Religion

The LA Riots Are Rooted in the Decline of This One Cultural Element 0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 12, 2025
Summer has barely started and already it’s shaping up to be déjà vu of 2020’s Summer of Love. In case we’ve forgotten, the chaos spreading from the Los Angeles riots to other cities around the nation shows once again that we live in a divided culture, one that pits respect for law and order against
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To Be an Individual, You Must First Accept Authority 3
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 10, 2025
Once, when giving a talk to a room full of young men, I told them to consider asking their parents to hold them accountable for what they did on the internet. Guffaws rippled through the crowd. “Our parents? Is he serious?” It wasn’t that they couldn’t imagine limits being placed on their online activity. (As
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Written on the Heart: From Baseball Numbers to Bible Verses 5
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 9, 2025
Last week at my son’s baseball game, a memory stirred inside of me as I watched one of his teammates slide hard into second for a stolen base. This boy was the leadoff hitter, the fastest on our team. That day we wore our powder blue uniforms with a logo resembling the St. Louis Cardinals,
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What Mike Tyson Gets Wrong About Leaving a Legacy 10
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 6, 2025
Late last year legendary boxer Mike Tyson, 58, attempted a comeback in the ring in an overblown Netflix spectacle against comparative newcomer Jake Paul, who is less than half Tyson’s age. The snoozer of a bout ended with Paul winning by judges’ decision. As if that weren’t enough of a whimper to bring Tyson’s career
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Homebuilding 101 – 3 Time-tested Ways to Strengthen Family Life 4
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 6, 2025
Despite differences in customs and circumstances, the rhythms of home and family life have remained remarkably unchanged in much of Western history. The Roman paterfamilias joined his family for their daily meal, told stories he’d heard on the street or from Rome’s history to his children, and worshipped the lares, or household gods, at the
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Making God Smile 21
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- May 16, 2025
There’s an old Yiddish proverb that says, “Mann tracht, un Gott lacht,” which translates, “Man plans, and God laughs.” Woody Allen rehabbed it for his audiences: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” My plans over a long life have surely provoked gales of laughter from the Almighty. In college, I changed
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