First Thoughts

The Future of Evangelicalism

Evangelical leaders weigh in on what they see coming in the next five years. Continue Reading »

The Coming of the Age of Gibberish

An editor's comment points to the ridiculous linguistic gymnastics the New Left is now inflicting upon itself.  The Age of Gibberish has arrived.
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First Links—7.23.15

Crush Planned Parenthood
Kirsten Powers, USA Today

Time for Rush Limbaugh to Smother Trump
Matt Lewis, Daily Beast

Surrogacy and Same-Sex Marriage: A Tale of Two Countries
Christopher White, Public Discourse

AP poll: Downtick on support for same-sex marriage. Mainstream media: (shrug)
Jim Davis, Get Religion

Same-Sex Marriage and Our New Religious Politics

More and more, one of our two major political parties is identifying itself as secular, and the other as religious. That’s a very bad thing for America. Continue Reading »

First Links—7.22.15

Utilitarian Arguments for the Family: A Recipe for Failure
Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative

Cuba and America: The End of an Estrangement
John Lee Anderson, The New Yorker

6 Things Christians Can Do About Same-Sex Marriage
Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet, The Gospel Coalition

Pope Francis Has Chosen Social Media Star Robert Barron for Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post

Polygamy's Coming. (Yawn)

Clickbait titles are rampant on the Internet, but I was still surprised to see William Baude’s article “Is Polygamy Next?” in the morning print edition of the New York Times.The thrust of his argument is that marriage and child rearing is an experiment which has been suppressed throughout . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links—7.21.15

A ‘Modest Proposal’, Planned Parenthood edition
Kathleen Parker, Washington Post

Wheaton College May Have to ‘Outsource Sin'
Timothy C. Morgan and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today

Digital Imaging ‘Unwraps' 1,500-Year-Old Biblical Scroll
Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Forward

‘There's No Real Fight Against Drugs’
Ginger Thompson, The Atlantic

Secular Sundays in a Common Europe

Last week was a momentous one for the European project. On Monday, the Greek Parliament passed an austerity package that other Eurozone members, especially Germany, had demanded as a condition for considering Greece’s request for an €86 bailout. Negotiations will now begin. How they will end is . . . . Continue Reading »

The Amazon Smear

Ryan Anderson’s new book Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom now has 157 comments at the Amazon page. The average rating in the “Customer Reviews” section is 3.5 stars out of 5, a score that would cast it as a middling effort in ordinary circumstances. But . . . . Continue Reading »

More Americans Oppose Obergefell v. Hodges than Support It

A new Associated Press-Gfk poll, released on July 18, reveals that the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision to make same-sex marriage a constitutional right has not solved the deeper debate in this country, contrary to the media assertion that this is settled “law” and that everybody needs to . . . . Continue Reading »