Society & Culture

“Searches at @biblegateway for ‘sorcery’ jumped 193% after some made a connection between the Greek root word pharmakeia and the Covid-19 vaccine.” - Lifeway

“The declaration was organized by the United Kingdom-based Women’s Human Rights Campaign, which describes itself as a ‘group of volunteer women from across the globe dedicated to protecting women’s sex-based rights.’” - CPost

“In addition to Center founder Charles Overby, I was joined by three logical voices on this subject.First, political scientist (and GetReligion contributor) Ryan Burge …. Marquita Smith of the University of Mississippi faculty… Daniel Darling” - GetReligion

“Catholics (99 percent) and Protestants (97 percent) are most likely to commemorate the day of Jesus’ birth. Still, significant majorities of Americans of other religions (74 percent) and those with no religious affiliation (82 percent) also celebrate Christmas.” - Lifeway

“the key question is whether five justices can be convinced that there is something sounder—more constitutionally defensible…that can replace Roe/Casey. The most important storyline in today’s oral argument will be whether Mississippi, in defending its 15-week abortion ban, can argue that there is.” - The Dispatch

“As the Supreme Court hears arguments on abortion law, bad rulings should get tossed out for good. So should the ‘surviveability’ standard.” - CToday

“We have left boys and men exposed to the toxicity of online radicalization through our failure to carve out an appropriate social space in which they can express themselves.” - IFS

“On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health….abortion will once again be in the national spotlight, and when the court announces its decision sometime next year, it will generate massive media attention.” - TGC

Kristin Du Mez and Beth Allison Barr’s books have created a four-alarm firestorm among certain Christian theologians. 9Marks and CBMW have devoted considerable time to explaining why their books on (respectively) masculinity and gender roles in Christianity are allegedly “dangerous.” This is alarmist nonsense.

“…history shows that the church becomes a mere extension of the state when it falls into the trap of nationalism.” - Henley