BreakPoint editor G. Shane Morris, who now believes in infant baptism, explains why most of his fellow evangelicals don’t. He says that the reason is not so much differences in Biblical interpretation, but rather the tendency to understand a conversion experience in sacramental terms. Thus the sacrament
The abortion rate has dropped to the lowest point since 1971, two years before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nation-wide. The rate, according to the latest figures which are from 2013, is now 12.5 abortions per 1,000 pregnancies. That is half what it was in
The latest fantasy on the left of how they can get rid of Donald Trump involves invoking the 25th amendment. I’m glad for the new interest in the Constitution, but the procedure for dropping a president who is “unfit for office” would require the complicity of the
Now that gender has been disassociated from biology and is a matter of personal self-identification, a man can become pregnant. (That is, someone born with female organs but who self-identifies as a man has to be considered as a man. If “he” hasn’t had sex-reassignment surgery and
Studying the prophecies of Christ in the Old Testament during Advent is a good exercise. They tell us much about Him. Consider Isaiah 53, which takes up deep into the life of Christ and unpacks the exactly what happened in His atoning death on the Cross,
Rod Dreher has interviewed Eugene Vodolazkin, the author of Laurus, which we posted about yesterday. Read what he has to say. Sample: During the perestroika period, we had a great film, Repentance, by the Georgian director Tengiz Abuladze . It’s a movie about the destruction wrought by the Soviet
California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada legalized recreational marijuana in the last election, joining Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and our nation’s capital. This trend has the alcohol industry worried. The fear is that as people pick their poison, they will choose marijuana for their intoxicant instead of
The Democrats and the Greenies missed the deadline to request a recount in Pennsylvania. Though Jill Stein had the money, the backers, and the media attention, this bit of incompetence–requests had to be filed by November 21–pretty much dooms this attempt to stop Donald Trump
Happy New Year! That is to say, Happy Advent, the beginning of the new church year. Many Christians, including those from churches that haven’t usually done much with the church year other than Christmas and Easter, are discovering Advent. (See, for example, this piece from
I’ve just finished Laurus, a novel by the Russian author Eugene Vodolazkin, an Orthodox Christian, and I’m still savoring the experience, which is one of being immersed in the medieval mind. The novel is the story of Arseny, who as a lad is apprenticed to
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