Category: Culture
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The best book I read this summer: Where the Wind Leads
I was born in Vietnam, but I was not Vietnamese; I was raised in America, but I was not American. I grew up Asian in character but American in culture, a citizen but always refugee. I had no lessons from the past to guide me, no right way to do things in the present, and…
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No matter how terrible things seem, the gospel shows that there is always hope
Andrew Stoecklein was pastor of a megachurch in California who took his life last week. I’ve seen many stories shared about this man this week. I’ve seen articles about social media posts his wife has made in the wake of the loss of her husband. It’s an incredibly sad story. Successful young pastor. Growing megachurch.…
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New gender study suppressed because it doesn’t fit agenda
I originally read about this story on the DailyWire. A recent article from a Brown University researcher named Lisa Littman was published on the subject of rapid-onset gender dysphoria. In short, there can be a social component to issues with gender identity. The article suggests the hypothesis that: friends and online sources could spread certain beliefs. Examples…
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The danger of rabid political correctness – Auto racing driver loses sponsor for comment his father made in the 1980s
There have been incidents in the past when comments a person made years ago resurface and come back to haunt them. I certainly don’t want to justify or excuse hateful comments. But people are also capable of changing. And I think that’s one thing our society is struggling to accept with the social media mobs…
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Urban Meyer keeps job, but is it worth the cost?
I’ve gone back and forth on the Urban Meyer story. When I initially heard about it, I thought it was blown out of proportion but studied it in greater detail and thought it would result in Meyer’s termination. But I continued to dig and more information came out and I started to think that Meyer…
Josh Benner 