Paul de Vries

Op-ed Contributor

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May 8, 2021
How our Lord elevates motherhood
Our Lord’s devotion to elevating Motherhood began at the beginning of humanity. Of all of our Creator’s plentiful earthly works, it is only woman and man who are made in God’s image, therefore, to officially represent God on earth.
Apr 19, 2021
Weaponizing the 'racism' label
Some of us knowingly sacrificed our jobs and risked our lives fighting Jim Crow laws – and we remember them quite well. Any attempted positive comparison of the expansion of voting privileges and rights of the new Georgia election law with the atrocious, depraved Jim Crow laws is outrageous, ignorant, and demeaning.
Jun 4, 2019
What can Tiananmen Square teach us now?
Thirty years ago, from the world stage of Tiananmen Square, the world witnessed some of the largest, most dramatic, most creative, most passionate demonstrations of support for natural human rights.
May 25, 2019
A brilliant dawning of global liberty
Thirty years ago, a brilliant new day dawned for liberty. As with every 24-hour day, the new Day of Liberty began in eastern Asia, and then swept into eastern Europe and then to the rest of the world.
May 11, 2019
Let’s celebrate Mother’s liberation day!
Tragically, some self-appointed representatives of our Creator have misrepresented Biblical teaching and have inappropriately disrespected mothers.
Apr 19, 2019
The Lord’s Supper now!
Jesus instituting the Lord’s Supper is a life-changing narrative. Over time there have been many theories of the Lord’s Supper’s meaning – but I still find it uniquely helpful and delightful to return to the simple original ancient story.
Feb 14, 2019
Happy Pastor Valentine’s Day!
February 14 used to be called “St. Valentine’s Day” by everyone! The day has been a successful target of the current American radical secularization.
Oct 26, 2018
Civility in the Midst of Incivility: Where Are Our Prophetic Voices?
We live in a time of frightful, appalling incivility. As you know, there are loving families and cherished friends who can hardly talk together civilly now – especially about crucial social and political concerns.
Aug 11, 2018
In Charlottesville, 'There Were Bad People on All Three Sides'
It is now a year since the violent racial clashes on August 11 and 12, 2017, in sweet Charlottesville, Virginia. There were three bad factions whose foolish purposes clashed violently, leaving one person dead, worsening racial misunderstanding, and obscuring the real racial issues in Virginia and in our country.
Aug 2, 2018
In What World Do We Live?
One of the most stunning realities of America in 2018 is the extreme divisiveness of our political, social and media environments. Far too often it seems that fellow Christian people's loyalties to a political party or a political movement are stronger than their commitment to our LORD and to the Holy Bible.