The Consequences of Plagues and Pandemics (Part 2)
How the COVID pandemic is contributing to the loss of economic and political freedom.
Contributing to the rise of unlimited government as a result of the pandemic were the above bailouts. For the first time, the government gave vast amounts of money directly to its citizens, extending the social safety net not just to the disadvantaged but to everyone. Again, maybe this was necessary and a good policy, a... Continue Reading
A Shocking Reversal: The US Officially Turns a Blind Eye to Nigeria’s Endangered Christians
Nigeria has long been one of the most dangerous countries on earth for Christians.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, who also serves on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, estimates that as many as 8,000 Christians have been murdered in cold blood between January and September this year. Meanwhile, the Nigerian government does almost nothing—and the Biden administration has decided to do even less. After decades of disturbing... Continue Reading
Alopen and the Missionary Monks of the Church of the East
Alopen, who walked all the way to the capital of China (today’s Xi’an) to bring the gospel to the Chinese.
Convinced by Alopen of the validity of the Christian faith, Taitsung ordered the building of a monastery and the translation of some Christian papers the monks had carried with them. By 638, just three years after Alopen’s arrival, at least 21 monks were active in China. In the course of time, Persian monks (who became... Continue Reading
The Culture Wars Are Real Conflicts Involving Real People
We must fight them or pay the price.
Trans activists have achieved cultural hegemony and are going after everyone who disagrees — even with doxing, death threats, rape threats, and violence. They are coming after public education, what’s left of the entertainment industry, and will inevitably demand that churches, religious institutions, and all remaining dissenters submit to their demands and play along with... Continue Reading
Into the Metaverse
Facebook recently announced it is changing its name to Meta—short for “metaverse.”
The metaverse offers a digital liturgy that will entice us to leave behind the inconveniences and limitations of bodily humanity. The yearning for hearth and home—central to not just art and literature but to the Christian life—will be reduced to a buffered connection. Inside the metaverse, we will become less human. It’s fitting that... Continue Reading
Canadian School Cancels Event with ISIS Survivor Nadia Murad
Her harrowing description of torture and rape "would be offensive to Muslims and foster Islamophobia."
She uses the book to talk about how she was raped and tortured before finding her way to a refugee camp in Durhok, in northern Iraq, and then to Germany where she now lives. But before the event could happen the superintendent of the Board Helen Fisher said that her students would not participate. She has... Continue Reading
The Persecution of Christians in China
We must remember the persecuted church in China.
In 2020, under the regime of Chairman Xi Jinping, the policy to sinicize the Christian population has included: the removal of over 900 crosses from churches; the confiscation of Bibles across China as the police raided and closed down many house churches, including state-run churches; churches were also bulldozed and destroyed; and for the first... Continue Reading
In Case With Global Implications, Finland Puts Christians on Trial for Their Faith
Juhana Pohjola appears to be the first person in the post-Soviet Union West to be brought up on criminal charges for publishing long-held Christian beliefs.
Many dozens of top religious leaders across the world have formally raised their concerns with Rasanen and Pohjola’s prosecution to the Finnish government and the United Nations. Several U.S. members of Congress have also asked U.S. agencies to take action against Finland for these human rights abuses. Juhana Pohjola wouldn’t be cast to play his own part... Continue Reading
Jordan Peterson: The Last Professor
Quite simply, Peterson refused to use these pronouns—“ze,” “zhe,” “zir,” and so forth.
Jordan Peterson is a professor, a pretty decent professor. He may not be the greatest thinker currently alive in western civilization, but he doesn’t need to be. No professor does. He does what a professor should do: he interrogates assumptions, presents his ideas in a clear and cogent manner, and is a respectful and courteous... Continue Reading
Presidents and Thanksgiving
Responding to a request from Congress, President George Washington issued our nation’s first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789.
Finally, presidents have exhorted Americans to individually and collectively give thanks to God. Wilson counseled citizens “to render thanks to God” in their homes and places of worship on Thanksgiving Day. George W. Bush encouraged “Americans to gather in their homes, places of worship, and community centers” to pray and “reinforce ties of family and... Continue Reading
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