I visited the Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorial on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I was 31 years old, and it was my first time visiting the World Trade Center. Even though I often visit family in New York and recently moved to Manhattan, I avoided visiting the World Trade Center because I knew I …
The right to change one’s name in the United States for any reason, by court order, isn’t something that we usually think about. We remember monumental court cases around civil rights, and nearly everyone can point to Roe v. Wade. But changing your last name? Sure, Prince changed his name—but he’s a celebrity, and for …
As the national conversation around healthcare continues, there are few proposed solutions from the perspective of those of us who would like to see less government spending overall and less government involvement in our health care in particular. As Americans struggle to find ways to cope with the cost of health care, medical students struggle …
The new Administration has made fighting racism a political priority. While it is debatable whether this is a task that should be entrusted to the government, the government can take a positive step towards eliminating racism by eliminating race categories. Scientifically speaking, race does not exist. There is more genetic variation within a single race …
American colleges and universities commonly promote social justice through their departments, curricula, policies, hiring decisions, and campus events. A scroll through campus news, events, course offerings, and scholarly publications will show support for dismantling racism, abolishing prisons, and using government policy to create a living wage. However, it is equally common for institutions of higher …
“China is at war with faith, but it is a war they will not win,” said Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback in his keynote speech on December 18, 2019, at a standing-room only panel discussion hosted by the Hudson Institute. The event, “China’s Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang and the U.S. …
Painting: Jasper Francis Cropsey, Autumn–On the Hudson River. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. American landscapes: I spot them two galleries away. I’m on the main floor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It’s my second visit and I still haven’t made it through the West building. On my first …
Pastor Robert of Jinja Miracle Centre Gateway invited our mission team for a radio broadcast on Victoria 92.1 FM. We share the good news that Jesus came to liberate the oppressed and destroy hierarchical systems of power, particularly between men and women. September 12, 2019.
For three and a half hours our plane passed over the Sahara desert. I was thrilled: though I’d camped on the edge of the Sahara in Senegal ten years earlier, I’d never seen the desert’s depths. Now, I didn’t see merely its depths. I saw its entirety. Shining, dark expanses that looked like lakes spread …
If you’ve spent some time on my blog, you will have noticed my passion for missions. Where did this passion come from? One of the first books I ever read as a Christian, Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, certainly threw gas on the fire. But what ignited that fire was not a book, but my own …
During the 16th Annual North Korea Freedom week, three North Korean defectors gathered on Capitol Hill to share their stories of human rights violations within the North Korean military. This radio broadcast aired in the Washington, DC metro area on WAVA 780 AM on May 6, 2019.
The second letter of John is addressed “to the elect lady and to her children.” But who is the “elect lady” of 2 John? Is she a mother with kids, or something more? A look at the apostle John’s use of the word “children” in 1 John can help us understand who the woman’s children …
The kingdom of God began, in its seed form, when Jesus was baptized in the Holy Spirit and began his ministry. Even during his lifetime, he began to give this power to others—notably the 12 and the 70, as he sent them out to villages, towns, and cities. However, the New Covenant promise from God …
On May 24, a number of concerned Christians, members of Congress, and key leaders from a variety of humanitarian organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. for a policy day. Hosted by International Christian Concern (ICC), the meeting kicked off a series of events that comprise The Bridge: The Annual Conference on the Persecuted Church. The conference …
If you consistently follow complementarian theology to its natural end, the husband takes the place of God in his wife’s life. That is, the man’s relationship with God is a direct one—he makes ultimate decisions for his wife and family based on what he perceives to be the will of God. But in the complementarian …