Politics

What does the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich have to do with America’s current sociopolitical climate? An interest in German martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, has resurged, perhaps because of parallels with Christians in the current United States. Bonhoeffer’s biography crystallizes the spiritual nature of Hitler’s rise to power. Here are a ...

Perhaps I am naive, but I have been a steadfast supporter of “the system”, believing that, ultimately, our government, “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, is a righteous endeavor begun by our nation’s founding fathers. I believe it started out that way. Sure, there were those ...

We are special creations of God as described in Psalm 139:13-16. These verses say that God formed our “inward parts” and wove us in our “mother’s womb.” It goes on to say that we were “skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.” Verse 16 adds this: “Thine eyes have ...

Since 1973, through the decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme court, over 57 million tiny humans have been terminated before getting a chance at life. Whose decision is it to keep these fetuses alive? Abortions have always been widely viewed as a “woman’s issue.” Especially since women who are ...

Just recently I received a magazine in my school mailbox with the headline titled, “Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom.” Instantly the article’s words began to rub me the wrong way. We exist in a world that lives, eats, and breaths tolerance, but what does it really mean to be tolerant? ...