Society & Culture

“…pro-lifers today are awakening to serious worldview challenges that went largely unnoticed when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. These challenges don’t replace the ones I wrote of during the previous Trump presidency; they represent additional challenges for 2025 and beyond.” - Desiring God

“Both Mahmoud v. Taylor and Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton address a fundamental question: Will parents maintain their God-given right and responsibility to protect their children and guide their moral development?” - TGC

“For many of these voters, being on the political right is not about being conservative, at least not socially conservative. The result is significant lack of clarity on the political right about what social conservatives hope to conserve.” - Breakpoint

“’We must be doing something right to last 200 years.’ Can we say the same thing this year as we celebrate our 250th anniversary of the American Revolution’s start in 1775? … it’s worth thinking about what we have done right, what we’re doing wrong, and whether we can get back on track.” - Marvin Olasky

“If we want to understand President-elect Trump’s relationship to Christian faith, we would do well to attend to the writings of the pastor who Trump has praised on many occasions—for the Christianity Trump praises is not historic orthodoxy, but rather the revisionist egocentric version articulated so clearly in Peale’s book.” - Dispatch Faith

“Public trust in pastors has dropped to a new low, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey finds that only 30% of Americans rate clergy as highly honest and ethical, continuing a downward trend.” - CPost

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“Christians around the world are being attacked and killed, forced to flee and driven underground, the annual report finds.” - RNS

“Hegseth is interesting because he is the first potential cabinet secretary in almost a century to wed unambiguously Protestant Christianity with his understanding of warmaking.” - Providence

“The ERLC will press forward on the issues that matter to Southern Baptists: protecting life, safeguarding religious liberty, bolstering marriage and families, and upholding human dignity.” - Baptist Press

“In 1967, my mother was 10 years old. By that time, she had for about a year been taking a city bus alone, from her residential neighborhood to Philadelphia’s city center…. had also been babysitting her two younger siblings—alone in the house, not as a mother’s helper—from the age of seven.” - L&L