Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Last week, I wrote an article about the recent research of George Barna, who has concluded that America’s religion is no longer one of orthodox belief but rather a new syncretistic faith that he called moralistic therapeutic deism – a nonjudgmental don’t-worry-be-happy “fake Christianity” where self-actualization and personal affirmation are now our highest goods. The result of my article? My critics came unglued.
“First and foremost, you need to get your facts straight,” said one.… Continue Reading
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Calvin Coolidge, Daniel Webster, Dr. Everett Piper, Earl Warren, Fisher Ames, George Barna, James Wilson, John McHenry, John Quincy Adams, Noah Webster, Northwest Ordinance, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | 
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Written by Benjamin Smith
America was founded on the principles of Holy Scripture. The Puritans and Pilgrims socially embodied these principles by espousing early, and largely universal, marriage; high fertility rates; complementary gender roles; family autonomy and family independence. Continuing an earlier conversation, Dr. Allan C. Carlson, founder of the World Congress of Families, joins Monte Larrick to explore the connection between strong, biblical families and healthy societies.
Monte and Allan discuss the obstacles to reconstructing a culture of marriage and pro-family civilization, as well as how to most effectively express and promote social conservatism.… Continue Reading
Written by Jerry Newcombe
While America has unquestionably had deep racial problems and an agonizing history of oppressing Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, and other outrages, it seems that there are some among us who do not ever want to see the problems solved—or to admit progress in any form. There are those who make enormous profits, both monetarily and socially, by perpetuating the friction caused by America’s racist past, in contrast to Martin Luther King Jr.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alveda King, Ben Franklin, Donald Trump, Fox News Channel, hate, Jim Crow, John Perkins, Jr., Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., Patrick Henry, Racism, Tommy Tarrants
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | April 19, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Exacerbating Racism in America
Written by David Limbaugh
As we survey our rotting cultural and political landscape, it is tempting, from a worldly perspective, to lose hope for our way of life and our nation. As Christians, we have a greater Hope, one that transcends these worldly problems.
We must always train our focus on Jesus Christ, especially during this holiest of weeks, but let’s not in the meantime abandon our earthly duties — our responsibilities to family, friends, country and values.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
“All we can do is pray.” How many times have you heard someone utter these words, often with a somewhat defeatist attitude? Our Spotlight guests this week want you to know that the first thing, the most important thing, Christians can do is pray!
Speaking at an online event hosted by the Illinois Prayer Caucus Network in celebration of National Religious Freedom Day, Randy Forbes and Peter Breen stress the preeminent priority of prayer, especially as the practice and proclamation of our faith increasingly comes under fire.… Continue Reading
Written by David Smith
Now, perhaps more than ever before, Christians must be prepared to give an answer for the hope that is in us. (1 Peter 3:15) If you need to brush up on or strengthen your defense of the faith, or if you are new to the realm of apologetics, this highly informative and humorous edition of Spotlight is for you!
In his presentation at IFI’s 2017 Worldview Conference, Dr. Frank Turek shares the one question to ask a non-Christian.… Continue Reading
Written by Ed Vitagliano
Ideas have consequences, and the worse the idea, the more widespread the resulting catastrophe.
The socialist theories of the 19th century – the most influential of which was The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels – led to terrifying slaughter in the century that followed. In terms of a death toll instigated by the mind of man, the 20th century was the worst ever experienced by humanity.
“Nothing in the long span of human history comes close to the tyranny, terror, and mass genocide caused by Marxism in power – nothing,” declared C.… Continue Reading
Tags: C. Bradley Thompson, Capitalism, Che Guevara, Communists, Fidel Castro, Friedrich Engels, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Mao Tse-tung, Marxists, Sergey Nechayev, Socialists, Vladimir Lenin
Economics, Faith & Religion | Benjamin D. Smith | January 11, 2021 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Bloody Century, Compliments of Marxism
Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year. While 2020 has been a year of challenge, hardship, and loss for many in our state and nation, celebrating the incarnation of Jesus Christ – Emmanuel, God with us – transcends the restrictions and deprivation we have endured. The truth that the Son of God became the Son of Man and dwelt among us is foundational to the Christian faith and is our everlasting source of hope and joy.… Continue Reading
