by David French When it comes to considering the arguments of newly resurgent Christian progressives, we hold these truths to be self-evident: Jesus was not a socialist, the Bible is not an economics textbook, and while scripture commands believers to help the poor, it also commands the poor to help themselves. As Pope Francis gains […]
Why Western Nations Should Only Accept Christian Refugees
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. As refugees from the Middle East flood the West, a number of countries—including Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, and Australia—are defying political correctness by wanting to accept Christian refugees only. While more “progressive” voices cry “racism,” the fact remains: there […]
Russia and the West Have Swapped Spiritual and Cultural Roles
by Iben Thranholm “Russians are returning to Christianity in a modern and contemporary context” “They are familiar with the bitter fruit of atheism and have no appetite for the bleak and barren wasteland it produced” “in Russia, Christianity is associated with being modern and progressive” “the young, the hip, the wise and the wealthy, express […]
Bad News for Supporters of Women in Combat
When politics interfere with reality and science. The US Marines tested all-male squads against mixed-gender ones, and the results were pretty bleak. by Svati Kirsten Narula In 2013, the US military lifted its ban on women serving in combat. Shortly after, the Marine Corps began what it calls an “unprecedented research effort” to understand the […]
If You’re Not Early, You’re Late
Are you habitually late to Church? Don’t pretend or kid yourself that you’re serious about it. Unintentionally being late demonstrates an overall lack of consideration for the lives of others. You just don’t care. by Brent Beshore I have a magic pill to sell you. It will help you make more money, be happier, look thinner, […]
How Plumbing Saved The World
How Plumbing (Not Vaccines) Eradicated Diseases Vaccines have done a great deal of good in the past, but plumbing, clean water, and sanitation are the real stars of saving the world from disease. by Joel Edwards Vaccines get all the glory, but most plumbers including the experts like the Toronto plumber will tell you that […]
Orthodoxy in the American Public Square
by Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster The prevailing political and cultural elites in America are succeeding, steadily and surely, in plunging our society into a post-Christian vortex that bears a striking resemblance in many ways to the formative centuries of the ancient Church. Faithful early Christians had to endure an inhospitable culture and a decadent ethos, […]
Want Sustained Happiness? Get Religion
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Turns out that the secret to being sustainably happy is no secret. Note that this article was using Christianity as the ‘religion’; I wouldn’t necessarily think that it is universal across anything that passes for a religion today. A new study suggests that joining a religious group could do more for someone’s “sustained […]
Be Mindful…
…be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the […]
Christians, Make Bricks Without Straw
by James Kushiner An Orthodox Layman, James Kushiner is the Executive Editor of Touchstone magazine, and Executive Director of The Fellowship of St. James. The Church has dealt with tyrannical dictators, ostracism, persecution, and arm chair quarterbacks for millenia. Mr. Kushiner’s article explains the battleground with clarity. Whether it be Babylon, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Islamic terrorism, the Ottoman Empire, […]