Opinion

Slavery is evil, we all agree. Or do we? But slavery didn’t end in 1865. There is a credible case to be made that there is slavery today in China, among an ethic group called the Uyghurs (pronounced WEE-gers). The Uyghurs are mostly Muslims, but Wendy Wright, president of Christian Freedom International, says that included […]

The great 19th century Russian novelist Dostoyevsky once said, “Starting with unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism.” Dr. Os Guinness (who earned his doctorate at Oxford) is one of the most thoughtful Christian spokespersons in modern evangelicalism. He is the author of about 30 books, including the IVP book, “Last Call for Liberty: How […]

Would the founders of America agree with socialism? Would Jesus agree with it? Despite its consistently abysmal track record, socialism has a lot of appeal among many Americans today. Some even claim that being a Christ-follower should make you a socialist, not one who believes in free enterprise. Economist Lawrence Reed of the Foundation for […]

The story of the English Bible is fascinating. Historian Harold Rawlings, author of Trial by Fire, joins Jerry Newcombe to talk about the struggle to get the Bible into the English language. Wycliffe and Tyndale and Coverdale should be household names. Rawlings is a collector of many old Bibles and manuscripts. https://www.haroldrawlings.com/  

If Jesus had never been born, to borrow a phrase from C. S. Lewis, it would be “always winter, but never Christmas.” But some Christians, even today, think of the celebration of Christmas as a pagan holiday. When the Pilgrims and the Puritans had the opportunity to assert their influence, they did not celebrate Christmas. […]