Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson What if Christians and Christian institutions that provide so many social services went on strike? That is a question Addison Del Mastro asks in The American Conservative. He reminds us of the book by Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. She poses the question of what would happen if entrepreneurs in America decided to go on strike because of an increasingly overbearing regulatory state. The book documents the dystopia the country falls into. While I doubt that Christians and Christian…

Kerby Anderson Cal Thomas begins his column by recounting his visit to Singapore a few years ago. He asked the cab driver about the unemployment rate. He was shocked to hear it was fewer than two percent. What was the reason for such a low rate? “We don’t have any welfare here,” the cab driver responded. “If you are able-bodied and don’t work, the government doesn’t send you a check.” The apostle Paul writes in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 that, “If…

Kerby Anderson The Trump administration has been rolling back federal regulations at a significant rate. One report estimates that deregulation has removed more than 800 regulations. This would include 469 planned regulatory actions that were part of the Obama administration’s regulatory agenda and another 391 active regulatory proceedings actions that were reclassified as long-term or inactive. You may remember that Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a regulatory freeze. He also signed an executive order that required an…

Kerby Anderson Pastor Rick Stedman asks, “Is it reasonable to believe that God exists?” He says it is because of zombies, superheroes, music, sports, and science. That is his premise in his book, 31 Surprising Reasons to Believe in God. He begins his book by telling a true story of a family on rural property in northern California. They found a rusted can by a tree. They ended up finding eight cans containing 1427 gold coins worth an estimated $11…

Kerby Anderson We have heard quite a bit these days about fake news, but what about fake science? That is the title of the book by Austin Ruse. He has served as the president of the Center for Family & Human Rights where he testifies to our government and the United Nations about important issues. He was on my radio program recently to talk about some of the misinformation and false information presented in the media and in various governmental…

Penna Dexter It’s been over two years since the Supreme Court handed down its decision, in Obergefell vs Hodges, in which it found a sweeping “right” to same-sex marriage nationwide. Right away, my pastor preached a clear and concise sermon about what to do if you’re invited to a same sex “wedding.” He had already prepared the church to remain true to the biblical definition of marriage: the union between one man and one woman. But this shepherd, like many…

Kerby Anderson Earlier this month, Jonah Goldberg wrote a column and other writers are still quoting one of his lines. He said: “The more you sound like some cowbell-wielding street preacher wearing a sandwich board that says, ‘The End is Nigh!’ the more likely people will ignore you.” It’s a vivid image of a street preacher but he uses it to criticize the hysterical rhetoric being used by environmentalists these days. He says that one of the hallmarks of the…

Kerby Anderson Columnist Kyle Smith says that the Left have a hamburger problem. Let me explain. He borrows the phrase from Josh Barro who coined the phrase to explain why progressives and Democrats seem to be losing so much. He writes, “Democrats’ problem isn’t that they’re on the wrong side of policy issues. It’s that they’re too ready to bother too many ordinary people about too many of their personal choices, all the way down to the hamburgers they eat.”…

Kerby Anderson We need to help the next generation learn to navigate the culture. That is why I am so excited that John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle have written, A Practical Guide to Culture. The rowboat on the cover reminds us that this emerging generation will have to navigate through choppy waters. John was on my radio program recently to talk about the book and share his experiences from Summit Ministries and the Chuck Colson Center. Both of the authors…

Kerby Anderson David Brooks took on the difficult task of reminding us that class distinctions in America do make a difference. For that he was pilloried in the social media. He was trying to explain how the privileged elite are “ruining” America. He unfortunately came off to some as an example of another privileged elite. He may have fared better if he had not mentioned taking a friend (with only a high school education) to a sandwich shop that has…

Penna Dexter Calls for $15 hourly minimum wage laws are being answered in certain places across the country. Just this July 1st, 17 states and localities increased their wage floors. The idea of requiring companies to pay a so-called living wage sounds compassionate, but it’s not. Seattle started phasing in a $15 minimum three years ago and there’s little to celebrate. It’s hurting low-wage workers. A University of Washington study shows business establishments are simply cutting workers’ hours to compensate….