Christian Refugees Need a New Home: Time for the U.S. to Step Up

The Trump Administration has been a stalwart defender of Americans’ religious liberty. From repealing the HHS mandate, to protecting religious rights in the workplace, and especially the appointment of justices and judges who respect the first...

John Stonestreet | Roberto Rivera

Christians Die, Media Mum: Genocide in Nigeria

Over the past week, Senior Colson Fellow Glenn Sunshine has taken to Facebook to do something that much of the mainstream media—to its discredit—has neglected to do: alerting people to what is happening to Christians in places like Nigeria.

John Stonestreet | Roberto Rivera

Animal “Culture”?: Knocking Humans Down a Peg

A recent article in the national magazine of the Sierra Club asked the question, “Does a Bear Think in the Woods?” Beyond the clever play on the old rhetorical question, the article made the remarkable claim that the intelligence of bears,...

John Stonestreet | Roberto Rivera

Stand by the Kurds—and Our Christian Brothers and Sisters: Let the White House Know

On Sunday, President Trump announced that some 1,000 U. S. troops would be withdrawn from Kurdish-controlled regions of Syria.

John Stonestreet and David Carlson

China’s War on the Bible: If You Can’t Ban it, Alter it

A recent article at WORLD Magazine reported how the Chinese-language app called “WeDevote” recently surpassed 10 million downloads.

John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera

God in the Space Between the Stars: Voyager 2 Leaves Our Solar System

If you want to feel small, just imagine moving at 34 thousand miles per hour for forty years and getting—astronomically speaking—nowhere.

John Stonestreet | G. Shane Morris

Killing by Mail: Why We Need to Make Abortion Unthinkable

Abortion clinics are facing a new challenge, but this time it’s not from the pro-life movement. Mail order abortion pills could be a game changer.

John Stonestreet | Roberto Rivera

How the Church Can Mend the Tears in Our Social Fabric

According to a recent poll published in Reason magazine, trust in American political parties is at a historic low. For the first time, more than 50 percent of the electorate now identifies as Independent, as opposed to Republican or Democrat.

John Stonestreet | Timothy D Padgett

The Blessing of Rest

If you doubt the importance of Sabbath, just run a quick Google search for terms like “exhaustion” or “burnout” or the various mental disorders that accompany the habits of our society. This is what crashing back down to earth looks like for a...

John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera

Why the Greatest Gift the Church Can Give Us Right Now Is Forgiveness

The cancel culture ethic doesn’t simply exist “out there” in the larger culture; it has infiltrated our homes. Our dinner tables have become personal social media platforms. Increasingly, this doesn’t merely take the form of political ideology, it...

John Stonestreet & Shane Morris

'Pro-Choice' to 'Pro-Abortion'

All of the Anti-Choice and Anti-Abortion language served a rhetorical purpose for supporters of legal abortion. To avoid an unhelpful rhetorical tit-for-tat and maintain focus on the morality of abortion, the Colson Center and BreakPoint typically...

John Stonestreet | Glenn Sunshine

What's the Surprise? A Fashion Brand Sexualizes Children

The world of high fashion is strange. Turning heads and calling it “art” is nothing new, but there are lines that even the edgiest refuse to cross. In November, the Paris-based fashion brand Balenciaga released back-to-back ad campaigns featuring...

John Stonestreet | Kasey Leander

Of Primates and Percentages: No, Humans Aren't 99 Percent Chimp

Certain ideas just won’t die, no matter how often and thoroughly they are debunked. Most of us have heard some scientist, journalist, teacher, or entertainer claim that “human beings and chimpanzees share 98-99% of our DNA.” That statistic is an...

John Stonestreet | Shane Morris

The Faith of Mariano Rivera: The Hammer of God Heads to Cooperstown

Since 1932, 323 players, managers, executives and umpires have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. What they all have in common is that none of them, not even Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, or Joe DiMaggio, were elected...

John Stonestreet | Roberto Rivera

Holy Versus Happy: Combating a Consumerist Culture

Chuck Colson provides insights into how consumerism and the philosophy of self-help has infiltrated the church and what we can do to combat it.

Chuck Colson

God Is No Luddite, and We Need Not Be Either

God is no Luddite. We need not be one either. A truly Christian worldview celebrates the beauty of innovation, while maintaining healthy skepticism about any and all utopian promises.

John Stonestreet | Kasey Leander

The Push for Polyamory Is Here (as Predicted)

Christians must challenge the smorgasbord of perversion being presented to culture as healthy for marriage.

John Stonestreet | Shane Morris

Those Weirdos With Lots of Kids: Fecundophobia Defined

Could it be that the presence of children in large, happy families is an affront to the conscience of a culture that has allowed, with very little protest, the abortion of 55 million unborn children?

John Stonestreet

Should Christians Honor the Legacy of Columbus?

Probably every American school child old enough to study history has heard the little rhyme, "In October, 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." But what should Christians think about Columbus Day? Is he a historical hero or villain?

How Do Superstar Athletes Gain Fame in God's Eyes?

Isn’t it great when sports superstars live as well off the field as they do on it? I’ll tell you about a couple of them -- and their faith -- next on BreakPoint.

John Stonestreet

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