
Dismantling American history one statue at a time
Why does the battle over history matter? Because a nation that doesn't know what it was yesterday doesn't know what is today, nor does it know where it's going tomorrow.

Why does the battle over history matter? Because a nation that doesn't know what it was yesterday doesn't know what is today, nor does it know where it's going tomorrow.

What if all nine Supreme Court justices were white women? Or black men? What if they were Hispanic? Or Asian American? Or Jewish? Would that rightly reflect our nation? Would it even feel right?

The fact that Joe Rogan has been made an archvillain doesn’t say anything new about the Left. But it does say something very troubling about the state of our country in 2022.

Even today, with critical race theory infecting so many facets of society, we’re told that color comes first and character is irrelevant. Those hellbent on dividing us by any rhetorical means necessary demand we see everything through the broken prism of “race.”

It’s painful to see scandal afflict the Church. It’s also painful to see those who profess Christ fall into destructive life choices that hurt not only themselves but many others. Schadenfreude is not the appropriate response to the Falwell scandal. Repentance and vigilant sober-mindedness are.

The Olympics in Beijing are putting a spotlight on China's human rights abuses, and rightfully so. Religious freedom conditions are continuing to deteriorate in China. Things were so bad for one house church, that they fled together to South Korea. Now, that same group of Chinese Christians could be repatriated.

Contributing writer Laura Levens writes about challenges facing women called to ministry, noting her own experiences and those of some of her students. She also offers advice to Christians on how to help dismantle the patriarchy in churches.

The critical issue here is that President Biden is declaring not that diversity is a “plus factor” as he considers candidates of varying backgrounds and genders, but that he will only consider black females for the position. This goes farther than Presidents Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama ever went on judicial nominees.

These examples, and countless others like them, testify to the truth that Black history is an integral part of American history — not set apart as something in contradiction to the story of American life, but a vital part of our national identity.

The most popular religious theory in the world posits that man can work his way to Heaven. This natural assumption reveals a huge disconnect between God and man. God’s knowledge about salvation differs greatly from human opinions.