by Zach Dawes Jr | May 25, 2023 | Feature-, News
The U.S. is among 17 advanced economies in which most adults embrace change over sticking to traditions, according to a Pew Research Center report published May 15. More than six in 10 (63%) U.S. adults “say their country will be better off in the future if it is open...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 14, 2022 | Opinion
One issue of debate in Christian tradition has been over when life begins, when it is viable and what the status of a fetus should be. The sciences (reason) can inform us on these topics. Certainly, something happens when an egg is fertilized. But for pregnancy to...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 13, 2022 | Opinion
The Bible gives us, at best, only pointers in thinking through debates surrounding abortion. What insights we glean suggest that abortion within limits is compatible with the Bible, taken as a whole. Christian tradition has, for most of its history, officially...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 12, 2022 | Opinion
The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion. That was the determination of a majority of the Supreme Court justices in their June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This ruling handed the issue of regulating abortions back to...
by Jack Moline | Jan 18, 2022 | Opinion
There is a natural resistance to change among those who uphold a culture of tradition. And since most of us uphold such a culture in one context or another, there is a natural resistance to change for most of us. Our traditions ground us, and even when we recognize...