Shane Morris

Shane Morris

Op-ed contributor

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  • A Chinese pastor’s advice to the American church

    A Chinese pastor’s advice to the American church

    Bob Fu is sometimes affectionately called the pastor of China’s underground railroad.

  • Harvard law prof. wants to ban homeschooling: Why she's wrong

    Harvard law prof. wants to ban homeschooling: Why she's wrong

    The reasons behind the professor’s highly selective criticism are laid bare when she admits what she thinks to be the real bogeyman of many homeschool families: “a majority of are driven by conservative Christian beliefs, and seek to remove their children from mainstream culture.”

  • The viral pandemic of distrust and misinformation

    The viral pandemic of distrust and misinformation

    Information comes at us in waves, with conjecture in the place of facts and assertions in the place of arguments.

  • We shouldn’t get used to online church, here's why

    We shouldn’t get used to online church, here's why

    Being unable to gather with God’s people to worship, to read and hear the Word together, and to partake of the sacraments is a real and profound loss.

  • Coronavirus: jobs or lives?

    Coronavirus: jobs or lives?

    It’s a false dilemma to assume that if someone is worried about jobs and the economy, they don’t care about people’s lives; or if we’re worried about the threat the virus poses to people’s lives, they’re obviously callous toward anyone in financial straits.

  • Running into the plague while social distancing

    Running into the plague while social distancing

    History tells of several devastating pandemics that swept Europe in the early days of Christianity and, during all of them, Christ-followers distinguished themselves by their counter-cultural responses.

  • Banning ‘conversion therapy’

    Banning ‘conversion therapy’

    Ideology, not evidence, is the primary force driving the push to “affirm” gender confusion and ban any other type of therapy. Another force is emotional manipulation.

  • Abortion isn’t ‘healthcare’

    Abortion isn’t ‘healthcare’

    The purpose of healthcare is to heal and preserve life, not to end life.

  • Commercial surrogacy: Women and children will pay the highest price

    Commercial surrogacy: Women and children will pay the highest price

    Commerical surrogacy is banned in most countries because of the potential for human exploitation. Among those pushing hardest for commercial surrogacy in New York are gay couples.

  • Was the nuclear family a mistake?

    Was the nuclear family a mistake?

    To lead with “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake” muddies the waters. Even muddier is Brooks’ suggestion that alternative forms of kinship, which he calls “chosen families,” are legitimate replacements for the nuclear family.