Recent Viewpoints

August 9, 2018
Mountains are calling

Kerby Anderson When God wanted to reveal truth to his prophets and the people, He often did so on a mountain.  Just think of the names of the mountains we read about in the Bible. Mount Sinai, Mount Carmel, Mount Hermon, and Mount Moriah are just a few examples. Dr. Jarrett Stephens writes about the messages on these mountains in his new book, The Mountains Are Calling: Making the Climb for a Clearer View of God and Ourselves. He will be…

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August 8, 2018
violence declining graph

Kerby Anderson Even though there is lots of evidence that violence is declining, many people don’t believe it. On my radio program, we have documented that the violent crime rate has dropped significantly over the last few decades. And if you want a longer look at the decline in violence over millennia, you could pick up the 2011 book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker. Apparently, many people don’t believe it. That is why he spends a…

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August 7, 2018
Capital Dome at Sunrise

Kerby Anderson What will be the long-term impact of the trade wars? Nobody knows for sure, but the tariffs imposed by the president could affect both the economy and the midterm elections. In fact, some industry experts and economists warn that the greatest economic fallout might occur just as voters go to the polls. The political impact, so far, hasn’t been great. One poll showed support for the tariffs from citizens who already support the president and opposition from citizens…

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August 6, 2018

Kerby Anderson The public debate about transgender students using restrooms and showers became more intense in a small town in Oregon. I have actually preached in a church in this town and can imagine the reaction of the parents. A district judge ruled that a girl who identifies as a boy can use the boys’ facilities and vice versa. The judge did offer an alternative: parents can take their children out of the schools. Well, thank you. These parents pay…

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August 3, 2018
Women Having Fewer Babies - Graph

Penna Dexter The birth rate in the US has hit an all-time low. Replacement-level fertility requires an average of 2.1 children per woman. Ours is roughly 1.76. Fewer women are having children. And the ones who do are having fewer of them. A Pew Research survey done in June reveals that Americans like the idea of larger families. According to the study “41 percent of US adults think that families of three or more children is ideal,” but millennials are…

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August 3, 2018
Plastic Straws

Kerby Anderson Perhaps you have heard of the latest environmental movement to ban plastic straws. Even though they are small, they are large in number. The activists claim that we use millions of straws every day. That number seems high, at least to me, since I avoid using plastic straws. I figure that I don’t need a straw when I drink water or a beverage at home. Why do I need one in a restaurant? If I go to a…

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August 2, 2018
Right in their own eyes

Kerby Anderson Jonah Goldberg reminded his readers of a famous essay by Tom Wolfe entitled “The Great Relearning.” It was an essay about the Summer of Love in 1968 in San Francisco. It had great significance to me since I grew up in the San Francisco area during that time, but it also has significance to all of us concerned about our culture. He said that doctors at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic “were treating diseases no living doctor had ever…

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August 1, 2018
White Goose Down Feathers copy

Kerby Anderson Over the last few months I have done a number of radio interviews dealing with sexual abuse and sexual harassment. During each program, I try to acknowledge the possibility that sometimes an allegation might be false. This is not to diminish the importance of speaking out but also acknowledge that sometimes there might be a false report. One prominent example is what has happened to Andy Puzder, who was originally put forward as President Trump’s nominee for Secretary…

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July 31, 2018
The Miracle

Kerby Anderson Jonah Goldberg talks about “The Miracle” in his book, The Suicide of the West. The major focus of his book is on tribalism and populism, but he begins with a description and an explanation of the remarkable change in western societies in the last few centuries. “The Miracle is about more than economics, but economics is the best way to tell the story of humanity’s quantum leap out of its natural environment of poverty.” People used to live…

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July 30, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Kerby Anderson Who is the leader of the political left today? Many might say it is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. But if you asked who is the NEW leader of the political left many would probably say it is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She is the 28-year-old, self-proclaimed socialist who recently won a Democratic primary in New York’s 14th district in the Bronx. She has become the darling of political progressives and thus has attracted lots…

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July 27, 2018
Missing Jan Brady -Middle Child

Penna Dexter If you are a middle child — or a parent of one of more middles — you are becoming increasingly rare. Every child born after the first and before the last is technically a middle. In an article in New York Magazine, culture editor Adam Sterrnbergh makes the startling revelation that the American Middle Child is now an endangered species. He explains the demographics: “As the ideal number of children per family has shrunk to two…the middle child, in…

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