John Stonestreet
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Of Primates and Percentages: No, Humans Aren’t 99% Chimp
Whether humans are 99 or 84% similar to chimps genetically, there is clearly more going on than materialists can account for. → Read More
The Contemporary Epistles of Jack Phillips, Barronelle Stutzman, and the Booth Family
To be a Christian and hold to Christian conviction is to be out of step with the culture. Christians face difficult decisions in the days ahead. → Read More
The Viral Pandemic of Distrust and Misinformation
The information age is full of both plusses and minuses, especially during a time of national crisis. Among the blessings we should count is the ability of many of us to work from home, and the ability to stay in... → Read More
Gender Transition Surgeries in a Global Crisis
An article in Vice complained that certain “life-altering” surgeries had been deemed “non-essential” during this COVID-19 crisis. But these certainly are. → Read More
Why Young People Leave the Church
Young people are leaving the church at an alarming rate, and new data can fix some of our wrong thinking about it. → Read More
BreakPoint: Time Magazine Denies Climate Change Deniers
"The science on global warming is settled. There isn’t another side," says Time's editor-in-chief. This isn't true. Pretending it is won't help us. → Read More
GLAAD Not Happy About Declining Acceptance of LGBT
Every year, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) surveys U.S. adults about acceptance of LGBT people. Now, the results for 2018 are in, and GLAAD isn’t happy about them. → Read More
'Religious Freedom' in Scare Quotes
Salon, a left-wing site, added to the chorus of outrage: “Progressives fight back against Religious Right’s grotesque ‘religious freedom’ power play.” → Read More
Christians Die, Media Mum
Much of mainstream media — to its discredit — has neglected to alert people to what is happening to Christians in places like Nigeria. → Read More
'Eroticising' Children: What We Can Learn From Muslim Parents in Britain
A Muslim mother was recently alarmed when her daughter came home from school saying, “I can wear my brother’s clothes and he can wear mine. I can change my name to a boy’s name.” → Read More
Why the New York Times Freaked Out: A Memo Not Yet Released About Transgenders
Last Friday, the headline of a breathless New York Times article read, “‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence By Trump Administration. Not true. → Read More
BreakPoint: Masculinity, Makeup, and 'Flower Boys'
The struggle to define what it means to be a man in the 21st century developed world remains unsettled. → Read More
Congress Funds Planned Parenthood
Our GOP-majority Congress just forked over $500 million to Planned Parenthood. Have we been duped? → Read More
BreakPoint: America’s Reversal on Gay 'Marriage'
The divorce of marriage and procreation led to all kinds of unintended consequences. → Read More
Mourning in the Wake of Las Vegas
Evil is real and it resides — not just “out there” in the world, or the culture — but “in here,” in the human heart. → Read More
Only in the Lord: Dating Unbelievers Deadens Faith
What if a greater influence on a person’s faith isn’t the new atheist philosopher or liberal professor they encounter, but who they’re sleeping with? → Read More
Antifa vs Free Speech
America’s founders believed that freedom of speech, the ability to express political and religious opinions, even unpopular ones, is central to self-government. Of course, this freedom, like all freedoms, has limits, particularly when it comes to putting others in actual... → Read More
BreakPoint: Michael Cromartie (1950-2017)
He was rightly called an “Apostle to the Fourth Estate,” meaning, the media. → Read More
Suicide and the Logic of Utility: Wrong Worldview, Disastrous Result
What gives us our worth? How we answer that question will shape how we live. And maybe how we die. On Monday, we discussed Aaron Kheriaty’s alarming article in First Things about America’s suicide epidemic — and how the Church... → Read More
America’s Suicide Crisis: Dying for Lack of Hope
How bad is America’s suicide problem? Well, it’s so bad that Americans’ overall life expectancy has declined for the first time since the 1930s. → Read More