John Stonestreet and Timothy D. Padgett

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  Mar 9, 2021

  Should singles adopt? Redeeming brokenness instead of creating it

  The fundamental assumptions of a Christian worldview are straightforward. Right and wrong are grounded in eternal truths, not subject to the whims of a person or a culture.

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  Feb 24, 2021

  The Equality Act: What to know and what to do

  You should only care about the Equality Act if you are a Christian, or a person of faith, or a woman, or own a business, or run a nonprofit, or go to school, or teach at a school, or are a medical or mental-health professional, or (especially) are a female athlete, or under the age of 18, or ever use a public restroom.

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  Feb 17, 2021

  Critical race theory provides answers very different from what Christianity offers

  CRT sees the world in terms of power dynamics. In this way of thinking, social evils such as poverty, crime, or oppression result not from universal human frailties but from Euro-Americans intent on securing and increasing their economic and social power.

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  Feb 15, 2021

  Ravi Zacharias and the infinite human capacity to deceive ourselves

  There is no sugar-coating, excusing, or explaining away Ravi’s behavior. It was sinful. It was wicked. And, as this report made crystal clear, it was duplicitous. As St. Paul wrote, “There is none righteous, no not one.”

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  Feb 4, 2021

  Justice: When postmodern ideas cause Christians to abandon the biblical call

  God cares about justice. One of the great contributions of Christianity to human history is the very idea that all people should be treated justly. The problem is that radical, problematic views undergird so many calls for justice today.

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  Jan 28, 2021

  'Christian Nationalism' and how it's become a scare label

  That this term, “Christian Nationalism,” has become a one-size-fits-all label for whole swaths of the country shouldn’t surprise anyone.

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  Jan 13, 2021

  Can we separate the good Ravi Zacharias did from his sin?

  Like so many others, I’m devastated. There is no sugar-coating, excusing, or explaining away Ravi’s behavior. It was sinful. It was wicked.

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  Jan 8, 2021

  What if what we saw at the Capitol is us?

  We are not a moral nation. We are lawless. We are not a nation that cultivates the kinds of families able to produce good citizens

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  Dec 23, 2020

  Life lessons from 'It’s a Wonderful Life'

  There are so many great life lessons in the film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

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  Nov 4, 2020

  Election results and Jesus’ prayer for unity

  At some point, we will have to address the deep relational rifts created and/or exposed by this election, especially between those with whom we agree on virtually every other issue.