What Bonhoeffer says about vocation of the leader, the leader's temptation to become "the ultimate authority of the led"--that is, an idol--and the temptation of the led to treat the leader in this way has applications beyond political rulers. It can apply to leaders in the church, in the family, and in the workplace.
"Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. The Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We used to be told that overpopulation will destroy civilization. Now that we are seeing dramatic plunges in birthrates, the new fear is that a collapse in the population will destroy civilization. Tech moguls and future-oriented researchers are turning to "pronatalism," looking for solutions to the problem, some of which are problematic.
Peggy Noonan has written a provocative article outlining the problems of both of our political parties. "The Democrats need normality; the Republicans need coherence. They both need to pull themselves out of the 20th century."
President Biden will deliver his 2023 State of the Union Address tonight. So it is appropriate to see what Americans think about the state of the union. A Gallup poll on the "Mood of the Nation," conducted between January 2 and January 22, attempts to assess that. And it has some surprises.
The next frontier in violating religious freedom: outlawing not just prayer but silent prayer. Already, in the UK, three people have been criminally charged for praying silently in front of abortion clinics. Notice the progression: from policing speech to policing thought; from restricting religious expressions to restricting religious thoughts.
A novel idea has surfaced in pro-life circles: Making birth free. Removing the cost of childbirth, proponents argue, would lower the abortion rate. And more babies being born would would address the demographic problems we will soon face with our record low fertility rates.
Post Roe v. Wade, what do you think the pro-life strategy should be? Beyond laws, what could be done to persuade women not to abort their children? And to create a culture that respects life?
Today's Republican Party is going through an identity crisis: Does it stand for smaller government, fiscal responsibility, and free market economics? Or should it become a working class party that promotes government programs and economic regulations?
Marvin Olasky asks a provocative question that reframes the issue of how Christians should engage with culture: “Do we live in ancient Israel or a modern Babylon?” Is our task to impose the purity of the law on a holy nation, or to evangelize pagans?
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