Dragging Our Kids into It The Sexualization of Children Has Begun JOHN STONESTREET | Heading into 2020, we’re reviewing the most-popular BreakPoint commentaries of 2019. In the whole runup surrounding the push for same-sex marriage and LGBT “rights,” some predicted that the normalization of homosexuality would open the door to other deviant practices. Usually at the … More Dragging Our Kids into It
“Mayor Pete” Buttigieg Preaches Or, Why Preachers Mustn’t Be Silent on Cultural Issues JOHN STONESTREET Heading into 2020, we’re reviewing the most-popular BreakPoint commentaries of 2019. Earlier this year, South Bend, IN, Mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg quoted the Bible in an attempt to speak to the question of abortion: “There [are] a lot … More Why Preachers Mustn’t Be Silent on Cultural Issues
Take Away Your Phone and What Is Left? A Photographer’s Disturbing Pictures 12/18/19 John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera Five years ago, photographer Eric Pickersgill and his wife, Angie, were lying in bed, backs turned to one another, looking at their phones. When Pickersgill dozed off, his phone slid from his hand and hit the floor. The sound … More Take Away Your Phone and What Is Left?
You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 Playing God with Our Genes An Existential Threat John Stonestreet WITH ROBERTO RIVERA Download/Print PDF A year ago, the MIT Technology Review broke the news that a Chinese scientist used the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to genetically modify human embryos. The scientific community called … More Playing God with Our Genes
No Lies Necessary Christianity Is Good for You John Stonestreet Belief in God is good for you… and not just in the eternal long run. There’s a powerful link between religious devotion and happiness, mental health, and participation in community. Earlier this year, Pew Research found that actively religious people report being happier, on average, than both … More No Lies Necessary
Eight Women You Should Know Champions of Unpopular Causes by: John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris Last week in Reykjavik, Iceland, The Women Leaders Global Forum gathered to recognize and celebrate women making a positive difference in the world. The “Trailblazer Award” honored women who’ve won high political office. Others were recognized for their work in easing … More Eight Women You Should Know
The Pursuit of Family Just Wanting It Makes You Happier by: John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris We’ve reached a barking point in American history. (Yeah, I’m sorry for that one.) A few years ago, for the first time ever, the number of dogs in this country surpassed the number of children under eighteen. According to Statista, there … More The Pursuit of Family
Why Are We Still Funding This? The Failure of Embryonic Stem Cell Research by: John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris I certainly don’t recommend the cartoon “Family Guy,” but in a 2012 episode the main character, Peter Griffin, has a stroke that paralyzes half his body. He stumbles into a stem cell research lab and is cured … More Why Are We Still Funding This?
Exposing China’s Cultural Genocide Seeing Is Believing JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA In November of 1938, Nazi paramilitary forces destroyed 267 synagogues, plus thousands of Jewish-owned businesses, institutions, and homes throughout the Reich. “Kristallnacht,” or “The Night of Broken Glass,” made clear what awaited Jews under Nazi control. Even as the Jewish victims of Nazi violence … More Exposing China’s Cultural Genocide
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