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What Is Conservatism?

By Kevin Bauder | March 27, 2024

After the Second World War, three thinkers established an intellectual foundation for modern conservatism in America. The philosophical case for conservatism was articulated by Richard M. Weaver in his book Ideas Have Consequences. The link between political and economic freedom was established by Friedrich Hayek in his volume The Road to Serfdom. A comprehensive history…

The Power of Words

By Barbara Harper | March 26, 2024

I was surprised to hear in a song recently the line “Love doesn’t need any words.” The song went on to say that love is “proven by the things we do and not say — for actions speak louder than words.” Well, it’s true that actions can belie words. It’s true that actions and words…

God’s Plan for Marriage, Family, and Life-long Care

By Kevin Schaal | March 24, 2024

  One of the lasting vestiges of communism/socialism is the idea that the state can replace the family in the essential roles that the family has played for millennia. It was a social experiment that has proven itself a failure and yet it continues, fomented by an anti-God fervor that is sending humanity to its…

Podcast – Interview 26: Kevin Bauder – What Is Worldliness?

By Proclaim and Defend | March 23, 2024

The January/February edition of FrontLine magazine was on the topic, “Redeeming the Culture?” Our authors are examining first of all whether we should set cultural reformation as our goal, and then, depending on our answer, what we should do about it. For this interview, I sat down with Kevin Bauder, the Associate Editor for this…

A Living Faith Evidenced in God-Dependence (James 4:13-17)

By Kevin Collins | March 22, 2024

We have been outlining the book of James in relation to one key command found in James 1:22—be a doer of the Word, demonstrating a living faith. This command is then applied to several examples based on James 1:26–27. In James 4:1–12, James began addressing the last example of being a doer of the Word:…

What Are the Fundamental Doctrines of the Faith?

By Ken Rathbun | March 21, 2024

Introduction Fundamentalism had a pronounced impact in American religious life in the early-to-mid-twentieth century. Its effects are still felt as a movement that lives on today. Most Christian historians and theologians include a section on fundamentalism in their writings,1 though their perspectives about its beliefs and its value vary a great deal. What has distinguished…

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Editor’s Notes: War with Hamas pushes Israelis closer to their Faith – The Jerusalem Post

February 9, 2024

Tefillin [phylacteries worn during prayer] and morning prayers, occasionally Mincha [afternoon prayer] and Arvit [evening prayer], observing Shabbat, adhering to a six-hour wait between consuming meat and dairy, reciting Birkat Hamazon [the blessing after meals], blessing every food and drink consumed throughout the day, increasing acts of charity, saying the Asher Yatzar [blessing recited after…

DOJ Funded Censorship Database Targets Christians, Gateway Pundit, Ron Paul Forums – Foundation for Freedom Online

January 16, 2024

A research project at Youngstown State University in Ohio, funded by a Department of Justice grants program, is scooping up millions of posts from Americans, storing them in a vast database, and analyzing them to identify common patterns of speech that can then be targeted for censorship. Targeted groups include conservative website The Gateway Pundit,…

Why Does No One Protest The Ongoing Slaughter Of Christians By Muslims In Nigeria? — Manhattan Contrarian

January 11, 2024

The gist of the latest news is that Muslims in Central Nigeria used the occasion of the Christmas holidays, particularly December 24 and 25, to undertake a round of massacres against Christians. Ibrahim:While around much of the world, the holiday was being celebrated with peace and joy, in Nigeria, starting on Christmas Eve and into…

Opinion Pieces

Life and Books and Everything – Where Have All the Fundamentalists Gone? | RSS.com

March 6, 2024

With two smart British historians—one from Oxford (Andrew) and one from Aberystwyth (David)–and one curious American pastor (Kevin), you might say that this episode puts the “fun” back in fundamentalism. How did fundamentalism become a pejorative putdown? Are evangelicals and fundamentalists really all that different? What is a fundamentalist anyway? And, to paraphrase Harry Emerson…

Why I am now a Christian – UnHerd

November 13, 2023

In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, nearly a century after he delivered it to the South London branch of the National Secular Society, I would be compelled to write an essay…

Should Christians Share a Conference Stage with T… | Christianity Today

October 17, 2023

Or, “Secondary separation, anyone?” This story from Christianity Today demonstrates that everyone practices secondary separation (as it is called) to some extent. (Note: may be pay-wall protected.) But today’s evangelicals are also sensitive to theological shifts among the leaders they follow. If they notice a popular speaker appearing alongside someone with a notably different stance—on…

Home & Family

It’s Not Politics: Fatherhood Decline Causing Rise of Religious Nones | RealClearReligion

November 21, 2023

But, in the years since we met this couple in the early 2000s, some sociologists, pundits, Christian thinkers, and church leaders have been persuaded by the idea that politics – particularly socially conservative politics – is playing a major role in driving the societal-wide decline in church participation. But the evidence doesn’t bear this out.…

Why marriage matters

September 23, 2023

If a cohabiting couple is reluctant to get married because they say “a piece of paper doesn’t change anything”, their reluctance is a sign they don’t even believe their own claim. If it doesn’t change anything, why not go ahead and get married? It seems they actually realize that the piece of paper does mean…

Most women who abort say they would rather not;  | The Hill

August 8, 2023

Sadly, two-thirds said their decision to abort violated their own values and preferences. Their “choice” was, it turns out, not really what they would have wanted. In fact, a full 24 percent described their abortion as “unwanted” or “coerced.” Source: Most women who abort say they would rather not; Congress can help them | The…