The United Nations “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide” went into effect in 1951. At the time, the Convention defined “genocide” as actions “committed with…
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Pastor or Parrot?
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…
Ask BreakPoint: John Stonestreet and Shane Morris Answer Your Questions
In what will become a regular feature of the BreakPoint Podcast, John Stonestreet and Shane Morris answer your questions. This week: What about SOGI laws, and what’s the problem with…
Margaret Sanger and Cancelling Planned Parenthood
John Stonestreet and Shane Morris discuss the recent “cancelling” of Margaret Sanger by part of Planned Parenthood, the organization she founded. While many debate whether she was a racist herself,…
If the Future Belongs to the Fertile, We Might Not Have One
A recent BBC headline claimed the world is facing a “jaw-dropping” global crash. Not an economic crash, mind you, but a crash in the birthrate. Citing a new study by…
Anti-Semitism, the Oldest Hatred
Last week in Germany, vandals desecrated dozens of graves in the oldest Jewish Cemetery in Europe. Some of the stones vandalized date back to the 11th century. Years ago, one…
Faith, Liberty, and the American Order
Election Day is only three months away. Perhaps even more so than most elections, this one will be in large part a referendum on competing visions of what America ought…
A Schooling Renaissance?
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…
Planned Parenthood Should Cancel More than Margaret Sanger
Last week, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced that the name of the organization’s founder, Margaret Sanger, would be removed from its clinic. They also asked the city to…
What Do We Do with Critical Theory?
The question most central to defining a worldview, other than “Who is God?” and “What does it mean to be human?” is “What’s really wrong with the world?” It’s a…