I live in a close-knit neighborhood. So, it’s no surprise that new residents quickly join our community’s Facebook group and start asking questions. And every year in October, someone asks, Do kids come to our community for Trick-or-Treating, and, if so, how many should we prepare for? The short answer is—all of them. Our nightmare is not the costumes. Our nightmare is the chaos and clogged roads. But we are just a microcosm of the…
In early September California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a multi-state billboard campaign to promote abortion on demand using the words of Jesus from Mark 12:31, “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.” Newsom is targeting states with laws that restrict elective abortion services, such as Texas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. The billboards urge women in those states to come to California to receive an abortion. And notice his strategy: Quote…
Filmmaker Dallas Jenkins envisioned telling the Christmas story from the perspective of a crippled shepherd who meets the baby Jesus at the manger in Bethlehem. That short, gripping episode, called “The Shepherd,” was released in 2017 and ignited the phenomenon that became The Chosen. Packaged for a postmodern audience, The Chosen depicts the life of Christ from the perspective of people who knew Him. The focus is on the experiences of the people who encountered…
Have regrets? Join the club. In May 2021, management professor Anthony Klutz coined the term “The Great Resignation” to describe the avalanche of employee resignations during and after Covid. Workers saw a new era forming, with remote jobs exploding in popularity and opportunity, and the labor force shifted toward a higher demand for such work-away-from-the-office jobs. But that was then. This is now. And The Great Resignation is collapsing in a landslide of regrets. Employees’…
This week an ad for “The Glorify App” popped up on my social media feed. Their pitch is simple: “We believe in making bite-sized worship routines available to everyone, whilst reimagining how we connect with God through technology.” The Glorify App is promoted by such evangelical luminaries as Priscilla Shirer and Sadie Robertson Huff. Tools that help us connect with God are always good. We use devotional books, journals, and study guides for that reason.…
You know the details. On Friday, June 24, the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 decision that instituted abortion as a “constitutional right” and returned “the authority to regulate abortion . . . to the people and their elected representatives.” Chad Thibodeaux’s Facebook post And on June 25 Chad Thibodeaux, a former SC pastor who, according to his web site, is now “an award-winning business coach, launch strategist, and digital marketing expert,” responded to a…
You’ve celebrated the neckties and put away the teacups. Maybe you celebrated Father’s Day like you always have. But these are not the times they have always been. On April 19, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a new guide for teaching children about sex. Called “You-ology: A Puberty Guide for EVERY Body” the Academy asserts that the book aims “to talk about puberty in an inclusive way.” The book includes the chapters we might…
Tuesday, May 24, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen other people, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. As soon as the incident was over, everyone was asking the same question. How could someone do this? Was it evil? Or mental illness? Or both? That question dominated TX Gov. Greg Abbott’s May 25 press conference. Abbott struggled to offer an answer. He confidently asserted that Ramos suffered from…
The 2022 American Worldview Inventory of Arizona Christian University revealed some unsettling facts. We’ve already explored what the study reported regarding Christian parents. That is, that only 4% of parents who profess to be Christians adhere to a biblical worldview. That’s bad. But it gets worse. Turns out that the confusion of our parents mirrors a crisis in the pulpit. ACU surveyed pastors in a variety of roles, from Senior Pastors to Youth and Children’s…
Christian families are in crisis. Yes, inflation is bruising our finances, gas is expensive, and the baby formula shortage is critical. But that’s not the crisis I am talking about. Christian families are suffering from a crisis of belief. We have a shortage of Christian parents who know what the Bible teaches, who know how to apply it to their lives, and who are passing it along to their kids. And the crisis of belief…