This is Your Brain on Materialism
Why it matters that the mind and soul are more than mere products of the brain.
If materialism were true, Wright and other materialists who insist the mind and the soul are nothing but mere products of the brain cannot trust these thoughts. Their thoughts about the brain, or anything else, would be products of material causes and no more significance than steam wafting from a bowl of oatmeal. In Chesterton’s... Continue Reading
Beware of the Trojan Horses in the Abortion Debates
Every voter needs to be informed and aware of the deceptions being promoted by abortion advocates.
Floridians voted on an amendment to their constitution that read: “… no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider” (italics added). The amendment failed to reach the 60% threshold required for a constitutional amendment. However, 57% of Florida voters supported... Continue Reading
Why Humanists UK Hate Operation Christmas Child
Humanists UK initially don’t want to give anything altruistically at all and only reluctantly came round to the view that it might be better to do something non-religious at Christmas to one-up the Christians whom they hate most of all.
Humanists UK fail to acknowledge that every organisation has its reasons for what it does and every organisation operates in line with its core convictions. What they seem to believe is that such is fine when those core convictions are secular humanist ones, but not if they happen to be Christian. Even, it seems worth... Continue Reading
Do Children Need to Consent to Puberty?
Puberty is a natural developmental milestone in humans.
It’s puberty-blocking drugs—not puberty itself—that require consent. Even so, children can’t possibly understand the long-term effects and implications of synthetic hormones that pause a critical physiological process like puberty. Adults should be responsible for the welfare of their children, but sadly, too many have been deceived by society’s infatuation with transgender ideology. The United... Continue Reading
Piety and Dominion
Man’s twofold nature.
Observing the landscape today in Christianity, the idea of taking dominion is often viewed with skepticism, if not outright hostility. Some will say it is simply sinful to care about any earthly good. Others will concede some earthly good is appropriate, but not too much, and you must achieve it through pious means. This aversion... Continue Reading
How the Pro-Life Movement Lost and Won in the Election
Pro-life leaders point out that Trump was the president who set up the overturn of Roe. And his administration won’t harass the pro-life movement. “We had a big problem with the Department of Justice under Biden,” Carney said.
Whether disappointed or optimistic after the election, pro-life leaders aren’t planning to stop or even slow their work. “CareNet and Heartbeat and 40 Days for Life are more needed than ever,” Carney said. “The demand for 40 Days has skyrocketed since the overturning of Roe.” Without a federal law, the movement is “market driven,” he said. “It’s about... Continue Reading
The Church in an AI Future
Christians must know their purpose to steer a world dominated by AI.
The promises of AI are indeed amazing. The labor- and time-saving potential will save humanity hours of mindless tasks, and we’ve not even begun to realize the potential for medicine, among other things. However, potentials are not actuals, and history is full of unintended (and intended) applications and consequences of technology. The only way forward... Continue Reading
True Liberation Is Grounded in Truth
And love of neighbor is grounded in God’s love for us.
Our love for others must be rooted in our love for God and even more importantly in God’s transformational love for us. But this love cannot be confused with a simple sentimentality or sappy sweetness that so often passes for it today. Rather, our love has to be formed by and founded in the truth... Continue Reading
The Christian in a Therapeutic Age
The good truth for our time—and all eternity—is that the God-human, Jesus, has made a way for us to recover our humanity.
The therapeutic world tells us a story for us to live in. It tells us that the goal of life is to find peace, that the problem in the world is whatever causes us pain or discomfort, that the world is a dangerous place full of exploitation and trauma, that the way to find peace from those... Continue Reading
“The Church Is Not Tired”
Evangelical pastors in Ukraine say that despite the war, congregations are flourishing.
In Ukraine, an evangelical minority living in the shadow of the Orthodox Church is now blooming in the fog of war. After 2½ years the conflict grinds on, with more than 90,000 Ukrainian troops and civilians killed so far, hundreds of thousands wounded, and millions internally displaced. But interviews with local pastors suggest the good... Continue Reading
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