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COVID 19 is an Opportunity to Re-Define the Human Species?

July 15, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: COVID 19 is an Opportunity to Re-Define the Human Species? Lessons from the Coronavirus Part 12 JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA Recently, the world learned that researchers at London’s Francis Crick Institute used CRISPR technology to genetically edit 18 embryos. Around half of the embryos suffered the kinds of major mutations and genetic damage that … More COVID 19 is an Opportunity to Re-Define the Human Species?

Children & the Culture War

July 12, 2020

Today’s Breakpoint: Children, the Church, and the Culture War God’s Blessings Ain’t (Just) a Strategy 07/6/20 John Stonestreet and Shane Morris A few days ago, a colleague shared comments he and his wife get when people find out they have seven kids: “Are they all yours?” “Were they all planned?” “What are you, Mormon?” And, most … More Children & the Culture War

A Letter to ‘Cancel-Culture’

July 11, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: A Letter to ‘Cancel-Culture’ JOHN STONESTREET WITH SHANE MORRIS To do or to say something insufficiently progressive these days risks the wrath of what’s being called “cancel-culture.” A mostly young and mostly online gaggle of so-called “social justice warriors” will attempt to silence anyone they deem to hold views sufficiently problematic or insufficiently “woke.” … More A Letter to ‘Cancel-Culture’

Supreme Court Affirms Religious Institutions Are Allowed to Be Religious

July 10, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Supreme Court Affirms Religious Institutions Are Allowed to Be Religious JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA In a somewhat dizzying (but which will prove, I think, pivotal) few weeks at the Supreme Court, religious freedom has taken center stage. In two significant decisions yesterday, the Court protected our First Amendment’s First Freedom. The first case, … More Supreme Court Affirms Religious Institutions Are Allowed to Be Religious

Pastor or Parrot?

July 8, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Pastor or Parrot? Pastor or Parrot? Lessons from the Coronavirus Pt. 11 JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER Pastoring is always a difficult job. I can’t think of another job, in fact, in which someone is hired to do one thing (typically, lead and disciple God’s people) but evaluated on a completely different thing (namely, … More Pastor or Parrot?

Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, the DC Sniper, and the Importance of Fathers

July 3, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, the DC Sniper, and the Importance of Fathers JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA Like many basketball junkies deprived of March Madness and the NBA playoffs, I devoured ESPN’s ten-part series “The Last Dance,” the definitive account of one of the NBA’s G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time), Michael Jordan. Anyone who watched … More Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, the DC Sniper, and the Importance of Fathers

Supreme Court Says States Cannot Discriminate Against Religious Schools

July 2, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Supreme Court Says States Cannot Discriminate Against Religious Schools A Victory—at Last—for Religious Freedom JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA The past two weeks of Supreme Court rulings have not been encouraging. After the disastrous ruling in Bostock arbitrarily expanded civil rights protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity, the Court, in June Medical, all but handcuffed … More Supreme Court Says States Cannot Discriminate Against Religious Schools

The Link Between Marijuana, Psychosis, and Suicide

June 30, 2020

The Link Between Marijuana, Psychosis, and Suicide JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA Recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states and another 21 states permit the use of so-called “medical marijuana.” I say “so-called” because, as NYU drug policy expert Mark Kleinman has put it, “the vast majority of ‘patients’ buying ‘medical marijuana’ aren’t doing so under … More The Link Between Marijuana, Psychosis, and Suicide

Today’s BreakPoint: In Times Like These, We Need “A Christian View of Money”

June 25, 2020

According to a Wall Street Journal report last week, there are “signs suggesting damage from the crisis is starting to ease.” For example, though consumer spending fell a record 13.6 percent in April, personal income increased, and preliminary reports indicate a strong rise in… VIA: In Times Like These, We Need “A Christian View of Money”

The Aftermath of Bostock: A Cultural Seismic Shift

June 23, 2020

The Aftermath of Bostock: A Cultural Seismic Shift It takes a phrase like “seismic shift” to describe how much the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges altered the political and cultural landscape. Not only did it redefine marriage across cultural sectors and an entire nation, it had a huge impact on religious freedom. In an … More The Aftermath of Bostock: A Cultural Seismic Shift