by Mark Marshall | Oct 19, 2020 | Totalitarians, U.S. Politics
In 2004, Hugo Chavez, El Presidente (And God knows how many other titles. Communists just love titles.) of Venezuela was not pleased with the Supreme Court of Venezuela. For it had the temerity not to rubber stamp all his actions and decrees. Well Hugo wanted a...
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 Matt Kennedy | Aug 21, 2020 | Abortion, Podcast, The Gospel, U.S. Politics
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss why abortion is such an important issue for Christians, the biblical warrant for a pro-life stance, and what a broad view of “pro-life” really means. Want to join the conversation or...
by David Fischler | Jul 10, 2020 | Social Justice, U.S. Politics
One of the most important novels of the 20th century is George Orwell’s social justice warrior handbook warning against totalitarianism entitled 1984. In it, he gives us this exchange between O’Brien, the Inner Party torturer, and Winston Smith, the...
by David Ould | Jul 8, 2020 | History, Social Justice, U.S. Politics
The label “Cultural Marxism” has been used for a while now by some people to describe a particular wave of activism that we’re increasingly seeing across our western liberal democracies. What’s happened more recently is a push back against the label. Critics suggest...
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,...
