Society & Culture

“God hasn’t been removed from the picture; he’s been relocated. Where did God go? There are as many answers as there are people. Consider some conversations I’ve had recently.” - TGC

“Baylor University scholar Paul Froese said the findings may reflect a greater interest in magical thinking as people move away from traditional religious beliefs.” - RNS

“The post-liberals are not wrong to point out many of the serious limits of theoretical or philosophical liberalism. Nor are they wrong that liberalism has been increasingly defined by excessive individualism, contempt for tradition and traditional wisdom…. But the post-liberals tend to throw the baby out with the bathwater.” - American Mind

“This article isn’t a justification for Gen Z’s political trajectory, nor is it an endorsement. Think of it as reconnaissance. This is a trip into the mindset of a generation that feels betrayed—and into the ideologues who have successfully captured that frustration and weaponized it.” - CPost

“Imagine you meet a single mother struggling to raise a 2-year-old alone—her dreams of medical school crushed and unlikely to be fulfilled, her dating life filled with an endless series of men who back away from raising someone else’s child….You see that she is breaking under the strain, and just as you are thinking how sad it is, someone hands you a button.

“This Hanukkah and in the aftermath of the horrifying Australia attack, let us be worthy heirs to their inspiring legacy, and let us, like Clay, stand against the antisemites who dishonor them, their faith, and their country.” - Providence

“Americans who had a good experience as children were likely to keep their faith. Those with bad experiences left” - RNS

“Jeffress told Baptist Press at the time it was not a campaign rally. ‘I would just say I’ve never seen a campaign rally where there was a plan of salvation given, and a prayer of salvation offered for those who wanted to trust in Christ,’ he said.” - Baptist Press

“It’s tempting to either give up and stop resisting or veer into full-blown panic about the academic outcomes we’re seeing in many American schools. How are we supposed to prepare our children for a tech-infused future we can’t comprehend? Do we resign ourselves to a post-literate, post-numerate future where machines do all our thinking?” - CToday

“My own children are in seventh and ninth grade now, and they’ve never experienced a single day of school without working on a screen. Yes, even in kindergarten. Yes, even before they could read.” - Gleanings