[Pastor Chris Butler] It’s Time for a New Way Forward on Abortion
By building infrastructure to support families, we remove the crushing burdens of unplanned pregnancy – thus making abortion unnecessary and unthinkable.
How Will the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Affect Religious Freedom?
In 1946, at the point of Soviet NKVD guns, 216 priests of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church annulled the Union of Brest-Livotsk which had brought them into communion with Rome; according to the Soviet authorities, this action ended the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church as an entity within the Soviet Union. Following this event, later known as the…
Peacemaking in Ukraine and Beyond
“If you can’t feed one hundred people, then just feed one.” – Mother Teresa “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.” – Matthew 5:9. There are so many worthy causes in this world-worthy of our time, talent and treasure. But with the internet and social media, we are so aware…
The Death Penalty Is an Assault on Human Dignity
There is an abiding presence in Christian thought of the power of baptism. For one, most believe it “indelibly” marks the person baptized. St. Augustine, for example, defends this understanding in his Against the Letter of Parmenian, arguing against re-baptism. A more contemporary reflection on this thought underlies the drama of Graham Greene’s novel, The…
Martin Luther King Is More Relevant Than Ever
If Martin Luther King hadn’t achieved a kind of secular sainthood by his death, I doubt he would be near-universally acclaimed the way he is today. James Cobb writes: “According to an early 1968 Harris Poll, [MLK] died with a public disapproval rating of nearly 75% . . . The basis for today’s approval rating…
The Pro-Life Movement We Need
But God set me apart from the time I was born. He showed me his grace by appointing me. – Galatians 1:15 * The term “pro-life” can elicit so many emotional responses. The few words carry so much weight and connotation. Some associate “pro-life” with just pro-birth, abandoning families once a child is born. Others…
“Everyone Will Sit Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree”: A Conversation With John Médaille and Alexander Salter About the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
[Alexander Salter is the Georgie G. Snyder Associate Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, the Comparative Economics Research Fellow at TTU’s Free Market Institute, and an associate editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise. He is a senior fellow at the Sound Money Project and a senior contributor to Young Voices. His first book, Money and…
“Wars and Rumors of Wars”: A Conversation With David Koyzis About the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
[David Koyzis is a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada and has a PhD in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He’s the author of Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. The following transcript has been edited for space and clarity.] * The American Commons:…
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: 8 Criteria by Which to Evaluate Its Injustice
These eight criteria, honed and refined over thousands of years by ethicists, military leaders, and politicians, interlock with one another such that a violation of any one criterion effectively rules as “unjust” the military strike under consideration.
The Isolation That Is Sabotaging Our Politics Is Also Literally Killing Us
If you’re old enough, you might remember the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave. I do not. Because I was 13 months old. But you might. In July of 1995, Chicago saw the worst heat wave in years. For weeks leading up to it, the folks at the local weather station were warning people to stock up…