“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

That’s the opening line of the Declaration of Independence. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, it asserts that all individuals have inherent, God-given rights that cannot be taken away by any government. They can’t be taken by government because they were not granted by government. But what’s a shame in 2025, is that we have democrat Senators in the U.S. Senate who don’t seem to understand this most basic American principle.

Joseph Backholm & Ashley Vaughan, “Everyone legislates their beliefs,” September 26, 2025.

Delano Squires, “Democrats must face their Christian exodus,” September 19, 2025.

R. Albert Mohler, Jr. “Yes, Sen. Kaine, our rights come from the Creator,” September 5, 2025.

Our public life in America has become so morally deformed that now, a cold-blooded murder caught on camera elicits no more than a shrug, a smirk, or even all out laughter and dancing in the streets. When did we become such horrible people. It’s interesting that Charlie Kirk’s organization was called “Turning Point USA.” I believe that right now the USA is actually at a turning point.

Robert J. Pacienza, “A turning point for America,” October 1, 2025.

Nathan A. Finn, “A revival pattern in America,” September 19, 2025.

King Charles III recently approved the nomination for the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the leader of the Church of England, what we often call the Anglican church. That news would be of minor interest to a small segment of specialists, except for one thing: the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury will be a woman. Biblically, is that a problem?

The assassination of Charlie Kirk occurred almost a month ago, and interesting story lines continue to emerge related to that event. For example, on September 8th, two days before the assassination, Jezebel magazine published an article with the headline, “We paid some Etsy Witches to curse Charlie Kirk.” Let’s talk about the presence of evil in our generation.

Graham Faulkner, “Etsy witches and the murder of Charlie Kirk,” September 18, 2025.

James R. Wood, “Be neither terrorized nor radicalized,” September 16, 2025.

Well, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that we are now in full-blown football mode. College football is underway and the NFL has kicked off with its new ’25-’26 season. Everything should be wonderful in the world of football fans. Except, one of the story lines in the NFL this year is the increasing prominence of male cheerleaders.

Ray Hacke, “This is nothing to cheer about,” August 27, 2025.

Denny Burk, “Jen Hatmaker and her appeal to deconstruct,” August 26, 2025.

On Saturday a week ago, thousands of Shiite Muslims marched together in a parade celebrating the Muslim holiday, Arbaeen. This holiday translates it’s title as “The Fortieth Day,” and it commemorates the martyrdom of a leader named Imam Hussein, who was the third Shiite Imam, or spiritual leader, the grandson of the founder of Islam, Muhammad. Let’s talk about that.

A.S. Ibrahim, “CAIR, Mahmoud Khalil, and progressive naivety,” August 27, 2025.

___________, “A revealing Muslim rally,” August 20, 2025.

It doesn’t take much real insight to recognize that things have changed around here. The America of 2025 is vastly different from the America of 30 or 40 years ago. And I often hear Christians use a verse from Psalm 11 to throw up their hands in despair. Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Let’s talk about what the righteous can do.

Thaddeus Williams, “An anti-gospel take on greed,” August 11, 2025.

Katy Faust, “The myth of ‘no difference’,” August 4, 2025.

_________, “The end of the rainbow?” June 30, 2025.

Janie B. Cheaney, “Times of testing,” May 15, 2025.

I call it, “Bumper-sticker Theology.” That’s my label for the kind of theology that involves no deep, contemplative, pondering or meditation of the weighty issues of faith. But rather it’s like a drive-by approach to significant issues where we just wave at them as we go past and summarize our conclusions in pithy phrases that fit well on t-shirts or bumper stickers. We have a plague of bumper-sticker theology in our generation.

Daniel Schreiner, “Engaging with ‘Practicing the Way’: Nine Thoughts on John Mark Comer’s Best Seller,” March 12, 2025.