Our $35 trillion national debt costs us 2.3 percent of our GDP to service, and that will rise to 7.2 percent of GDP by 2053, according to the Peterson Institute, levels we associate with Third World nations skirting national bankruptcy. The implications for national security are dire. We know that America’s military power is declining. But nothing on the political...

　　The summer of 2020, when George Floyd’s murder inspired America’s “racial reckoning,” seems a distant memory. Although talk of a right-wing backlash is often overstated, we have witnessed some effective pushback against left-wing identity politics from the right. “Wokeness,” as it is sometimes called, is not defeated, but it has faced meaningful headwinds in recent years. At times, this has...

　　What Christ’s return will do for you 　　We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. -Romans 8:22-23 　　A...

　　The following essay is adapted from Jeremy S. Adams’s new book Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans. 　　If you are a normal American citizen who hasn’t been a vigilant observer of intellectual trends on college campuses the past few decades, the nihilistic nonsense on vaudevillian display at some of America’s most exclusive universities the past...

　　God Is a Patient Father 　　Weekly Overview: 　　It’s vital to the Christian life that we as sons and daughters of the most high God allow our affections to be stirred by the loving, powerful nature of our heavenly Father. Too often we feel that God is distant or separated from us. Too often we allow misconceptions or lies to place...

　　War movies shape public memory—and our remembrance of World War II most of all, since it was the moment America ascended to its current eminence among world powers. The memory we have of WWII, to the extent we have one, is formed by Saving Private Ryan and especially Band of Brothers. Peaceful liberals like Steven Spielberg, the all-American wizard of...

　　In 1951, urbanist Edward C. Banfield wrote a book called Government Project, based on his dissertation at the University of Chicago. Banfield had once been an ardent New Dealer who worked in the Farm Security Administration. He became dismayed with what he saw and channeled his thoughts into a study of a government-sponsored farm co-operative called Casa Grande in Arizona....

　　A Prayer of Comfort for Families Missing Their Fallen Military Heroes 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His faithful servants” - Psalm 116:15 　　Dr. Jerry Newcombe, Executive Director ofProvidence Forum, explains, “We are free in large part because others sacrificed on our behalf that we might be free. Memorial Day is an...

　　God Is Right Next to You (Psalm 16:8) 　　By: Anne Peterson 　　I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.- Psalm 16:8 　　I woke up and started reading in the Word. We’re encouraged to do this as Christ-followers. It prepares us for the day. To me, it’s like nourishment....

　　Weekend, May 25, 2024 　　When Heaven Is Silent 　　Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help. (Psalm 86:1 NLT) 　　Have you ever prayed about something but there was no answer from Heaven? Maybe you’ve been praying a lot about a certain situation and it’s as though God isn’t listening to your prayer. 　　God...

　　Two young American missionaries were murdered in Haiti on Thursday amid the ongoing crisis of gang violence that has overwhelmed the country. 　　Davy and Natalie Lloyd and a staff member named Judes Montis were ambushed by three trucks full of gang members while coming out of a youth group service at Missions in Haiti in Port-au-Prince, according to the missionary...

　　This week Christian humanitarian aid organization World Vision appealed an employment discrimination case to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Earlier this month, a lower federal judge had ordered the organization to pay $120,000 in damages in the case after ruling that the organization discriminated when it decided not to hire a job candidate in a...