What’s one of the biggest things Christians struggle with in college?
“So what is it that people struggle with the most? The average believer on the college campus looks around and realizes that virtually every single person he knows, including the vast majority of the professors that he studies under, thinks that he’s crazy. In other words, let’s imagine that 10 percent of the college campus is evangelical (and that’d probably be generous on some college campuses); that means 90 percent of a person’s classmates think Christianity is nuts and that it doesn’t make any sense at all.”
Your therapist has a theology
Your therapist has beliefs about human nature, gender and gender roles, the difference between right and wrong, the sanctity of marriage, the purpose of life, and the purpose of therapy, and all of these beliefs may coincide with the reality God has crafted, or may be in denial of that reality. So what your therapist believes really matters!
10 reasons Marxism is bad for humanity
The author of Modern Marxism: a Guide for Christians in a Woke World offers up this answer to a horrible but oh so popular economic system.
The ongoing Reformation of the Christian Reformed Church…
2022 was a turning point – the CRC adopted the Human Sexuality Report which clearly condemned adultery, homosexuality, and pre-marital sex as unbiblical. And it required all ministers, elders, and deacons agree… or face discipline. Then, in 2023, when the liberals tried to reverse course – being more and more open in their defiance to God’s law – the liberals lost. And in 2024, the discipline came, and in response, liberal congregations started leaving. And the result of that was that the biblical turn in the CRC was only amplified. So…. wow!
The CRC still embraces women in office, but we can thank God for what He has done already in the CRC, and we ask Him to continue in this work.
NY mayor imposes 1-year moratorium on AI in schools
New York’s Mayor Mamdani is a socialist so I’m not a big fan. But this got my attention. A moratorium (for kids K through to Grade 8) – rather than a ban – says, we don’t understand this yet, and we want to be cautious before we embrace it. And we want to be particularly cautious because it is impacting kids. I like the thought, particular with the damage we’ve seen done to kids with the advent of another recent technological leap, the smartphone.
The need for caution with AI and students is the same reason the world is all agog with it – AI is powerful. Discerning adults may be able to use its power with due caution and care, we can’t expect naive kids to. How many times has one of your kids latched on to something because they’d “read it on the Internet somewhere”? I just read Douglas Wilson’s critique of his coverage on Wikipedia; adults will latch onto that and presume it must be so. AI, with its personalized, conversational, always available, always agreeable persona, is that sort of compelling but on steroids – that it is amazing is why it can be just so dangerous for kids.
Tariffs hurt both sides
Pierre Poilievre made the rounds on US news shows this past month to highlight why it is in the United States‘ best interest to eliminate their tariffs. And he’s right on the money – US tariffs don’t just hurt Canada, they also hurt American consumers, because now those consumers will have to pay higher prices. Donald Trump ignores that impact, pointing to his home-grown producers who will benefit if they don’t have to compete with Canadian producers.
But expand that logic. If US producers benefit from Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods, then why doesn’t each state implement tariffs on all out-of-state goods? Shouldn’t that benefit their own in-state producers?
- So why doesn’t New York put a tariff on Texas beef?
- Why doesn’t Colorado put a tariff on California’s avocados?
- And why doesn’t South Dakota put a tariff on Alaskan-caught salmon?
Now the problem with tariffs is becoming more obvious. We know that the inland state of South Dakota will never be any good at catching wild salmon. If South Dakota placed tariffs on Alaskan salmon all it can do is hurt the state’s salmon consumers while helping no one. The same would be true with Colorado tariffing California avocados – consumers would be hurt, but no producers would be helped because Colorado just isn’t a place to grow avocados.
It might be different with New York – if their tariffs on Texas beef were high enough, maybe a local, really missing his New York steaks, might start raising a few cattle to sell because the inflated prices could make it worth it. But while inflated meat prices would help a local producer, it would only be at the great expense of all of New York’s meat-eating citizens.
Just as we all have our own talents, states – and countries too – each have their special abilities and advantages. Different counties can make some products better, faster, or cheaper than other countries. That’s why free trade makes everyone richer – it allows us to trade what we’ve specialized in and can make good and cheap for what others can make good and cheap. When prices drop, then everyone can buy more with the same money. Consumers benefit.
That’s the pitch Poilievre made to America: drop your tariffs to help yourselves. And that’s the same reason why Canada shouldn’t implement counter-tariffs: because Canadian tariffs will hurt Canadian consumers.