Freedom. As Americans, it’s a word we are all familiar with. Even upon hearing that word, you might have visions of fireworks and bald eagles. Perhaps you thought of your…
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Teach Us to Number Our Days: A Response to Pride Month
Note: This article was originally published at Alliance Defending Freedom on June 14, 2023. You can tell a lot about a society by how its people dedicate their time. What times do…
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How Gender Ideology Undermines Reality
Have you ever heard of “gender ideology” or “gender theory”? They sound like niche terms that you might hear at a lecture on a public university campus. In some sense,…
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Should Christians Have a Sexual Identity?
This is a paper that was presented on March 31, 2023 at the ETS Far West Conference 2023 at Grand Canyon University. INTRODUCTION Over the last several decades, our culture…
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How Preferred Pronouns Threaten Free Speech
Note: This article was originally published at Alliance Defending Freedom on November 8, 2022. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir says concerning the one ring, “Is it not a…
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The Dangers of Compelled Speech
Note: This article was originally published at Alliance Defending Freedom on October 31, 2022. The First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech protects us from censorship of what we want to say,…
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Book Review: “Still Time to Care,” by Greg Johnson
I’ve been looking forward to reading Greg Johnson’s book Still Time to Care since it came out. While I have some disagreements with Greg Johnson (more of which I will…
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Sexual Orientation as Ontology: A Theological Critique
This was a paper I presented at the 2022 Evangelical Theological Society SW Conference on April 1, 2022. Download it as a PDF or read it below. Abstract Over the…
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How the Ministerial Exception Protects Religious Institutions from Government Interference
Note: This article was originally published at Alliance Defending Freedom on February 16, 2022. For any organization, its mission statement is core to its identity. And to advance that mission,…
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Christian Review of Netflix Documentary “Pray Away”
A new documentary was recently released on Netflix called Pray Away (watch a trailer for it below). Pray Away delves into the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy” or “reparative…
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