On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty senior airman in the United States Air Force assigned to the 531st Intelligence Support Squadron in San Antonio, Texas, approached the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., dressed in his military fatigues. It was around midday, and he had just set up a Twitch livestream under a […]
Using ‘Ethnicity’ When You Really Mean ‘Race’
Anthropology, much like its subject matter, has always been rife with debate and controversy. As history unfolds in real-time, studying humanity only proves itself to be an uphill battle to diagnose the human condition. Intentional or not, a recent book published by Founders Press finds itself wading into the discussion. “Just Thinking: About Ethnicity” was […]
Suffering And Judgement Among The Nations
Every day, we engage with suffering. It’s often described as “a fact of life” and, at other times, viewed as a “means to an end.” Philosophers throughout history have wondered if this pain is merely an indelible mark on our existence, while others argue that it is the forge by which our virtue is shaped, […]
Rejecting Left-Wing Framing
There seems to be a rather persistent misunderstanding of the rationale behind rejecting Leftist framing among conservatives. It is a deep-rooted confusion that would greatly benefit from a more rational discourse. After all, the goal of the Right-wing movement is not to “find the real racists.” The goal is to reject such a framework in […]
Rules For The Christian Right
In 2018, evangelicals in the reformed world decided it was finally time to slow down the social justice movement. Dubbed the “Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel,” several well-known theologians found their signatures on a document meant to target the Left. Unsurprisingly, the statement drew criticism from the intended audience. “They’re so imprecise in […]
The Insufficiency of Race Realism
It has been more than four years since the death of George Floyd, yet the Christian discourse on race has only managed to devolve. Progressives, of course, never stopped their rants about racism. In the conservative world, the mere subject of race is — to this day — treated like an unapproachable leper. Even conservative-minded […]
Towards a Christian Understanding of Religious Liberty
As far as metrics are concerned, quantifying Religious Liberty is a nearly impossible task. The current methods of appraising persecution have proven themselves to be woefully inadequate, often confusing democracy itself with the true object of Christian martyrdom. Even the act of defining Religious Liberty is a complicated undertaking. For starters, it is impossible to […]
Moral Equivalence: The Ethics Of Truthtelling
Analogies have many uses. Done properly, they provide insights into complicated subjects, making it easier to relate to an analogous scenario. But if done poorly, a tortured analogy will undermine a listener’s understanding, resulting in a worse interpretation than before. As far as logic is concerned, it is best to use only the most apt […]
The Agent Of Natural Law: Conscience
Why isn’t common sense common? It is a simple question but one that provokes a plethora of answers. Some argue that a lack of shared experience produces this phenomenon and that proper education could get us all on the same page again. Theology-minded individuals may blame the curse of sin, along with all its rationale-reducing […]
IVF – A Closer Look At An Unregulated Industry
In 1978, the first baby conceived by IVF was born. Nowadays, about 1-3% of all births in the US rely on this technology for conception. But after 40+ years of living with this technology, it seems as if Christians still don’t really know what to make of it. Denominational statements on the subject are sparse; […]