The Best Advice the Class of 2023 Will Hear
Did a pro football player just tell grads marriage and kids are more worthy than a career? For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 11, 2023•58 sec
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Why Millennials Think They're Broke
The aging generation may not be in an economic crisis as much as in a crisis of meaning untethered from absolutes. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 11, 2023•5 min
Dogs Before Mothers
Preference for pets over humans is spilling into actual policy. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 10, 2023•1 min
The Great Book Ban Panic of 2023
Good books tell children the truth about the world and who they are, respecting their age, imagination, and innocence. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 10, 2023•5 min
Telling the Truth About Chemical Abortions
Proponents argue that chemical abortions are safe, but nothing could be further from the truth. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 09, 2023•1 min
Solzhenitsyn's Graduation Speech Revisited
A Nobel Prize winner from a Communist country had prophetic words for America. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 09, 2023•5 min
Beauty Everywhere, even Online
There is beauty everywhere, even amidst the filth and rancor online. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 08, 2023•1 min
Why Avoiding Suffering at All Costs Undermines Compassion and Medicine
Christians show Christ by helping those in need through the suffering, not by eliminating it altogether. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 08, 2023•6 min
A New Report on Religious Freedom Worldwide, States Rethink Decriminalizing Drugs, and the Godfather of AI Quits Google
A new government report finds religious persecution around the world is growing, states that decriminalized drugs are rethinking that plan and John and Maria discuss a leading voice in Artificial Intelligence saying he regrets his life work. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 05, 2023•48 min
God's Design for Sex Is Still Best
Sex was designed by God for the perpetuation and sustaining of creation. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 05, 2023•1 min
The Historic Connection Between Sierra Leone and William Wilberforce
A look at the slave history in the country of this year's Wilberforce Award recipient. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 05, 2023•5 min
God the Spirit
The Holy Spirit is not the forgotten God but is at the heart of the Christian life. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 04, 2023•1 min
"Technoshamanism": Why a Post-Christian Future Is Still Religious
In the history of the world, the wholesale rejection of the supernatural is a quirk of Western secularism. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 04, 2023•5 min
Massachusetts Town Discriminates Against 7-Person Unions
However many numbers trendy marriage laws allow in, God's simple union plan of one man and one woman to create life really works. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 03, 2023•1 min
The Stubborn Facts About Saving Sex: Doing Things God's Way Works
Multiple studies confirm the "try before you buy" plan fails marriages. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 03, 2023•6 min
Athanasius and the New Testament Canon
On this day of May 2 in 373, Athanasius of Alexandria died in the city where he served as bishop. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 02, 2023•1 min
Doctor-Assisted Suicide for Anorexia?
The value of every human life is inherent, not determined by what we can do or how we feel. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 02, 2023•5 min
Washington Bill Removes Parental Rights
Another measure makes parents suspects of the state over true advocates for their children. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 01, 2023•1 min
Is a "Surge of Faith" Happening With Younger Americans?
The Church has a great opportunity to offer right ideas about faith, truth, and love to a primed generation slightly askew. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
May 01, 2023•5 min
The Future of Anglicanism, Should Christians Influence Culture, and Italy Seeks to Restrict Surrogacy
Anglicans gathered last week to debate the church's position on a host of cultural issues and John and Maria discuss how much influence the Church should have on the world. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min
How a Culture of Death Contorts Logic
Recently in The New Atlantis , physician Matthew Loftus described how a culture of death has distorted our view of the vulnerable. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 28, 2023•1 min
The Mayflower Story Repeats Itself
Four years ago, the 60-plus members of the Shenzhen fellowship fled their homes in Communist China. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 28, 2023•5 min
More Kids Are Self-Harming
More phones in hand correlates to a concerning increase in teen mental health issues. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 27, 2023•1 min
Is It Biblical to Seek to Influence Culture?
God's plan will come through, but Christians should stay in the game. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 27, 2023•6 min
Bill in Italy to Restrict Surrogacy
Further protection against viewing family as a commodity is a good thing. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 26, 2023•1 min
The Victims of Divorce: Statistics and Stories of Hurting Children
No matter the reason, divorce is especially costly for children, something adults are quick to minimize and ignore. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 26, 2023•5 min
Covenant Students Restore Officers' Faith
In a touching moment at a press conference earlier this month, Drake thanked the students of Covenant School. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 25, 2023•1 min
The Viral Kids Are Not OK
Recently, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt launched a Substack newsletter called After Babel to explore the cultural effects of social media which, he says, reminds him of the biblical account of the tower of Babel. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 25, 2023•5 min
BONUS: The Church Shines in the Colson Fellows Affiliate Program
The Colson Fellows Church Affiliate program provides churches, from every denominational background you can imagine, with thorough training in Christian worldview and in-depth cultural analysis. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 24, 2023•35 min
The Benefits of Marrying Early
According to a recent study from the Institute for Family Studies, "On average, early-marrieds enjoy slightly higher marital quality than later-marrieds" on metrics like "relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, teamwork, and communication." For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org
Apr 24, 2023•1 min
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