Breakpoint

As the intentional handiwork of a Creator, we have a foundation to discover the meaning our culture has lost.

Though we love the idea that God is not “safe,” we often live as if our safety or comfort marks the boundaries of our relationship with Him. Many Christians cannot conceive that God’s will for our lives could involve anything unpleasant or uncomfortable.   (This Breakpoint is re-published from 11.4.21) 

Critical theories cannot offer the beauty of constraints or hope in suffering.

Suggesting we should kill unborn children for economic reasons is an atrocity, but those who link childrearing to economic realities are actually right. Just not in the way they realize. 

Science is being made subservient to religious values and immaterial claims because every worldview is a kind of faith. As the epistle of James warns, demons, too, believe, which is why we should all tremble when we consider where this “woke” religion is taking us.

Watching Dahmer won’t make every viewer a serial killer, but it won’t help us love our neighbors either. As Marshall McLuhan observed, we become what we behold. 

Marriage isn’t about self-fulfillment, or even about companionship (as important as that is). It’s about “fruitfulness,” or taking care of the creation, something that required additional image bearers. To receive a copy of The Story of the Family, along with access to a series of exclusive teaching videos by Dale Ahlquist, who compiled the essays for the book, go to colsoncenter.org/October.  

Defenders of marriage and the family are often accused of “idolizing” marriage and family. This month, with a gift of any amount to the Colson Center, receive The Story of the Family, a book of essays by G.K. Chesterton compiled by the scholar Dale Ahlquist. You’ll also receive access to a video series on the book by Ahlquist. Go to colsoncenter.org/October. 

Whether married or single, the call of Christ for His people is to reject a life focused on individual self-fulfillment and instead embrace a life focused on Christ and His Kingdom. That’s why we are making available an amazing new book featuring G.K. Chesterton’s best writing about the family. The Story of the Family is compiled by the Chesterton scholar Dale Ahlquist. Receive a copy—and access to exclusive videos Ahlquist created for the Colson Center—with a gift of any amount this month. Go to colsoncenter.org/October. 

John asks Alexandra questions about abortion, ranging from the error inherent in the language “removing the right to abortion,” the radical nature of Michigan’s Proposal 3 on the ballot, the case for the child in the womb, and building a pro-life culture.