Baldwin, by the way, was an abolitionist who once suffered a boycott on his railroad business because he advocated for the education of black children. So, there’s that. And then there are the…
Lisa Bender, the president of the Minneapolis City Council, dreams of a postmodern socialist utopia and believes that we should all aspire to a world without law enforcement. On June 8, she told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that calling the police when your home is broken into “comes from a place of privilege.” She argues that she wants a “police-free society.” Cuomo told her, “When you say you see someday being police-free that sounds aspirational, a…
Men usually thrive on success, on forward motion, on big decisions. But nothing cripples that forward motion like the fear of failure. After a series of blockbuster films portraying Captain America, actor Chris Evans revealed he almost declined the star-spangled cowl for a reason no one would associate with the First Avenger—fear. In a May 25 interview with the “Awards Chatter” podcast, Evans reminisced about his early days as an actor, his first successes, and…
Racism isn’t new. It’s as old as sin itself. And it violates two of the most basic truths in the Bible. When Jesus confronted racism, He focused on these two truths. Even Jesus grew up in a culture slimed with racism. In His day, the Jews nurtured a 700-year-old prejudice against the Samaritans. Generations before Jesus, the Samaritans were kin of the Israelites. Their kingdom split in 922 BC, and some of the Israelites went…
Two days apart in May, Christians had to digest two announcements pertaining to high-profile Christians. At first glance, these two announcements seem unrelated. But they are not, and the relationship between the two is critically important for pastors. On May 19, Ravi Zacharias, influential Christian apologist and prolific author, passed away from a rare form of cancer. His death was felt widely across the evangelical landscape. We had lost a stalwart defender of the faith.…
For all the stress and strain caused by closing schools and shifting education to the dinner table, it may have also opened the eyes of many parents. That is, there is a reason that around 4% of American parents so far have chosen homeschooling, and, even before the pandemic, the numbers continued to rise. But that doesn’t sit well with a group of secular academics with a progressive agenda. Elizabeth Bartholet, Harvard’s Wasserstein public interest…
In 2007 Halle Berry appeared on “Oprah” and candidly shared her struggles to have a child, and she reflected on her fresh interest in motherhood. She explained that while portraying a mother in the film “Things We Lost In the Fire,” she became convinced that motherhood was for her. She said the role “validated that I was meant to be a mother because every day I dealt with the character as a mother and thinking…