2019 News of the Year
Notre Dame on fire ...
Against the tide
Abortion still devastates the African-American community at an alarming and disproportionate rate, but black pro-life activists are fighting for lives
Lost by choice
Despite a history of concerns about population growth, Israel has some of the most permissive abortion laws in the world
Unsafe spaces
Often victims of violence and sexual abuse, women trapped in the nation’s homelessness crisis have particular needs and vulnerabilities
Living pro-vida
Shame and family silence lead many Hispanic women to abortionists, but a pro-life message may be making strides
Voices
Joel Belz
Free Church of De Pere
Tired of bad news out of America’s courthouses? Worried that so many judges in those courthouses seem to have lost their way? Concerned that the religious liberty clause in our Bill of Rights means...
The Editors
Mailbag
‘A living martyr’ ...
Mindy Belz
Loss of faith
If anyone at Church of the Good Shepherd in Afrin celebrated President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria, they weren’t Christians. The church was emptied of its regular worshippers...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Finding success in the new year
Someone texted me, “What’s a Christian definition of ‘success,’” so I opened the dictionary and wrote it down: “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose”—because the Bible means by “success” pretty...
Janie B. Cheaney
A call for boundaries
It’s a story worthy of a tech-thriller screenplay: A brilliant young scientist cuts through red tape and brushes aside the cautions of his tradition-bound peers to perfect a life-saving technique....
Notebook
Religion
Transgender eschatology?
Andy Draycott’s theology is the evangelical equivalent of vanilla ice cream—conservative and widely palatable—but his presentation on transgenderism at the annual Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)...
Science
Pro-life in the lab
In September, the Trump administration quietly banned scientists employed by the National Institutes of Health from acquiring new human fetal tissue for research. As effects of the ban began to reach...
Politics
Leftward shift
Much post-midterm election analysis focused on the role education and place of residence played in the outcome. It’s true that educated suburbanites moved toward the Democrats and less-educated whites...
Lifestyle
Keeping abortions out of Birmingham
The undeveloped lot cornering Birmingham’s First Avenue North and I-65 is empty, save for fast-food wrappers, neglected grass, and a few “No Trespassing” signs. ...
Culture
Music
Pro-life playlist
‘Broken People’ ...
Music
Classical Good Book
Decca’s two-disc The Good Book: Stories from the Holy Bible in Words and Music contains 54 thematically arranged Scripture passages read by the actors David Harewood (Supergirl, Doctor Who) and Anton...
Children's Books
Quiet times
Indescribable ...
Books
Four recent memoirs
Educated ...
Books
Bible basics
Joel Beeke in Reformed Preaching (Crossway, 2018) shows how to preach to both minds and hearts, and illustrates his contentions with good analysis of preaching from the Reformation to Martyn Lloyd...
Movies & TV
A society’s secrets
The Nazi occupation of British territory during World War II might seem an unlikely setting for a feel-good, heartwarming story. But The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Netflix) is a...
Movies & TV
Maternal instinct
Netflix’s thriller Bird Box drew so many eyes over the Christmas holiday, the streaming giant took the unprecedented step of revealing how many people checked out one of its original films—45 million....
Movies & TV
Bad beyond belief
In one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes, a young, unfunny comedienne named Sally Weaver breaks into the big-time with an act called simply, “Jerry Seinfeld Is the Devil.” There aren’t any jokes in...
Q&A
Ally to the unborn
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is a husband, father, grandfather, and evangelical Christian. He’s also one of three physicians in the U.S. Senate. That makes him a leading voice on pro-life and healthcare...
