Anxious? Here's where to seek peace and calm
Let’s remember that when the polarizing issues of today begin to overwhelm us, we don’t need to run away from them. Instead, we can instead run toward the ultimate source of peace.
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Eliminate the filibuster and America could quickly descend into tyranny
America’s Constitution and the Bill of Rights are distinct and exceptional because of their continuity, particularly the eternal truth that our God-given rights and freedoms do not — and should not — change based on the whims of whomever controls political power. The filibuster helps preserve that continuity so that our rights aren’t changed — or worse, erased — at a moment’s notice.
America needs to answer Ukraine with a biblical foreign policy
America’s domain of responsibility has exceeded its leaders' competence.
The Jesus church (pt. 1)
If there are so many churches in America why is the nation in such a moral and spiritual crisis?
The travesty of unwanted children
That young girl’s testimony begs the question: Is the solution of not having the prospect of a good life reason enough to take away the only life one has? Absolutely not, life itself is always too precious, and the value of a child’s life is priceless.
Now they want to send the National Guard on the unvaccinated
In a recent Salt Lake Tribune editorial, readers were greeted with a chilling proposal: “Were Utah a truly civilized place, the governor’s next move would be to find a way to mandate the kind of mass vaccination campaign we should have launched a year ago, going as far as to deploy the National Guard to ensure that people without proof of vaccination would not be allowed, well, anywhere.”
COVID, fear and demons
Is there something to COVID-19 that is beyond physical? Is there an additional assault on the mind and emotions, producing an inordinate fear of death?
I don’t want to be nuanced
Nuanced writing doesn’t offend anyone, but it doesn’t help anyone either. Nuanced writing isn’t the opposite of kind writing. I want to be a kind, but we can be candid and kind at the same time. Actually, kindness is always candid.
Eric Schmitt Fails a Moral Test on School Masks
Brian Kaylor reacts with satirical humor and sharp criticism to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filing lawsuits against dozens of public school districts after school officials enacted mask rules to keep children and teachers healthy amid the omicron surge.
Brady Goodwin renounced his faith. Here is my response.
But what about the points he makes in his video? What about the feeling that we can basically make the Bible say whatever we want it to say? Or that it’s our prior theological commitments that determine how we understand Scripture?
