Religion

A Tale of Two Houses 1
- Education, Religion
- August 21, 2023
Jake Meador’s article in The Atlantic* about the decline in American church attendance gave me a different perspective on some thoughts I’ve been mulling over about the other great non-profit American institution: higher education. Meador begins with the question, “What if the problem isn’t that churches are asking too much of their members, but that they
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Idaho Christians Are Compensated $300,000 for Rights Violations 1
- Religion, Politics
- August 1, 2023
Just how untethered to the rule of law did the United States come during the Covid response? Before March 2020, most Americans would think that monitoring church attendance, banning Easter services, and arresting hymn singers were practices reserved for Eastern-style totalitarianism. The Soviet Union persecuted Christians and the Chinese have Muslim concentration camps, but Americans’
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Virtual Church, Virtual Connection 1
- Religion
- June 13, 2023
When the COVID-19 mania spiraled into lockdowns, many of us turned to virtual substitutes for key parts of our lives—work, school, socializing, and even religion. In many cases, we’ve returned to the real world, or we at least are no longer mandated to use the virtual option. But when it comes to choosing whether to
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‘It’s Not Whether We’ll Have Blasphemy Laws but Which Ones’0
- Religion
- June 8, 2023
Pride Month is here—time for Western nations to once again roll out the rainbow flags and treat any associated criticism as blasphemy. For anyone who thinks I’m being witty and metaphorical with the term blasphemy, I invite them to read the latest headlines. This just in from NBC News: “LGBTQ flag burned at California elementary
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Easy as a Sunday Morning 2
- Politics, Religion
- May 30, 2023
We often complain about public schools and how terribly they’re educating our children these days, continually suggesting one solution after another to improve scores and produce more well-rounded students ready for the real world. Unfortunately, these solutions include everything under the heavens except for the one thing that could actually help: religion. Before you laugh
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21 Men Chose Death Over Renouncing Their Christian Faith. Why?0
- Politics, Religion
- May 25, 2023
On February 12, 2015 occurred one of the most dramatic of the many atrocities committed by the Islamic State at the height of its power. Kneeling in orange jump suits on the shores of the Mediterranean near the Libyan city of Sirte were 21 men – 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanian. Behind each of
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