Christian Commentary on Faith, Family & Freedom

Americans frequently debate how much power government should possess. But the deeper question is not simply whether government has become too powerful. It is whether we are willing to respect the limits of government when those limits prevent us from accomplishing something we personally desire. In 1 Samuel 8, the people of Israel demanded a king who would provide security and stability. Samuel warned them that the authority they requested would eventually make demands upon

Freedom of speech gives Americans extraordinary liberty to express their convictions, challenge leaders, debate public questions, and defend what they believe is true. But possessing the right to speak does not answer a deeper question: What are we doing with that freedom? Scripture calls Christians to something more demanding than either silence or outrage. Paul tells believers to speak “the truth in love,” while James reminds us that the same tongue we use to praise God can

We have more information available to us than any previous generation could have imagined. Yet greater access to information does not automatically produce greater wisdom. A free people must know how to listen, investigate, question, and—perhaps most difficult of all—admit when they are wrong. Scripture understood the problem long before our age of instantaneous information. Proverbs warns that the first person to present a case may seem right until another comes forward and