The medical journal Lancet has published a positive review of a book that associates the health problems of America's white working class--opioid addiction, alcoholism, liver disease, heart problems, and suicide--with gun ownership, racism, and right wing politics. It then ties them all together into a diagnosis of "whiteness."
A vital, growing church has lots of young families. A church in Minnesota wants to be that kind of congregation. So it is kicking out its current, long-term members who are over the age of 60.
The movie "1917" appears to have been photographed in one long continuous shot, without the frenetic editing of most contemporary movies. A film critic admits that his attention span has become so short, thanks to his conditioning by today's technology and the pace of contemporary life, that he cannot handle "1917." His whole life is fragmented into short, unrelated experiences that he tries to edit together. What are the consequences of this sensibility and how can we counter it?
As scholars have been demonstrating, Christianity has played a major role in the rise of modern science. This is especially true of the Reformation, which, as Peter Harrison shows, had a formative influence in its methods, content, and significance. He notes the particular impact of the doctrine of vocation.
If power and privilege are always oppressive, as postmodern critical theorists maintain, then God, whose power and privilege are unlimited, must be the ultimate oppressor. But God's creative power is different from human power. And He reveals Himself and saves us by dying on a Cross.
In discussing the drop in the fertility rate in the affluent, well-educated demographic, Joy Pullman gives young married couples nine reasons for having children. "The truth is," she concludes, "children are a reliably excellent investment in your long-term personal development and happiness." Her reasons are meaningful not only to prospective parents but also to veteran parents looking back on it all.
Acts 25-26 tells of Paul's appearance before Agrippa, the king of Judaea, and his sister Bernice. I came across an article that tells "the rest of the story" about Bernice, who has been called the Jewish queen of Rome. With her relationship with the future emperor Titus--the very man who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple--many Romans feared that she could establish a Jewish imperial dynasty.
"Hate" has become another all-purpose term of opprobrium, like "Nazi." If you oppose someone for any reason, you are a "hater." If you disapprove of some idea or practice, you are accused of "hating" those who hold that idea or follow that practice. But despite the inflation of the word's meaning, there is such a thing as "hatred," and we would do well to understand the emotion.
The leading cause of death throughout the world in 2019 was not heart disease or cancer, but abortion. Worldwide, there were over 42 million abortions. This compares to a total of 58.6 million deaths from all other causes. So deaths by abortion were some 42% of the total.
Our new class system is not based on the socio-economic hierarchies of upper, middle, and lower classes; nor do our class struggles follow the socialist analysis of property-owners vs. the working class. Rather, our new class conflict is between the working class and the "managerial elite." So says Michael Lind, who shows how this new class accounts for our culture and our politics.
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