Category: Culture
Disney @ 100: The Four C’s Needed to Turn Things Around
It was on this day – July 19, 1923 – that Walter Elias Disney, with just forty dollars in his pocket and a heart full...
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Rise Up, O Men of God: The Church Needs Strong Males
The origin of the baseball walk-up song, music chosen to accompany a player’s approach to the batter’s box, is said to date back over a...
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Instead of Erasing ‘Husband’ and ‘Wife’ from Lexicon, Lawmakers Should Be Encouraging More of Both
Some of us are old enough to remember when same-sex marriage advocates claimed redefining the multi-millennia institution wouldn’t impact anyone except the men or women...
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There is No Need to Worry or Fear the Weather
This past Sunday’s New York Times Book Review featured a menacing headline: “Extreme Heat is Here to Stay. Why Are We Not More Afraid?” Critic...
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Tucker Carlson Starts Reading Scripture and Discovers These Two Truths
Tucker Carlson hosted The 2023 FAMiLY Leadership Summit last Friday, interviewing six presidential contenders in Iowa in front of thousands of grassroots leaders and political...
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Correcting the Record on 303 Creative
Recently, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s important decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, a lie has been propagated about the case, a lie...
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NASA Unveils New Image Depicting God’s Creative Majesty
To celebrate one year of scientific operations for the James Webb Space Telescope, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released a new image...
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New Movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ Beats ‘Indiana Jones’ and Tops Box Office on Independence Day
Angel Studio’s new film Sound of Freedom featuring Passion of the Christ actor Jim Caviezel topped the box office on its Independence Day release. The...
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Pat Sajak Will Be Missed
Longtime Wheel of Fortune gameshow host Pat Sajak announced his retirement from the iconic program earlier this month. “Well, the time has come,” Sajak said....
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Landmark Victory for Free Speech at the U.S. Supreme Court
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court released a much-anticipated opinion affirming that the First Amendment protects Americans from government-coerced speech. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the...
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Is Math Racist?
Few subjects seem less political than math. There is little room for subjective judgment because its truths are universal. No matter what you look like...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Affirmative Action Unconstitutional
In a blockbuster ruling on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled affirmative action, as exercised in the college admission processes at Harvard and the University...
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The Nun Who Changed My Life – and Who Can Change Yours, Too
I received word yesterday that Sister Maria Martin Finn passed away on Monday. Sister Maria, as we called her, was our seventh and eighth-grade math...
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In Praise of Being a Fuddy-Duddy Dad
Popular culture has long valued the hipster – the trendy character who embraces what is new and rejects what is old. From the billions of...
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The High Court as Sport is a Sign of a Sliding Culture
Every institution has its seasons and rhythms. Sport fans correlate January with the NFL playoffs leading up to the Super Bowl, then there’s the NCAA’s...
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Atheists Are More Political Than Other Religious Groups
According to political scientist Ryan Burge, the group of people in American society most likely to be highly engaged in political action are not evangelicals,...
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The Secret to Seeking Heroes in a Culture of Cowards
The late Dr. Howard Hendricks, a longtime professor at Dallas Theological Seminary who died in 2013 at the age of 88, once told the story...
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Giants of the Faith Who Have Left Us in 2023
The first six months of 2023 have seen the Church in America lose four legends. Two of these men were paramount in my own Spiritual...
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Titan Submersible Tragedy Reminds Us Just How Deep, Massive and Mysterious God’s Creation of the Oceans Remains
Reports from the United States Coast Guard of discovered debris on Thursday, including the tail cone, in the area of the missing Titan submersible have...
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Protecting Children From Destructive ‘Transgender’ Medical Interventions
U.S. District Judge James “Jay” Moody struck down the “Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act” (SAFE Act) on June 20. The Arkansas law protected children from...
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Stop Making Good and Honorable Justices Casualties of the Culture War
During his confirmation hearing for Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts famously likened the role of a judge to the job of a...
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Blue Laws, Ice Cream Sundaes and Their Connection to Christianity
If the famed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald was right, that life begins all over in the summer, residents of the Northern Hemisphere can look forward...
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Three Great Books for Summer Reading
One of the best ways to spend the all-too-rare lazy days of summer is by reading great books. They help give families, parents, and children...
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The Late Astronomer Who Proclaimed a Divine Creator
It’s a modern myth that science and religion cannot mix. In fact, many moderns – take the New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris...
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