BreakPoint

Though most commencement speeches are things worthy of forgetting, in June of 1978, at Harvard University, America heard the prophetic voice of renowned Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. 

Once upon a time, married couples having children was the norm, an expected stage in life most people shared. Now, it is often treated as an exception—an individualistic consumer choice undertaken only by those with independent means and lots of free time.  

Schaeffer demonstrated that “charity and clarity” must go together. His deep compassion for people and firm conviction in truth has left an enduring legacy. May we follow his example.  

God never tires of creating or sustaining his creation because he delights in it.

Years ago, in honor of Mother’s Day, the late Chuck Colson described the devotion, love, and faith of Monica, the mother of St. Augustine.  

Deconstruction is about tearing down, opposing, and moving away from rather than towards anything or, for that matter, Anyone. At stake is whether we live in a world where it is possible to truly know truth and its Author, or not. 

Last month, comedian and Real Time host Bill Maher made comments about abortion that shocked those on both sides of the issue. 

"Every age has its characteristic temptations, and today the very structure of modern institutions works against the cultivation of moral courage."

The only way to distinguish the legitimate from the dangerous, the false, and the nefarious will be to know clearly what it means to be human. Perhaps, then, the real danger of AI is timing.

Our faithfulness requires being counter-cultural in our attitudes about sex and children, an insistence that sex be confined within its God-given scope of monogamous marriage, honoring its God-given purpose, and welcoming all children who result into our families and into the community of faith, including those discarded by pagan parents.