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

Supreme Court Says States Cannot Discriminate Against Religious Schools

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

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

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

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

Becoming Instruments of Peace in Times of Hatred: Go and Do Likewise

Becoming Instruments of Peace in Times of Hatred: Go and Do Likewise JOHN STONESTREET Christians are, according to Paul, reconciled in order to become reconcilers (2 Cor. 5). Though we know the brokenness in the world and in the human heart will not be fully overcome until the day every knee bows to Christ as … More Becoming Instruments of Peace in Times of Hatred: Go and Do Likewise

What Our Cries for Justice Say about God, about Us, and about the World

What Our Cries for Justice Say about God, about Us, and about the World JOHN STONESTREET WITH SHANE MORRIS Since the horrific killing of George Floyd, the moral outrage in our nation is palpable. Moral consensus, however, is not. While some cry out against violence by police, others cry out against violence against police. Systemic racism … More What Our Cries for Justice Say about God, about Us, and about the World

Christian Unity

Is Christian Unity Possible with So Much Disagreement? JOHN STONESTREET Last week, a listener who follows a lot of Christian podcasts, including BreakPoint, wrote us with the following question, troubled by the conflicting opinions among Christians. Here’s how she put it: “In most cases the Christian proponents seem to have a genuine love for Jesus … More Christian Unity