Category: Culture
The Christian Origins of Target, a Company Now Badly Missing Its Bullseye
The American showman P.T. Barnum, who famously said “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” may have reconsidered his claim if he were somehow able...
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Mister Rogers Was Right: What is Essential is Often Invisible to the Eye
It’s commencement season, that annual time of celebration of new beginnings marked by pomp and circumstance, including speeches and words of purported wisdom from a...
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Not Buying False Choices: The Christian Vision for Sex Is Better
In his recent and remarkable book, Biblical Critical Theory, theologian Christopher Watkin points out how often our thinking falls into false dichotomies. Humans are either animals or...
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What a Pilot’s Remarkable Risk and Recovery Can Teach Us About Living in Today’s Culture
It’s likely you’ve never heard of Major Brian Shul, a retired Air Force fighter pilot who recovered from a near catastrophic crash in the Vietnam...
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David Brooks Makes Brilliant Case for Value of Human Vulnerable Life, Intentionally Dodges Pre-Born Babies
New York Times columnist David Brooks has written a truly brilliant essay in the June issue of The Atlantic on how deeply problematic the liberal...
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Dodgers Clayton Kershaw: “I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions”
Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Clayton Kershaw apparently pushed back on his team’s decision to honor the heretical and blasphemous anti-Catholic group the Sisters of...
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Fact Check: That Francis of Assisi Quote on Preaching and Using Words
Christians use lots of quotes. Pastors use them in their sermons constantly. Writers illustrate their points with them. Nothing wrong with that. They are quite...
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A Day at Arlington National Cemetery
A year ago this past Thursday, I was able to visit Arlington National Cemetery on “Flags In Day” – the Thursday prior to Memorial Day,...
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New Research-based Confirmation to Old Truths on Cohabitation
Two of the world’s leading scholars on the harmful impact of cohabitation on relational health and marital success – Scott Stanley and Galena Rhoades, both...
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American Patriot Launches Taps Across America: Honor. Reflect. Remember.
How will you and your family recognize and commemorate Memorial Day this coming Monday? Originally known as “Decoration Day,” the country’s first national observance dates...
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Target Removes Merchandise From Satanist LGBT Designer – But Continues to Defend ‘Pride’ Products
(Caution: Disturbing content.) Yesterday the Daily Citizen spotlighted Target Corporation offering a “transgender” line of clothing, including items from Abprallen, a UK company whose founder...
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Thousands of Congregations Leave United Methodist Church Over Biblical Concerns
Last week, 193 churches disaffiliated from the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church “over matters related to human sexuality,” announced Bishop David Graves,...
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Memo to Dodgers: Reread Branch Rickey’s Pep Talk to Jackie Robinson About Navigating a Confused Culture
It’s often said that sports provide a respite from real life, a reprieve from the endless churn of culture’s controversies. That’s certainly not the case...
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Why the World Is Running Out of Babies
In his 1929 book The Thing, G.K. Chesterton warns social reformers to be cautious about changing institutions, laws, or customs: [L]et us say, for the sake of...
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Target Launches New Merchandise From ‘Transgender’ Designer With Links to Satanism and Occult
(Caution: Disturbing content.) With June approaching, businesses are announcing clothing and paraphernalia for the celebration of “LGBT Pride.” Target Corporation has been a leader in...
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Leading Scientist: The Universe Points to the Existence of God
This article is the first in a two-part series highlighting The Colson Center National Conference. You can read the second piece here. Over a thousand...
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Dr. Tim Keller’s Last Serving of Wisdom: “Forget About Your Reputation”
Late Sunday night, Redeemer Presbyterian Church released the last video message from its founding pastor, Dr. Tim Keller. The Pennsylvania native passed away on Friday...
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Save AM Radio in Automobiles
In a rare expression of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act” – legislation that would require automakers...
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What Is Christian Nationalism Exactly?
Though Christian nationalism is at the center of one of our most heated cultural debates, defining it has proven elusive at best. Talk about Christian...
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Dr. Tim Keller’s Last Words: “There is no downside for me leaving, not in the slightest.”
The death today of beloved pastor, preacher and teacher Dr. Timothy Keller at the age of 72 brings to mind the oft-quoted observation of his...
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Don’t Be Fooled: Charity Has Always Been Religious
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether Catholic Charities should be considered a religious entity. I’ll say that again, slightly...
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Myth Buster: The Religious Right Didn’t Start the Family Culture War
Only a hermit would be unaware of, much less have an opinion on, the contemporary culture war smoldering over the last few decades in America,...
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Beer as Cultural Indicator – Here’s What Bud Light’s Nosedive Proves
Now the Daily Citizen team does not have a reputation as big beer drinkers, but we do have a passion for watching cultural trends. It...
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Mrs. B. – the Russian Immigrant Who Sang “God Bless America” Every Night Before Dinner
Affectionately known as “Mrs. B. of Omaha” and measuring just 4 feet 10 inches tall, the late furniture retailer Rose Blumkin lived by a blunt...
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