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Jason Samenow, The Washington Post, and Climate Change
It was a rainy Saturday morning in Eastern Montana. I woke up, made myself a cup of coffee, and similarly woke my computer from its nightly slumber. I checked my Facebook notifications as... READ MORE
What Made America Great: Individualism, Liberty, and Self-Control
Donald Trump campaigned on ‘Make America Great Again’, but was America ever a great nation? And, supposing she was, what made her great to begin with? Call me a conservative, but I believe... READ MORE
Fatherhood & The Large White Board on Our Dining Room Wall
The large white board in our dining room received a lot of use today. First, over breakfast, I used it to explain to my sons a project I was working on from home.... READ MORE
How a Gay Black Man Became the Face of White Privilege
A Story of White Privilege Consider, for a moment, a young white man from a privileged home who goes off to college and joins a fraternity. This young white privileged frat boy begins... READ MORE
The Problem of Evil in the World
Why do bad things happen to good people? How can a good God who loves us permit all the suffering in this world? These and other questions related to the problem of evil... READ MORE
Pro-Life Birthday Traditions In Our House
Today is Mother's Day, my wife's thirty-second birthday, and a week and a day since the eighth birthday of my fourth son. Let me tell you about the last of those three. READ MORE
Tribalism, Morality, and Political Discourse
A few weeks ago, popular evangelical preacher, Ravi Zacharias, responded to the much-talked-about Mueller report with the following criticism: If anyone ever thought the Mueller report would bring an end to this constant... READ MORE
One Christian’s Response to Harry Potter and Magic in Fiction
I was in high school when JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Perhaps I thought I was too old to read a kid’s book. Or maybe I was too distracted by sports and... READ MORE