What the state recognizes you must recognize. From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m Jon Stonestreet with The Point. Yesterday I talked about how important words and definitions are to public debates, like the current one over so-called same-sex “marriage.” The language of “banning” it is not only inaccurate since it hasn’t existed in those states voting on…
The choice of words really matter. From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m Jon Stonestreet with The Point. With the president and vice-president each announcing their support for expanding the legal definition of marriage to include same-sex relationships, and with Republican candidate Mitt Romney voicing his position over the weekend, we can be certain that this will be…
If those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, we’re in trouble. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. What’s the difference between Winston Churchill and Sherlock Holmes? Well, according to a large cross-section of British teenagers, one’s historical and the other not—but not in the order you think.
What does it mean to “be saved”? From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Praying the “sinner’s prayer” to “ask Jesus into our hearts” so when we die we go to Heaven. That’s often the language of our evangelism, but is it the language of the Bible?
Another ethical can of worms is open. Are Christians ready? From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Scientists in New England and the U.K. have figured out how to produce unlimited human eggs in the laboratory using stem cells taken from women’s ovaries. This is a huge discovery. According to the British Independent,…
As we choose a president, what about the “M” word? From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet for The Point. In a recent interview, after it became all but certain Mitt Romney a Mormon would be the Republican nominee, ABC asked Rick Warren if he considered Mormons Christians.
Is the crucifixion pornographic? For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. According to the Reverend Kay Campbell, the Passion of Jesus Christ on the cross is a kind of pornography and may even teach Christians that violence is okay.
Why is everyone bashing religion? For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. It’s becoming more popular by the day to criticize religion in favor of “spirituality” or “a relationship with Jesus.” But when people say they hate religion, what they usually mean is that they hate legalism.
Don’t believe the media spin. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Yesterday, I talked about Emily Herx, a Catholic school teacher fired when she tried to get pregnant via the process of in — vitro fertilization. According to news reports, this woman was a brave victim of a diocese who wants to…
Fired for “wanting a family?” Not quite. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Emily Herx, recently fired as a Catholic school teacher is suing her diocese for unlawful discrimination. Why? Herx was undergoing in vitro fertilization to become pregnant. Media reports say that Herx’s diocese and school hated the fact that she…
Christianity comes pre-defined. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. T.V. legend Oprah Winfrey admitted in a passing reference during her LifeClass Tour in New York last month that she is a Christian. “[but] I’m not asking you to be a Christian,” she said. “It’s not required. I have respect for all faiths.”
Contraception isn’t the answer. From the Chuck Colson Center for Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Recently in Christianity Today, my friend Matt Anderson chastised Christians for their take on contraception. He was reacting to a recent Christian conference where over 60% of people said the church should advocate contraception to singles in order to reduce abortions.
They marched for civil rights, but now they’re the oppressors? From the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with the Point. Nathaniel Thomas is used to taking controversial stands on social issues. He’s marched and protested for civil rights. But now, he and other black pastors who oppose so-called gay marriage are being accused of intolerance. Apparently,…
They think they’re helping, but they’re not. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Yesterday I talked about the assault on gender taking place in Sweden. As Nathalie Rothschild reported in Slate magazine last week, it’s out of control—almost every aspect of society is being remade to be gender neutral.
Not he, not she, but hen. For the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Instead of the so-called war on women, we should be concerned about the growing war on women and men—it’s the war on the very idea of gender itself. The first skirmishes of this war are being fought in America, but…
