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Oct 12, 2022 • 58sec
The Lemon Test Needed to Be Shot Down
Just because someone feels offended by the sight of prayer doesn't mean that it's coercive. The Lemon Test is now gone, thankfully, and religious liberty will be better protected because of it.

Oct 12, 2022 • 5min
Homelessness in America: Why Many Solutions Fail
The solution to homelessness must always revolve around re-engagement with relationships, with families, with community, and all the values that spring from them: responsibility, accountability, restoration, grace, and connection.

Oct 11, 2022 • 1min
Reps for Jesus
F3 offers a witness to the goodness of fellowship in the lives of men—and particularly how fellowship grounded in faith in Jesus just seems to be the strongest and most life-giving kind there is.

Oct 11, 2022 • 5min
Family Isn't Fake
Can the definition of family "morph"? Is family a real thing that exists, or is the word family a mere placeholder for any relational arrangement? Children need their moms and their dads. Moms need their husbands, and dads need their wives. These needs aren't fake, socially constructed, or culturally conditioned. This month, for a gift of any amount to the Colson Center, we'll send you Chesterton scholar Dale Ahlquist's compilation of Chesterton essays, The Story of the Family, and also provide access to a video series developed by Ahlquist exclusively for the Colson Center. Visit colsoncenter.org/october for more information.

Oct 10, 2022 • 1min
Emma Revell Moody, a Strong Woman
Emma's poise, serenity, and sense of humor counterbalanced her husband's impulsive, emotional nature and became the backbone of [Dwight] Moody's success.

Oct 10, 2022 • 5min
Yes, Men's and Women's Sports Should Be Separated
Recently in The Atlantic, Maggie Mertens declared that "separating sports by sex doesn't make sense." As long as equality means sameness and exceptions disprove created norms, we can expect headlines to only become more and more absurd, reflecting even more creative mental gymnastics.

Oct 8, 2022 • 1h 15min
Regulative Assaults on Pro-Life Resource Centers, Engaging as Christians on Social Media, and Re-definitions of Infertility and Marriage
As pro-life resource centers undergo not only physical assaults but regulative ones, John and Maria discuss how we can support them. They then consider what to make of the Herschel Walker allegations and how Christians can engage with others on social media. Concluding, they discuss the historical process leading to a gay couple claiming infertility and a judge re-defining marriage to be polyamorous.

Oct 7, 2022 • 1min
Planned Parenthood's "3 Percent" Fallacy
Abortion is big business for Planned Parenthood, no matter how they fudge the numbers.

Oct 7, 2022 • 4min
Living as Earthly and Heavenly Citizens
God did not create generic people with shapeless identities. While there is not biblical warrant to call any nation "Christian" since the days of ancient Israel, there's plenty for living fully as Christians as citizens of our nations.

Oct 6, 2022 • 1min
Legalized Pot: A Gateway Drug to Corruption
The data is in, and legalizing marijuana never delivers what is promised.


