Race: Science or Fiction?
by John Heers, First Things Foundation I’ve just returned home from a trip to the Georgian Republic. I went there to visit one of our First Things Foundation field workers. His name is Oswald, a great guy. During my trip…
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Recovering the Christian Virtue of Intolerance
by Pastor Andrew Isker Recently at the NYC Pride march, the crowd was observed chanting “we’re coming for your children.” Understandably and rightfully this has caused an uproar. Similarly, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, which included multiple level three…
Gab.com Refuses To Comply With Irish “Hate Speech” and “Anti-Prayer Zone” Laws
Part of Gab’s mission is to export the First Amendment to the entire world. To do this we regularly must tell foreign governments to pound sand when they make requests for user data and demand that we censor content that…
Terminal Decline of Civilization and Hope for the Future
by Pastor Andrew Isker The United States is well within a period of terminal decline. This is a cause of great discouragement and even despair for many. For many years the decline was noticeable but easy to deny. Slowly, imperceptibly…
Embracing Truth and Defying Fear
Christians are often confronted with challenges that test their faith and convictions. In the face of today’s moral ambiguity and cultural relativism it is essential for believers to stand firm in their understanding of the Truth and take bold action.…
Great Books of Christianity: The Modern Era
by ThinkingWest The most challenging period in which to select the great books of Christianity is the modern era. The sheer volume of Christian literature produced in the last two centuries makes extracting out “the best” a difficult task. Moreover,…
Great Books of Christianity: Reformation and Enlightenment
by ThinkingWest In our third installment of the Great Books of Christianity, we explore the works hailing from one of the most tumultuous times in Christian history: the Reformation. As new forms of Christianity spread throughout the West, theologians on…
Great Books of Christianity: The Medieval Period
by ThinkingWest Christianity is no stranger to the great books of the West and stands out among the great books as the inspiration for many of the foundational works of philosophy, literature, and science. Thus, there are a subset of…
Christian Nationalism and the Most-Abused Verse in the Bible
by Pastor Andrew Isker There is currently no verse in the evangelical world more abused than Galatians 3:28. Only recently did this newcomer knock off the decades-long world champion, Matthew 7:1 “judge not, lest ye be judged.” But today, in…
Great Books of Christianity: The Early Church
by ThinkingWest Perhaps no other topic has been written about in the West more than Christianity. In the past 2,000 years, tomes on the faith have been written by kings, monks, prophets, and laymen alike. One might conclude that no…
Evolution: The Greatest Story Ever Told?
How evolution evolved from the minds of men… by John Heers, First Things Foundation In this edition of Heavy Things Done Lightly, the plan is to take a walk through history to discover something like antecedents. Where does Darwin’s evolutionary…
The Christian Duty To Produce “Cultural Christianity”
by Pastor Andrew Isker One of the most commonly held ideas within conservative evangelicalism is that “cultural Christianity is bad because it produces nominal Christians.” Nearly everyone has heard this from evangelical pulpits at one time or another. The former…