Category: Classic Citizen
First Responders
There’s a special group of people who have something written in their DNA that makes them run toward trouble, rather than away from it, when...
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Voices of Hope
Despite the culture’s shift toward celebrating homosexuality, ministries showing people a path out of sexual brokenness are alive and well—and finding a receptive, grateful audience....
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THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDALS: Fallout of the Sexual Revolution
Time Magazine unveiled its “Person of the Year” in December. Its choice is at once unconventional but not at all surprising. In a tradition dating back...
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Political Insider
When I was 20 years old, I decided to throw my name in as a candidate for an open seat in my district at the...
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Helping Teens Respond to Homosexuality With Love, Truth and Courage
Our culture celebrates gay-identified individuals and same-sex relationships. Even some churches, denominations and prominent Christian leaders have shifted on this issue, claiming that Scripture supports...
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The God of Second Chances
In explaining the Gospel, a wise person once told me that God created justice so He could release mercy. As Christ-followers, this is personal for...
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Harvest of Poison
Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California’s national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps...
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Do Preborn Babies Feel Pain?
For decades, medical researchers have debated the point in fetal development that a preborn baby is able to feel and process pain. Recent studies have...
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Hope Amid Heartache
Everything was turned upside down,” Lelo Washington tells Citizen, vividly recalling the day last September when she returned to the flooded-out house she had evacuated a...
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Crossing Delaware
When LGBT groups look for states where they could gain ground, Delaware appears to be promising territory. Liberals control the governors’ mansion and both legislative...
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Every Tribe
As I pulled into my church parking lot for the second service one recent Sunday morning, I was struck by what I saw: An unusually...
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Free Speech vs. Forced Speech
Californians have always been big on free speech. Although student protesters in the 1960s dubbed Berkley the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, the tradition...
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‘Unnecessary and Unprecedented’
While California’s pregnancy resource centers resist efforts to force them into complicity with abortion, many churches and religious institutions in the state are fighting a...
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Pulling The Plug On Hope
The way they took him away from me was terrible,” recalls 24-year-old Jonee Fonseca of Vacaville, Calif.,in a trembling voice, struggling to hold back tears...
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A Victory for Conscience at HHS
The Trump administration just widened conscience rights for all employers who don’t want to pay for abortifacients or birth control for employees. Abortion proponents think...
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“Jesus Turned the Water Into…Coffee?”
Tom Glessner was getting to be a familiar face at the U.S. Supreme Court by the end of June. He’d shown up five days in...
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News Flash: Men and Women Are Different
In 1995, television reporter John Stossel aired a special on ABC’s 20/20 entitled, “Boys and Girls are Different: Men, Women, and the Sex Difference.” The report highlighted...
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To Forgive is Divine
As a magazine editor, publicists send all sorts of books to my desk for reviews or coverage. Many times, they’re off topic for our mission;...
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The Debate Over “Hate”
“I can tell you I’ve been through hell.” Carol Swain, Ph.D., doesn’t mince words when describing the past eight years of her life. Before retiring...
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The Unique Matter of Manhood
Manhood is in crisis today. The increasingly accurate term “perpetual adolescence” is not a reference to girls failing to grow up. We intuitively know it...
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The Divine Assignment of Social Media
Ahhh, social media. That double-edged sword of a world where “success” teeters between seemingly effortless posts and well-curated content. Do I post everything with the...
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A Long String of Pearls
This month, Citizen celebrates its 30th birthday. In the parlance of marriage, that makes it our pearl anniversary. Pearls are funny things, you know: Unlike most other...
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Our Adoption Story
Our journey to Jenny began on March 1, 2015. That was the day our biological daughter, Vivien, was born. Until then, orphans and adoption were abstract...
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