Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson Douglas Groothuis was teaching his course at Cornerstone Seminary when a student asked him about the role of apologetics in revival. He replied that he should write an essay on that. He was on my radio program recently to talk about his essay, “Revival and Apologetics.” His essay also fit with the fact that the December issue of the Point of View magazine has the title “Rumblings of Revival.” The issue discusses campus revivals and the history of…

Kerby Anderson Each year, we take time from our busy lives to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving. Though many holidays have become secular celebrations, this holiday still retains much of its historic religious overtones. A day of Thanksgiving was set aside by the Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony. Life was hard in the New World. Half of the Pilgrims died in the first terrible winter. After the first harvest was completed, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving and…

Kerby Anderson Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I suspect that you are doing lots of things to get ready for this special day. Let me suggest you add one more item to your to-do list. Visit our website and download a copy of my Thanksgiving Quiz. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather as a family, but I also believe it can be a great time to teach our children and grandchildren about America’s godly heritage. I created this short quiz…

Kerby Anderson Several commentators have said that the conflict between Republicans and Democrats is merely a distraction. The real divide is between the elites and the rest of America. Yesterday I talked about the economic divide in America, but there is also a political divide. Mary Eberstadt reminds us in a recent column about the last book written by Christopher Lasch and his daughter. The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy may not have made much of…

Kerby Anderson On a recent episode of his program, Bill Maher was trying to understand why New York elected Zohran Mamdani. In response, an economist on substack wrote “An Open Letter to Bill Maher.” Bill Maher understood “why people are angry about the economy, especially in New York.” He then asked for someone to “Explain this economy.” He correctly identified the problem: the gap between the “haves” and “have nots.” On the one hand, he acknowledged that the stock market…

Penna Dexter I still have most of the Halloween candy I bought this year. We live within walking distance of three public schools. But where are the kids? Very few were in our neighborhood trick-or treating. In fact, not many families with young children live here anymore. This is partially on us. According to a recent CNN report: “Fewer homeowners selling is part of what is keeping the inventory of homes historically low and pushing prices ever higher in markets…

Kerby Anderson On my radio program the other day, I provided a good news/bad news story. The good news is that the youngest generations (millennials and Gen Z) are reading the Bible. The bad news is they don’t always believe that what they are reading is accurate. The statistics come from The “State of the Church” initiative and were recently reported by Leonardo Blair in the Christian Post. Interviews with over 12,000 were conducted online. They discovered that approximately 50…

Kerby Anderson Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided not to revisit its previous decision that legalized same-sex marriage. Although there was a suggestion by Justice Clarence Thomas that the justices “should reconsider” past rulings about same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage, few believed that would occur. The case that the court rejected was an appeal from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky country clerk who did not want to issue same-sex marriages licenses. As you may remember, she was found in contempt…

Kerby Anderson For the last three months, National Guard troops have been deployed to several cities in the country. Unfortunately, one of the major reasons for this urban crackdown is rarely mentioned in the media. Edward Ring writes about the broader reasons for deploying troops. When we discussed this recently on our roundtable on radio, neither of my politically aware guests were aware of the extent of the dangers in our cities. He explains, “America is being systematically corrupted by…

Kerby Anderson Columnist Cal Thomas wrote about “The Hunger Games.” He wasn’t talking about the movies but about the fact that 42 million people receive food aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). That figure represents 12.3 percent of our population. Many Americans learned more about SNAP because of the government shutdown. The government could not fund the program because there weren’t enough Senate Democrats to vote for closure and thus break the filibuster. Cal Thomas suggests, “Now would…

Kerby Anderson The nation has just endured the longest government shutdown in history. News stories focused on everything from flight delays to the interruption of SNAP payments.  As some parts of the government return to normal, there is a long-term economic impact of the government shutdown that very few are reporting. Let’s go back to Halloween. On October 31, the Federal Reserve’s repo facility pushed out $29 billion in emergency loans overnight. That was the biggest spike since the 2020…