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Jan 27, 2023 • 5min
When Artificial Intelligence Makes Art, What Becomes of the Artist?
What is “art” in a world where artificial intelligence can not only replicate nearly any image, but produce original images with superior skill and precision? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 26, 2023 • 1min
Evidence for King David
Recently, scholars announced another breakthrough discovery relating to Israel’s King David. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 26, 2023 • 5min
Trans “Medicine” Based on Bad Science: New Study Debunks “Dutch Protocol” Research
The science for medical gender transitions for children and teenagers is far from settled, and we should have no patience for those who say otherwise. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 25, 2023 • 1min
NHL Player Refuses Pride Jersey
Last week, Philadelphia Flyers hockey player Ivan Provorov refused to wear a jersey for the NHL’s Pride Night. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 25, 2023 • 4min
American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall
According to a CDC report released in December, the life expectancy of Americans fell by about seven months in 2021, reaching the lowest point in two decades. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 24, 2023 • 1min
Hollywood’s Reckoning With the Sexual Revolution Continues
Years after the dawn of the Me Too movement, Hollywood’s reckoning with its embrace of bad ideas about sex continues. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 24, 2023 • 5min
Effective Compassion vs. Effective Altruism
A Christian moral vision does not reduce humanity or humans to a math equation. The effectiveness of our compassion cannot be adequately measured only in totals. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 23, 2023 • 1min
Cannabis Is Just a Placebo
Recently, National Geographic covered the growing trend of experts now questioning the efficacy of marijuana as a treatment for what it is most commonly prescribed: pain relief. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 23, 2023 • 5min
What Christians Can Learn from Secular Humanism
A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their “defining statement of World Humanism.” If nothing else, secular humanism is a cautionary tale for Christians who think of the Christian faith as a kind of humanist project. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

Jan 20, 2023 • 56min
China’s Population Crisis, a Hockey Player Refuses Pride Jersey, and Controversies over Statues
After decades of restricting population, China finds itself with an emergency caused by too few people and the LGBTQ comes for an NHL player who puts his religion above homosexual coercion. — Recommendations — Strong Women podcast with Jeanne Mancini Prufrock Newsletter Dutch Blitz card game Segment 1 - China's Population Emergency MarchforLife.org Segment 2 - NHL player refuses pride jersey Segment 3 - MLK and John Witherspoon statues "The Real Problem with New MLK Statue" Micah Mattix on Prufrock "Should John Witherspoon’s Statue Remain at Princeton?" Breakpoint Robert George on moral superiority For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org