Both Republicans and Democrats have been in thrall to their more extreme members, letting the far right and the far left set their agendas. But now the center in both parties is pushing back, to the point of finding agreements with each other. And, surprisingly, leading the moderating charge on the right is Donald Trump!
The United Methodists were willing to break their church for the cause of homosexuality. To clear the way, they got rid of their American conservatives and denied their African members the right to vote. Thus liberated, they are going even further, to the point of accepting all extramarital sex.
France threatens to send troops to Ukraine. Young adults who can't write their name. And in the future, everyone will wear glasses.
We shouldn't be surprised at the campus protests in support of Hamas terrorists over Israel, nor at the university administrators who are letting them run out of control. The students are simply acting out what the universities have taught them. So says an article in "The Atlantic" on the problems of the "post-liberal university."
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Donald Trump's claim that the office of the president has "absolute immunity" from prosecution for breaking the law. The issue is not as clear-cut as it might appear. Each side raises valid concerns. How do you think the court should rule?
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the number of abortions in the United States has increased. Now that we have reliable statistics, it appears that the number of abortions in 2023 is 10% higher than in 2020. Why is that? And what can be done about it?
J. R. R. Tolkien's short story "Leaf by Niggle" is a profound meditation on vocation. Specifically, it reflects on the sense of failure in vocation, frustrations when we are distracted from our vocation, what our vocations point to, and what our vocations mean in eternity.
University campuses are exploding with protests not seen since the days of the Vietnam War. These protests are in support of radical Islam against Israel, an issue that the American left is trying to link to feminism, the LGBTQ movement, trans rights, climate change,support for abortion, and even "fat liberation." According to one activist, Palestine is "all the issues in one." But is it the deconstruction of the left?
Major medical report repudiates transgendering children. Not hiring someone with a criminal record is racist? And are Catholics Catholic?
While Christianity seems to be in decline in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized western countries, it is growing dramatically in other parts of the world. A list of the 10 Countries where Christian Population will Increase the most by 2050 is revealing. It also bodes well for Lutherans.
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