Posts Tagged ‘Current Events’
The Ideology of Christian Nationalism and the Theology of the New Testament
Someone has observed that one sign of a nation’s moral degradation is the fact that conservatives find it increasingly difficult to parody its culture. Seth Dillon, CEO of the popular Babylon Bee, claims that nearly 100 of their news parodies designed to identify real issues through ridicule have actually come true (Fox News). In 2019,…
Read MoreFollow-Up to Dodds — the Florida Abortion Ruling
Are you wondering how a Florida judge can block the state’s new anti-abortion law since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, returning the issue to the states? Me too! So, here’s what I’ve been able to gather about the situation:1 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), on June 24, 2022, struck…
Read MoreWith Dobbs, What Has Changed?
On June 24th the Supreme Court issued its ruling on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The landmark verdict reversed the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared that the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the right to an abortion. The recent ruling states that the Constitution does not confer any such right. Those…
Read MoreOn the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Like the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v Ferguson, Roe is finally on the trash heap of history where it belongs. In law school I was “randomly” called on to explain Roe by my Constitutional Law professor (who I later found out was a closet conservative.) As the only outspoken Christian in my class, in…
Read MoreCreation, Sex, and Gender
The Bible’s account of the Creation and Fall defines many areas of human interest. One of the areas it affects most is human sex and gender. The opening chapters of Genesis establish a pattern that is both explained and applied in the rest of Scripture. What the Bible teaches about sex and gender is not…
Read MoreThe Bible and Critical Race Theory
FRONTLINE Volume 32 • Number 2 A Biblical Perspective on Critical Race Theory The word “woke” has acquired an entirely new definition in recent years. Formerly the word was recognizable as the past tense of “wake.” But in recent years the connotation of the word has been amplified to refer to an awareness of important…
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