by Mark Marshall | Nov 2, 2020 | Anglicans, Religious Freedom, Social Justice, U.S. Politics, Woke Church
I’ve been around clergy enough to cut them some slack and maybe some grace. If they avoid preaching heresy in most sermons, obey most of the Ten Commandments on good days, and rarely repay evil for good, then I’m good . . . as long as they don’t butcher the liturgy,...
by David Fischler | Oct 12, 2020 | Abortion, Freedom of Speech, LGBTQIetc, Religious Freedom, Social Justice, U.S. Politics
Since the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the question of “court-packing” (increasing the number of seats to 11, 13, or 15, with all additional members being of one ideological stripe) has been a subject of discussion by the political...
by David Fischler | Sep 9, 2020 | Religious Freedom, Totalitarians, U.S. Foreign Policy
Little known fact: Disney has no problem with genocide, as long as ignoring it doesn’t get in the way of making a profit.This past weekend, the live action re-make of 1998’s Mulan premiered to the absolutely predictable applause of the critics. But what...
by David Fischler | Jul 25, 2020 | Religious Freedom
This year’s U.S. Supreme Court term has had its ups and downs for freedom of religion, but I doubt that anything is as fraught with dire implications as the decision that came down yesterday. In a 5-4 decision, a majority said that states could arbitrarily and...
by Anne Kennedy | Jul 15, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Religious Freedom, Social Justice, The Gospel
All my open tabs this morning are about Bari Weiss, Nick Canon, and Cancel Culture. I’ve tried to avoid clicking on anything in the NYT (I’m almost out of my free articles) as a matter of principle, but I keep getting sucked in anyway. This line from Ross Douthat...
by Matt Kennedy | Jun 22, 2020 | Jesus, Podcast, Religious Freedom, The Gospel, U.S. Politics
In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the Supreme Court’s recent Bostock decision, continue their exploration of the world’s anti-Gospel, and consider what the Christian life will look like in a world that, more and more,...
