By Jonathon Van Maren Based on a quick reading of today’s Canadian headlines, one must ask the question: Does anyone like Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown? The Globe and Mail has revealed that Patrick Brown told social conservatives he was opposed to gay marriage, which was consistent with his previous House of Commons vote on…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Judging by the comments in my Facebook feed, Conservative Party leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch’s suggestion that we force immigrants to agree to a set of “Canadian values” before permitting them to come to Canada is quite popular among quite a few conservative Christians. On the face of it, this makes sense:…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Leaders of every stripe continue to grovel at the feet of the Rainbow Mafia, and the protection racket—nice little state you have there, it’d be a shame if anything happened to it—is being ramped up. This time, North Carolina is being hit by the wildly popular NCAA, who announced sanctimoniously that…
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By Jonathon Van Maren “The idea that we should all feel ashamed of ourselves, that we’re all damaged losers is really preposterous,” announced the CBC post on Facebook, featuring an article titled, “Why Pamela Anderson is wrong to shame porn when denouncing Anthony Weiner.” The statement comes from Kristen Gilbert, director of education at Options…
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Karen Swallow Prior is professor of English at Liberty University, Research Fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States. She is the author of Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More, and she…
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Jonathon Van Maren talks to J. Warner Wallace of Cold Case Christianity about whether or not the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ death and resurrection can actually be trusted.
By Jonathon Van Maren With the passing of Phyllis Schlafly at the age of 92 yesterday, a pro-life legend has fallen. I met her in Ohio just prior to the Republican Convention this summer, and frail as she was—I didn’t know she was suffering from cancer at the time–she was still working hard to further…
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By Jonathon Van Maren For those who are tempted to see journalist-turned-parrot Michael Coren as a man who saw the light and decided that support for gay marriage was more consistent with Christianity than his previous position was, consider the number of things Coren has done an about-face on since he was outed as no…
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By Jonathon Van Maren A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column condemning the darker elements of the so-called alt-right, highlighting the racism and anti-Semitism that seems prevalent in their online trolling while allowing for the idea that some of the trolls may not actually be racist in their beliefs. The comments I got…
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By Jonathon Van Maren With the recent implosion of Anthony Weiner’s marriage to Hillary Clinton confidante Huma Abedin after his serial cheating managed to finally wreck more than his career, an unlikely figure came out to condemn pornography’s impact on marriages: former Playboy model Pamela Anderson. In a column in the Wall Street Journal titled…
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