Diversity and Dishonesty
Fuzzy rhetoric masking ideological pressure is a serious moral defect at the heart of elite culture in America
The defect, crucially, is not this culture’s bias against social conservatives, or its discomfort with stinging attacks on non-Western religions. Rather, it’s the refusal to admit — to others, and to itself — that these biases fundamentally trump the commitment to “free expression” or “diversity” affirmed in mission statements and news releases. This refusal, this... Continue Reading
It’s Not Just Athletes – College Screws Everyone
Students are contributing to the university’s bottom line through tuition payments and the spigot of federal financial aid — yet their interests are not being served
Students are not getting a broad liberal-arts education — nor are they being prepared for careers. A February Gallup poll found that 14 percent of Americans — and only 11 percent of our business leaders — strongly agree that graduates have the necessary skills and competencies to succeed in the workplace. But administrators and faculty... Continue Reading
Transgender Student Files Housing Complaint Against Christian University
The student came to George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., as a woman but has been in the process of legally, and physically, changing her gender
George Fox University administrators met throughout the year with Jayce, now a sophomore, to figure out where she would live once she legally became a man. Because student housing at George Fox is single-gender, campus officials proposed that Jayce live alone on-campus next year. Jayce had requested to live in an on-campus apartment with a... Continue Reading
Canadian Law Society Backs School’s Religious Freedom
Country’s first Christian law school moves closer to reality
Trinity Western University (TWU) in Langley, British Columbia, received the accreditation despite intense criticism from gay rights groups and some members of the legal community who claim TWU’s community covenant discriminates against homosexuals. A proposed resolution would have refused to recognize Trinity Western graduates, but it failed on a 20-6 vote. (WNS)–The Law Society... Continue Reading
Growing Up Gothard
What happens when we invest our trust in the effectiveness of a system rather than the grace of God
We must first recognize that these man-made systems hold no promise. No political, economic, social, or educational system can guarantee the spiritual results sought. Any faith placed in a system is misplaced. The answer is not a system, but a Savior. A Savior who promises his grace will be sufficient, who promises to complete the... Continue Reading
‘Heaven Is For Real’ — NOT!
To accept this story without comparing it to Scripture is foolishness and is an open door for all kinds of fanciful doctrines that the world may conjure up for the masses.
The point being, if you want to know what heaven is like, and know it for real, read the Bible. What the Bible tells us about heaven is authoritative. It is not speculation or imagination. It is what Jesus told us it would be. I was driving home today listening to Sean Hannity and his... Continue Reading
Are Christians in America Persecuted?
There are at least four reasons it's important we realize that Christians in America will be, and often are being, persecuted.
Persecution is not something that befalls only a few Christians. While it’s possible to read Jesus’ words in John 15:20 as a unique promise for the apostles, the passage from 2 Timothy cannot be read so narrowly. The point is plain: while martyrdom is a special category set aside for a select number of Christians... Continue Reading
What Does Liberal Christianity Offer Millennials?
The Church will only succeed if it continues to offer the same services it has rendered for the past 2,000 years
What do liberal Christians think these churches have to offer millennials? Social Justice? The Democratic Party offers that. Perhaps lessons in responsible treatment of the Environment? We are supplied a constant dose from Chipotle and Starbucks. Maybe it is the wonderful good news of progress and equality? Alas, we have had that rammed down our... Continue Reading
It’s Back — The “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” and the State of Modern Scholarship
So much of what is presented as modern biblical and theological scholarship is an effort to destroy the very idea of orthodox Christianity
As a matter of fact, the pattern of marginalizing false renderings of Jesus is found even in the New Testament, where the apostles are continuously defending one understanding of Christ and rejecting all others. The apostles unapologetically rejected false teachings about Christ and argued for what the Apostle Paul called the “pattern of sound words.” ... Continue Reading
Slaughtering Conventional History’s Sacred Cows
An excerpt from Rodney Stark’s How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity
Belief in the Dark Ages remains so persistent that it seems appropriate to begin by quickly revealing that this is a myth made up by eighteenth-century intellectuals determined to slander Christianity and to celebrate their own sagacity. Historian Rodney Stark writes books that are models of popularly accessible scholarly writing. After reporting for the Oakland... Continue Reading