In February of 1943, German university student Sophie Scholl was convicted of high treason against the Nazi regime and executed by guillotine. Last week, Germany announced it will honor this…
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No Christianity, No “Human Rights”
In July, the U.S. State Department’s “Commission on Unalienable Rights” released a draft report that attempted to provide a grounding for our country’s commitment to human rights. Fundamental among those…
Podcast: Should We Put Adjectives in Front of “Justice”? Or Is Justice Simply Justice?
If we put adjectives such as “economic” or “racial” in front of the word “Justice,” are we in essence buying into critical theory? Isn’t justice simply justice? That’s the first…
How American Think About Abortion, and What Pro-lifers Must Learn
Recently, political scientist Michael J. New described the results of what’s being called “the largest known in-depth interview study of American attitudes on abortion” as “nuanced.” A better term would…
Why We Support The Philadelphia Statement
To paraphrase King Solomon, to the writing of statements there is no end. However last week, I was honored to be included among the original signatories of The Philadelphia Statement,…
The Ongoing and Intensifying Persecution of Christians in India
In late July, the body of Pastor Balvinder Bagicha Bhatti was found on the side of the road in the Indian state of Punjab. Returning from a nearby village after…
BP This Week: Democrats Go Hard Left
With Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden selecting Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, the election season is in full swing. And as John Stonestreet and Shane Morris discuss, the…
“Thy Will Be Done”
Each Wednesday morning until the day after the November election, the Colson Center is hosting a virtual prayer gathering for the Church and for our nation. Not only are we…
The Knowledge Lost in Information
Every single day, approximately 500 million tweets are tweeted, 4 million hours of video is added to YouTube, and 4.3 billion Facebook messages are posted. If a single person were…
If We’re Fighting Cultural Skirmishes, What’s the War About?
If there’s a great cultural and spiritual war going on, what’s it about, and against whom are we fighting? Is the war over truth? Over restoring America? John Stonestreet and…