Tag: Culture/Institutions

Today’s BreakPoint: Chris Nikic (who has Down Syndrome) Completes Ironman

November 14, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Chris Nikic (who has Down Syndrome) Completes Ironman More Importantly, He Bears God’s Image   This past weekend in Florida, 21-year-old Chris Nikic completed one of the most challenging feats in all of sports. The Ironman triathlon is a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bicycle ride, topped off by a full marathon, a 26.2 … More Today’s BreakPoint: Chris Nikic (who has Down Syndrome) Completes Ironman

Today’s BreakPoint: Divorce Is Down During COVID

November 13, 2020

Divorce Is Down During COVID WHY? “Stressful” doesn’t really begin to describe a year like 2020. Between the pandemic, the lockdowns, cancelled classes, lost jobs, and an election to rival trench warfare, you would expect a heavy toll on marriages and families. But a recent piece in the Washington Post offered some of the best news … More Today’s BreakPoint: Divorce Is Down During COVID

Supreme Court Tackles Religious Freedom in Foster Care Case

November 6, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Supreme Court Tackles Religious Freedom in Foster Care Case Yesterday, as most of America continued to process a razor-thin presidential race, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what could be a momentous religious freedom case. Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a case that began in 2018, when Catholic Social Services (CSS), a charitable … More Supreme Court Tackles Religious Freedom in Foster Care Case

Demon’s Guide to the Election – How C.S. Lewis Addressed National Division

November 3, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Demon’s Guide to the Election – How C.S. Lewis Addressed National Division In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis imagines how an experienced demonic operative might advise a younger, less experienced understudy in the intricacies of counter-Christian spiritual warfare. In one passage especially relevant right now, Lewis describes how politics could be used to tempt and … More Demon’s Guide to the Election – How C.S. Lewis Addressed National Division

Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation

October 31, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation Several months ago, I asked friends and ministry leaders to help us pray our way through the upcoming election season. For weeks now, each Wednesday morning at 10:30 eastern time, thousands have joined us on Zoom and Facebook Live to pray for the … More Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation

There’s No Such Thing as “Safe Sex” For Kids

October 30, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: There’s No Such Thing as “Safe Sex” For Kids In 1984, only 14 percent of Americans wore seat belts. Anyone else remember bouncing unrestrained around the back of the family station wagon like I did? Three years later, after seat belt laws were enacted in 30 states, that percentage tripled to 42 percent. Last year, … More There’s No Such Thing as “Safe Sex” For Kids

Live Not by Lies

October 22, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Live Not by Lies …Weiss describes a growing and institutionally enforced anti-Semitism, and proceeds to list a series of incidents that she says cannot be accurately understood as isolated, but instead as an essential and insidious component of the new liberalism, a “mixture of postmodernism, postcolonialism, identity politics, neo-Marxism, critical race theory, intersectionality, … More Live Not by Lies

Our Tax Dollars Still Fund the Destruction of Embryos

October 8, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Our Tax Dollars Still Fund the Destruction of Embryos And There’s not a Single Good Reason Why JOHN STONESTREET In 2001, President George W. Bush limited federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research to already-existing lines of embryonic stem cells. While it wasn’t a complete ban on the research itself, it did prevent any … More Our Tax Dollars Still Fund the Destruction of Embryos

Protecting Females in Sports and Just Telling the Truth

October 7, 2020

Today’s BreakPoint: Protecting Females in Sports and Just Telling the Truth Since 2015, World Rugby, the international governing body of a sport with a lot of hitting but little protective gear, has allowed biological males who identify as female to compete in women’s leagues. They were early adopters of what seems to be a growing … More Protecting Females in Sports and Just Telling the Truth