Opinion Archives

A former colleague got in touch this week to ask me a question I’ve heard often since my book The Next Mormons was published earlier this year. He...

One of my all-time favorite quotes comes from Abraham Kuyper and was repeated over and over by Chuck Colson: “There’s not a single square inch in...

Many know all too well the debilitating effects of mental illness. We do a great disservice when we tell those struggling to “just get over it and...

The infamous “Millennials” are the generational cohort born between 1980 and 1997, and they may be most-overanalyzed demographic group in American...

Last week, the government of Hong Kong finally withdrew a proposed extradition law that sparked mass protests which have rocked the territory and...

With millions of Americans now classified as divorced and “newly single, the need to address this topic in a series of articles is unavoidable and...

Despite our ever-greater mobility and even more efficient connectivity, sociologists continue to note that Americans struggle to form lasting,...

It’s inevitable. Someone—maybe your kids, a co-worker, crazy Uncle Bob at Thanksgiving—is going to ask you a tough question about your faith or...

Pastors, we are not just cheerleaders, we are game-changers. We are called to stir and to convict so that change takes place. Granted, there are...

Could you even imagine a sports car with such a powerful, finely tuned rotary engine, whose rotor, drive shaft, and subunits work together so...

“Controversy erupts around Drew Brees,” proclaimed news outlets on Friday, the very same news outlets who erupted the controversy engulfing one of...

The Bible describes the intoxicating power of passion associated with lust and adultery. Misdirected passion deceives, misleads, and...

For years now, Christians defending the biblical definition of marriage have dealt with a particularly frustrating retort: “Well, Christians used...

Imagine Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” only with a crab-pot thief and a young man with Down syndrome, instead of Tom and Huck. And instead of the...

Usually, infringements on religious freedom come from the government: legislatures, regulatory agencies, or local agents of inquisition like the...