Category: Culture
Persecuted Christians Resettled in US Drop Dramatically Under Trump
The United States is on track to welcome the fewest refugees since its resettlement policy was formalized in 1980, by a substantial margin. Capped at 18,000 people for 2020—the lowest ceiling on record—the US has...
“If You’re Angry, Just Vote” Is Not Enough
A common refrain in the aftermath of public demonstrations — including the nationwide protests in response to the murder of George Floyd — goes something like this: “If you’re angry, just vote.” Vote? Yes. Just vote?...
Why Didn’t I Know About John Witherspoon?
I think this a lot when I read biographies of lesser-known but extraordinary people. Why are they lesser-known? Why don’t I know more about them? That was my immediate thought upon reading the introduction to...
The Simplest Act of Profoundest Consequence
The civil rights movement had long been brewing under Jim Crow and in the aftermath of World War II, when it became clear that the freedom and equality Americans would die for abroad was not...
Most Popular Children’s Stories of the First Quarter of 2020
It’s hard to believe, but my son is almost four months old! I’ve said from the start that I want to give him good stories. That desire inspired me to write a children’s story every...
Piper’s Clarion Call to God–and to Action–in ‘Coronavirus and Christ’
Much of the world is reeling. A virus, microscopic yet with global proportions, is racing across borders and grocery store aisles, spurring a communal anxiety even more contagious than the respiratory disease it causes. The...
‘The Hardest and the Saddest Week’
“This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly.” Those were the words of US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, speaking to “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace....
Give It to Those Who Need It
We’ll be receiving our checks soon. Big fat $1200 checks. From the government, no less. As part of the multi-trillion dollar stimulus, DC decided to give every American adult a $1200 boost. Children will receive...
How Does a Pandemic Shape Your Faith?
In his 2019 book, “Reappearing Church,” Mark Sayers offers a prophetic glimpse into what happens when a world-shaking event collides with the imagined stability of the “secularist script.” His words are incredibly prescient. And the...
Faith and Facemasks in China: Covid-19 as an Opportunity to Preach
Police in Wuhan, China, the former epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 16,000 (as of 12:00 EST, 23 March) and made hundreds of thousands ill, used to put down Christian...