John Stonestreet

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  Nov 27, 2020

  Advent in a time of COVID-19

  If there were ever a time that we needed less distraction and more focus on what really matters, it’s now.

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  Nov 23, 2020

  The problem with talking about right and wrong

  The opposing sides of contemporary debates around bioethics, i.e. abortion, doctor-assisted suicide, in-vitro fertilization, and other assisted reproductive technologies, often proceed from very different beliefs about what it means to be human.

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  Nov 20, 2020

  An $850 meal isn’t a moral failure

  When celebrity chef Thomas Keller was interviewed by NPR about his new cookbook, his interviewer wasn’t all that interested in the recipes. Instead, he wanted to talk about the $850-per-plate price tag at Keller’s recently reopened San Francisco restaurant.

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  Nov 19, 2020

  Another COVID surge, still asking the same questions

  In light of these new protocols and the updated information, medical experts, local officials, governors, and especially media outlets need to rethink the language they use, the panic they incite, and the policies they enact.

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  Nov 12, 2020

  Why the idea of human exceptionalism ruffles feathers

  Scientists who assume that human exceptionalism is a religious hang-up will see any animal spotted resembling human behavior as evidence that there’s nothing exceptional about humans.

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  Nov 10, 2020

  Ballot initiatives and the silence of churches

  In Washington state decided that kindergarteners should be taught so-called LGBTQ-inclusivity, and that the corresponding behaviors should be taught to students beginning in fourth grade.

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  Nov 6, 2020

  The problem with eugenics is not just its racist history. It’s a present crisis.

  While eugenics typically brings to mind the Nazi attempt to exterminate 6 million Jews during the Holocaust, the idea’s intellectual development is largely American.

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  Nov 5, 2020

  Supreme Court tackles religious freedom in foster care case

  Yesterday, as most of America continued to process a razor-thin presidential race, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what could be a momentous religious freedom case. 

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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.

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  Nov 1, 2020

  Joni Eareckson Tada sees dark times, calls intercessors to knees in prayer for nation

  I asked friends and ministry leaders to help us pray our way through the upcoming election season.