Thoughts on the Insanity and Absurdity of Sending Our Wives and Daughters into Combat and Three Egalitarian Myths
While men and women are equal in many ways, there are distinctions that must also be considered when it comes to combat
The juggernaut of social and cultural irrationality has now spread from the laughable and the ridiculous to the dangerous and the frightening, as a nation sacrifices its wives and daughters by sending them into combat at the inevitable expense of national security, combat integrity, military effectiveness and efficiency. My wife is Cindy. Cindy and... Continue Reading
This Lent I Am Giving Up . . . Reticence
Is Lent the unholy elevation of something not mandated by the Word of God?
I find it odd that some of the very people who obsess about contextualization and resist ‘religion’ have swallowed hook, line and sinker the empty traditions of men, that the men who wear Mickey Mouse T-shirts (quite literally) all the year round besides dress in somber suits every April, telling us with one breath that... Continue Reading
Hope For “Bruised Reeds”
Our God does not break bruised reeds; He does not quench a smoking candle.
The context of the incarnation might have been different. Given Christ’s majesty, it would have been understandable if He had been born and lived out His days atop a high mountain, inviting only the strong and worthy to ascend into His presence. But who could approach Him if He had? By contrast, our Creator came... Continue Reading
Sin at the Clearance Rack
A bargain diva will tell you: Pride isn't just for big-spenders
In his book Issues Facing Christians Today, theologian John Stott identifies three sins associated with money: “materialism (an obsession with things), asceticism (an austerity which denies the good gifts of the Creator), and pharisaism (binding one another with rules.)” I doubt he had frugalistas in mind, but the shoe certainly fits. I love fashion.... Continue Reading
Communication in Marriage is Important
To be known and still be loved is one of the supreme goals of marriage
Communication involves a kind of nakedness. In some situations, nakedness can be very embarrassing. At other times, it can be supremely exhilarating. So it is with communication. When communication is carried on in a proper way in marriage, it yields unspeakable pleasure. When if fails, the result is two people going back into hiding. ... Continue Reading
Gail Collins, how much do you really care about children in poverty?
You don’t get trapped in poverty because you didn’t have a pre-k program. You get trapped in poverty because you didn’t have a father.
What is the most basic reason for why children find themselves in poverty to begin with? Do you know or just refuse to care enough about the kids to say it publicly? (Hint: it ain’t the lack of pre-k education; there was hardly such a thing before that 40 year period you refer to). It’s... Continue Reading
Being a Burden
Consider reframing “I am such a burden” to “I hate needing help.”
When we feel needy and cannot carry our own weight, we feel as though we have lost purpose and meaning. We have been created to work and serve, and when we are less able to do these things, we feel diminished as a person—we feel like a burden. If you hear yourself say, “I... Continue Reading
Commitment-Free Critics and the ‘Christian Virginity Cult’
The casualties of the "purity movement" are starting to speak out
Too often in an over-sexualized culture, Christians engage in what Elizabeth Esther calls “reverse objectification.” Purity policing leads to a strange objectivism—a surrender to the sexual message of the age. Christians risk ceding the argument that a woman is a purely sexual object when it comes to her visible physical nature. So in response, her... Continue Reading
The President’s $9 Path to Increasing Minority and Teen Unemployment
Will raising the minimum wage help or hurt?
Americans need to ask themselves a serious question: how does raising the minimum wage encourage business owners to take risks on unskilled labor? In fact, the minimum wage was never seen as a basis for socio-economic mobility. That is, government set wages were intended to be a temporary safety net, not a way of life.... Continue Reading
United States Army Threatened With Lawsuit Over Chaplain’s Prayer to ‘Heavenly Father’
Atheist soldier complained because she was offended by the overtly Christian prayer
While Gettman acknowledged that the closing prayer was optional, she asserted that some of those in attendance may have been from other faiths and were not aware that they did not have to participate. She filed a complaint last year with the Army’s equal opportunity office and also discussed the matter with her superiors. However,... Continue Reading
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