Carmen Fowler LaBerge

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  • American Tribalism and the Vast Hopeful Middle

    American Tribalism and the Vast Hopeful Middle

    People at the extremes do not talk to or with each other but they often talk about one another in openly hostile, demeaning and pejorative terms. But note, together they only constitute 14% of the American electorate. That means that the majority – the vast majority, 67% – are not extreme, not highly polarized politically and basically stuck in the middle.

  • College Classes Commence: Open Season on the Christian Faith

    College Classes Commence: Open Season on the Christian Faith

    College football season has kicked off but for many Christian kids on college campuses this is open season on their faith.

  • No, PETA, Animals Are Not People Too

    No, PETA, Animals Are Not People Too

    Three headlines in quick succession over the past few days got me thinking about how my fellow Americans are thinking about animals and personhood.

  • What Would You Do for a Scoop of Rocky Roe v. Wade?

    What Would You Do for a Scoop of Rocky Roe v. Wade?

    "Is the hot weather and political climate getting you down? It's time to eat more ice cream!" NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon wrote on its Facebook page advertising Rocky Roe v Wade ice cream to support abortion. Even as we grieve the point at which we have arrived in our common life, let us never forget the words the Pro-life Psalmist wrote in Psalm 34:8, "O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed are those who take refuge in Him."

  • No, Rudy Giuliani, Truth Is Not in the Eye of the Beholder

    No, Rudy Giuliani, Truth Is Not in the Eye of the Beholder

    In the ongoing political conversation about whether or not the President of the United States will sit down with Robert Mueller for an interview related to the question of Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election, one of the President's lawyers, Rudy Giuliani said "truth is in the eye of the beholder."

  • Pope Francis Death Penalty Announcement Is an Opportunity for Christians

    Pope Francis Death Penalty Announcement Is an Opportunity for Christians

    Now, before you allow yourself to be lured into a debate about whether or not the Pope is infallible and whether or not the Pope can make pronouncements over nations and people groups who in no way acknowledge God, the Scriptures nor the Church, let us celebrate on three fronts:

  • America's Shame Culture: Is It Really 1642 All Over Again?

    America's Shame Culture: Is It Really 1642 All Over Again?

    Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is set in 1642. Three hundred and seventy five years later, the political left is publicly shaming those who don't publicly align with the new Puritanism of the political left.

  • Answers to My Critics on Why I Didn't Sign the Paige Patterson Letter

    Answers to My Critics on Why I Didn't Sign the Paige Patterson Letter

    When I shared why, as a Christian, woman and member of a church in the Southern Baptist Convention, I'm not signing the letter calling for the resignation of Paige Patterson, the reaction of some was predictable contempt.

  • Why I'm Not Signing the Letter Calling for Paige Patterson's Resignation

    Why I'm Not Signing the Letter Calling for Paige Patterson's Resignation

    One of the lessons I hope we're all learning this week is that Christians must consider what we say before we say it, remembering that we represent Christ with every word.

  • Should Presbyterians Agree on Abortion?

    Should Presbyterians Agree on Abortion?

    The Irish are voting on a national referendum that would allow for elective abortions up to 12 weeks. Christian churches are weighing into the conversation as members seek advice and counsel on the morality and ethics of life.

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