Breakpoint

Stories of the faithful who have gone before offer a perspective for our own life and faith that we cannot get anywhere else.

Sure, go ahead and let the kids dress up like Batman and hit up your neighbors for candy. But when the hoopla of modern Halloween is over, encourage your kids to imitate some real heroes—not in what they put on, but in how they live their lives. That was Chuck Colson, from October 31, 2007, describing the rich history behind All Saints' Day.

John and Maria talk about prioritizing issues for voting in the midterm elections. Afterward, they discuss the factors leading to a decline in reading and math skills for K-12. They end on the moralistic mysticism affecting the hard sciences and medicine.

As youth struggle with an unprecedented loss of satisfaction and sense of meaning, God's Word is the best way to draw them closer to the One they're already keen to know.

No matter what day it is, Paul's instructions in Philippians 4 should guide our celebrations. Christians should think on "whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable." (This commentary is an updated version of one that first aired on Oct. 31, 2014).

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.