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The Victims of Words: Reality Isn’t Whatever We Want

In one of Marvel’s recent blockbuster superhero movies, a genocidal alien-arch-bad-guy named Thanos acquires an “Infinity Stone,” which allows him...

The Victims of Words: Reality Isn’t Whatever We Want

Religion in the Classroom: Where the Faithful and the ACLU Can Agree

The United States has a religion problem, but it is not what most Americans might think. It is not a problem of too many religions, or religion...

Religion in the Classroom: Where the Faithful and the ACLU Can Agree

This Pulpit Will Not Remain Silent - Will Yours?

Daniel Webster rightly noted: “There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all,...

This Pulpit Will Not Remain Silent - Will Yours?

Illinois’ Grotesque “Reproductive Health Act”: Nothing to Do with Health

I’ve mentioned a few times that the possibility that Roe v. Wade might be in play, overturned, or at least rolled back, has prompted a significant...

Illinois’ Grotesque “Reproductive Health Act”: Nothing to Do with Health

Why I Used to Believe in the Prosperity Gospel Like Kenneth Copeland Believes

If you haven’t seen the video of Fort Worth, Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland attempting to answer questions about his private plane and the...

Why I Used to Believe in the Prosperity Gospel Like Kenneth Copeland Believes

The Fatherlessness Epidemic: How Father’s Day Reminds Us of the Importance of Dads

We are all too aware of the disheartening statistics about fatherlessness here in the U.S. According to the Census Bureau, more than 1 in 4...

The Fatherlessness Epidemic: How Father’s Day Reminds Us of the Importance of Dads

A Climate of Death: The Collateral Damage of Legal Suicide

Last week, international news outlets reported that a 17-year-old Dutch girl named Noa Pothoven legally secured a physician’s help in killing...

A Climate of Death: The Collateral Damage of Legal Suicide

Hey, Hollywood, Pick on Someone Your Own Size

I find it ironic that Hollywood is bullying the state of Georgia to protest its new law to protect unborn children. The heartbeat law stipulates...

Hey, Hollywood, Pick on Someone Your Own Size

The Spiritual Battle on D-Day: “This Great and Valiant Struggle”

The Spiritual Battle on D-Day: “This Great and Valiant Struggle”

Pastor Platt... We Don’t Need to Apologize for Praying

In light of Pastor Platt’s apology for praying for the President in the Washington Times, I'm re-releasing this op-ed with a few additions. I was...

Pastor Platt... We Don’t Need to Apologize for Praying

'Religious Freedom' in Scare Quotes: The Left Blames the Manhattan Declaration

In early May, HHS announced new rules to ensure that “healthcare professionals will not feel compelled to leave the practice of medicine because...

'Religious Freedom' in Scare Quotes: The Left Blames the Manhattan Declaration

Remembering Tiananmen Square: The Deadly Truth about Communism

For two months in 1989, students gathered in Tiananmen Square demanding political reforms analogous to the economic reforms instituted by...

Remembering Tiananmen Square: The Deadly Truth about Communism

Where Have All the Women Gone?: Abortion and Gendercide

Nearly thirty years ago, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wrote an essay in the New York Review of Books entitled “More than 100 Million Women are...

Where Have All the Women Gone?: Abortion and Gendercide

When Should We Answer Our Critics?

When I released this embedded op-ed and posted a picture with Francis Chan on my Facebook page, I was branded by some as heretical, ecumenical, and...

When Should We Answer Our Critics?

Some Women Are More Equal than Others: Voices the Tolerant Won’t Tolerate

One of the most important developments in American culture over the last few years has been the elevation of women. Especially since the #MeToo...

Some Women Are More Equal than Others: Voices the Tolerant Won’t Tolerate