God in the Capitol
This year millions of Americans will visit our nation’s capital to celebrate our 250th anniversary. I have encouraged many who plan to visit Washington, DC to look for all the references to God in the...
This Train
There is a phrase I hear often at conferences and on YouTube videos that is usually credited to Lyn Alden, author of an excellent book, Broken Money. She and others often use the phrase, “nothing stop...
Male Crisis
I have talked about the male crisis in previous commentaries, but it is encouraging to find an op-ed in USA Today by an author who begins by quoting a feminist. Nicole Russell quotes a feminist who co...
Accountability
C.S. Lewis in The Great Divorce describes a bus trip that people in hell take to heaven. They are given the opportunity to live in paradise but decide instead to get back on the bus and return to hell...
Indoor Childhood
Former Senator Ben Sasse has been in the news recently because he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. But even with this diagnosis, he has been speaking and writing. His latest op-ed wa...
Downplaying “Pride”
Although it’s Pride month, June hasn’t seen much LGBT hoopla here in Texas. The Washington Stand reports that throughout the country, such celebrating “has been dialed back to a stunning degree.” The...
Keeping Our Republic
On the last day of the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government was being proposed for the United States. His famous reply was: “A republic, madam, if you can kee...
American Idle
Jason Riley begins his editorial on the dwindling American work ethic with a joke from comedian Chris Rock. “If you’re in any neighborhood in America at 12:15 in the afternoon on a Wednesday and you s...
What If Jesus Is Right?
A book coming out in August asks an important question: What If Jesus Is Right? Doug Groothuis and Lindsey Medenwaldt evaluated the inaccurate claims made about Jesus. This is the sort of book you can...
Empty School Desks
Kerby AndersonThe school year has ended, and we will soon find out how many students were missing and how many school desks were empty. I was unaware of the problem until I read the op-ed warning, “Th...
Losing Church Members
Carey Nieuwhof has been producing a podcast for church leaders and has been on my radio program. A few months ago, I quoted him because he documented that the current percentages for church attendance...
Rethinking the SAT
Penna DexterSix years ago, in the thick of COVID, regents at the University of California voted that applicants to their prestigious school system would no longer be required to submit SAT or ACT scor...
