John Stonestreet

• The Best Analysis of the 2020 Presidential Debate Was Given 42 Years Ago Thursday, December 31, 2020
  During the debate, my friend Trevin Wax tweeted, “Neil. Postman. He saw this coming forty years ago,” referring to how the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death, who described what happens in...
• J. LO and Shakira's Super Bowl 'Performance' and Our Culture's Mixed Messages Monday, December 28, 2020
  From the beginning, the sexual revolution has promised women that aggressively flaunting skin and sexuality was empowerment and that divorcing sex from marriage and procreation would be a means to...
• Life Lessons from It's a Wonderful Life Monday, December 21, 2020
  The classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is not just a film that reminds us to embrace the Christmas spirit, but it shares with us many valuable life lessons. 
• Britten's Ceremony of Carols Friday, December 18, 2020
  Christianity has been the inspiration of some of the West’s greatest art—in ancient times and even in the middle of World War II.
• Emmanuel! Readings for Advent Monday, November 30, 2020
  Advent is a time to recall God’s utter and unstoppable faithfulness to His people. Though Israel failed to keep its covenant with God, made at Sinai and renewed on several occasions afterward, He...
• Pray to Our Holy God for Our Divided Nation Monday, November 9, 2020
  This past Wednesday morning, the day after an election that is still not resolved, my friend Ed Stetzer challenged us, in direct and clarifying terms, what kind of church the world needs right now.
• Election Results and Jesus' Prayer for Unity Wednesday, November 4, 2020
  Former Colson Center colleague and current Family Research Council Senior Fellow Joseph Backholm's admonition in his Facebook post is spot on: “The future of our country and the quality of our...
• Election Day 2020: Why Voting Is a Christian Responsibility Tuesday, November 3, 2020
  Today is Election Day. What will the outcome be? Well, thankfully, because we live in a free society, it all depends on you and me. If you have not voted yet, I encourage you to go and fulfill your...
• A Demon’s Guide to the Election: How C.S. Lewis Addressed National Division Monday, November 2, 2020
  In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis warns of just how easily the enemy can use political engagement to confuse what are ends and what are means. Or, to use language we often employ at the...
• Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation Friday, October 30, 2020
  These are times are dark. Everyone’s trust is broken. We don’t trust the news. We don’t trust people’s motives. Don’t trust what they say. It is so like the times of Isaiah, where he groans, “See,...
• How Chuck Colson Thought Abortion Would Ultimately End Friday, October 23, 2020
  During a recent prayer gathering on the National Mall, Terry Beatley, recalled a story Chuck Colson told in a BreakPoint commentary 25 years ago.The story, of how God changed the heart of one...
• Live Not by Lies: The Least We Must Do Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  Former New York Times writer, Bari Weiss, recently published a piece warning of a “danger, this one from the left … one that has attained cultural dominance, capturing America’s elites and our...
• Why Progressive Christianity Is 'Another Gospel?' Tuesday, October 20, 2020
  A recent survey has found that nearly a third of self-described evangelicals do not believe that Jesus Christ is truly God.
• Our Tax Dollars Still Fund the Destruction of Embryos Wednesday, October 7, 2020
  Since 2009, the number of embryonic stem-cell lines approved for federally funded research has grown from 60 to 484. Embryos were destroyed to create those new stem cell lines, and our federal tax...
• Questions to Ask the Candidates Monday, October 5, 2020
  A few weeks ago, a friend and listener asked what questions Christians should ask candidates. Because there is no perfect candidate but so many issues, casting an informed vote requires research....
• Why the Left Is Attacking Amy Coney Barrett (It’s Not Just Because Trump Nominated Her) Tuesday, September 29, 2020
  At root, there’s more to this hatred of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett than the legitimate disagreements and debate inherent to the nomination process. There’s even more to it than being...
• Repentance Sunday Thursday, September 24, 2020
  This Sunday, September 27, hundreds of churches throughout America will be participating in a time dedicated to prayer and repentance. What’s being called “Repentance Sunday” has been organized and...
• How Abortion Poisoned Our Politics (and Everything Else) Wednesday, September 23, 2020
  President Trump says he will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court by Saturday.