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Decades before our contemporary culture wars and complaints about its commercialization, T. S. Eliot described various perspectives about Christmas in his poem, “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees.” It is worthy of Advent reflection: There are several attitudes towards Christmas,Some of which we may disregard:The social, the torpid, the patently commercial,The rowdy (the pubs being open till midnight),And […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Pro-life protesters participate in a blockade at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, on Dec. 5, 2025. | Terrisa Bukovinac As abortion continues to wane as a top issue of concern for American voters, some pro-life groups are resorting to “peaceful civil disobedience” by […]
In a recent Substack, Rod Dreher described an art exhibit in Austria entitled “You shall make for yourself an image.” As the name suggests, the point of the installation is to blaspheme Christianity, particularly during Advent. One photograph in the exhibit, entitled “I am the Mother too,” features a man dressed as Mary holding the baby Jesus. The caption reads, “The allusion to the Virgin Mary is […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Screengrab/FBI Boston/X Authorities have released images of a person of interest as part of their investigation into the shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others wounded. An unknown gunman entered the Barus & Holley building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, […]
This month marks the 160th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which permanently ended slavery in the United States. The Amendment was passed by Congress in January of 1865 but only became part of the Constitution when three quarters of the states voted to finally close an ugly chapter in American history. What Lincoln called “the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty […]
Critics often argue that much of what Christians think of as biblical truth and morality are inventions of late twentieth century American conservatism. So, Christian sexual ethics are products of 1990s “purity culture.” Claims about the exclusivity of Christ are remnants of Western ideological imperialism. And the pro-life movement was invented by Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to get Ronald Reagan in office. However, the first Christians were known and often attacked for […]
After his amazing victory on Mount Carmel against the prophets of Baal, Elijah fell into deep depression. Not only had he seen God work in a miraculous way, he had proven before Israel Who was the one true God. And yet, almost immediately, Elijah questioned whether God could protect him from Jezebel and (falsely) believed that he was […]
Over the last several decades, radical feminist ideas have successfully convinced generations of young people that women don’t need men, that children should never come before a woman’s career, that masculinity is toxic, that sex is “free,” and that “a woman can do anything a man can do, and with heels on.” As a result, fewer young women aim to be wives or mothers, and many who do are ashamed to admit it. Instead, women have been taught to see the procreative aspects of who they are […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, December 10, 2025 A pro-abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C. | Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images The White House says it has the “utmost confidence” in Food and Drug […]
In a striking scene in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge asks two men raising money for the poor, “Are there no prisons? … And the Union workhouses? … Are they still in operation?” When the charity supporters reply that many would rather die than go to such places, Scrooge replied, “If they would rather die … they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” Later in the story, Scrooge […]