Tag: Worldview

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?

News to Ponder ( Various Sources)

July 6, 2020

NFL To Play ‘Black National Anthem” Before Games  [It is not the “National” Football League if it will not prioritize patriotism and the USA.] McCarthy Tells Pelosi To Condemn Rioters Twitter To Remove Terms ‘Whitelist’ And ‘Blacklist’ Horowitz: We Can No Longer Celebrate Our Independence Don’t Want To Talk To Contact Tracers? We Can’t Have … More News to Ponder ( Various Sources)

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 Fed bought debt in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Walmart, and McDonald’s in its first spree of corporate bond-buying

July 1, 2020

Recently legislator’s in Mississippi, decided unilaterally, without the consent or vote of the people of MS to remove the state flag even before having a replacement in place. Why because the flag was the Battle Flag of the Confederacy and to some it only represented slavery.  To the fully educated, one another reason the Confederate … More The Fed bought debt in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Walmart, and McDonald’s in its first spree of corporate bond-buying

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