A Schooling Renaissance?

Today’s BreakPoint: A Schooling Renaissance? JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER Earlier this month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper made an announcement. Actually, he made more of a non-announcement: He wasn’t sure whether North Carolina schools would reopen this Fall. A few hours later, the state government’s website handling parents’ applications to homeschool crashed. According to the error message, … More A Schooling Renaissance?

Fewer Humans Won’t Heal the Planet

The Case against “Culling the Herd” Today’s BreakPoint: Fewer Humans Won’t Heal the Planet JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA According to news reports, there’s at least one bright spot amidst all the COVID-19 bad news: the planet is beginning to heal itself. With those pesky and invasive humans stuck at home, animals are reclaiming wild spaces (and even city … More Fewer Humans Won’t Heal the Planet

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

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?

A Letter to ‘Cancel-Culture’

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

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?

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

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