by John Davidson Recent polls show about a quarter of American adults either don’t plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine or want to wait on it. The numbers have held steady for months: 27 percent in a recent Quinnipiac poll, 25 percent in an NPR/Marist poll from late March, and 30 percent in a Pew survey from mid-February. After…
Category: Culture
Do You Love Black People?
by Samuel Sey Christians who embrace critical race theory are right about one thing: many white Christians are not loving black people. Except, they don’t know they are speaking about themselves. If you love black people, you should hate critical race theory. If you love critical race theory, you’ll be tempted to hate people—especially black…
Mitch Rapp, R.I.P.
Ian Fleming’s James Bond is the classic example of iconic figures sprouting from the popular spy/military/crime thriller genre of literature. Others include the French detective Jules Maigret who appeared in 75 Georges Simenon novels. More recently, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan topped the charts. But my favorite of them all is Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp. Sadly,…
Who Killed George Floyd?
Raise your hand if you think the police murdered George Floyd? Ok. Anyone believe they just wrongfully contributed to his death? Given the role that Floyd’s death has played in the turbulence and violence in our culture for much of this year, these are important questions to ask. Especially within the church. In some ways,…
Election Reader: Liberal Oppression, Censorship, and the Path Forward
Kamala Pledges to Get Rid of Trump Tax Cuts – Breitbart Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) spoke to Hispanic Americans at a campaign stop in McAllen, Texas, on Friday, telling them that she and former Vice President Joe Biden’s “first order of business” is to get rid of President Trump’s tax cuts. “I promise you this…
Election Reader: Pro-Joe (and Pro-Abortion) Evangelicals
A fair amount of evangelicals are going Pro-Joe! Or at least declaring they will not vote for President Trump. Here are some excerpts from articles explaining why they are wrong: Election and the Spirit of this Age: A Response to John Piper – Mark and Timothy Belz Yet, by God’s providence, there is a team…
Election Reader: Polls and Prognosticators
Here is a series of tweets, excerpts, and links about where things stand and where they are heading: A November Surprise: Trump And The Coming Red Wave Zogby Analytics: Trump Approval at 51% (poll released on Oct 9; 833 likely voters; conducted 9/25-27) pic.twitter.com/cvTLFBlvH3 — PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) October 9, 2020 Don’t Get Suckered By The…
Pro-Abortion Evangelicals
Have you ever noticed how much more complicated it is to cover up the truth rather than confess it? For instance, God tells us: “And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished” (Genesis 1:31-2:1). Yet rather than simply confess, as the Westminster Divines did,…
Warfare in Grant Park
by John Hinderaker (Powerline) Last night Communist and Anarchist rioters attacked the statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park, Chicago. Police tried to guard the statue, and a pitched battle ensued, with 18 police officers injured and a dozen rioters–nowhere near enough–arrested. The rioters gained temporary ascendancy over the police, got control over the statue…
Facts About COVID-19
by Swiss Policy Research According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu). In countries like the US, the UK, and also Sweden (without a lockdown), overall mortality since the beginning of the year is in the range of a strong influenza…