Tag: Technology

BreakPoint: Millions of Frozen Embryos

An Ethical Blind Spot for Evangelicals

I’m unapologetically Protestant but, as I’ve said for a while now, our Catholic friends have long led the way on..Read more

Tags: Christian Living, Ethics, Health & Science, Human Rights & Persecution, IVF, Marriage & Family, Pro-Life, Sexual Ethics, Technology, Trends, Worldview

Category: BreakPoint, Christian Worldview, Life and Human Dignity

The Point: California Says No to Do-It-Yourself Gene Hacking

The California Assembly has a terrible recent track record, targeting Christian colleges, pushing radical ideologies, trying to shut down pro-life..Read more

Tags: Biotech, California, CRISPR, Culture/Institutions, Health & Science, Politics & Government, Science, Technology, Worldview

Category: Christian Worldview, Science and Technology, The Point

BreakPoint: Twitter Isn’t Real

Opting Out of Amplified Outrage

Recently, a friend shared with me a statement on a personal issue that she wanted to post on social media...Read more

Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Ethics, Media, Public Square, Relationships, Social Media, Technology, Trends, Twitter, Worldview

Category: BreakPoint, Christian Worldview, Science and Technology

BreakPoint: What We’re Missing About Mass-Shootings

Young Men Are in Crisis

The state of our national discourse is, to put it mildly, discouraging and unhelpful, and the reaction to the recent..Read more

Tags: Crime & Justice, Culture/Institutions, Ethics, Media, Politics & Government, Racial Issues, Religion & Society, Technology, Trends, Worldview, Youth Issues

Category: BreakPoint, Christian Worldview

Weekly Review

Chance the Rapper, Katy Perry Must Pay, Sen. Josh Hawley, Transgender Controversies Continue

Taking a Chance. Rap music is not my flavor, but I nonetheless have a fascination with Chance the Rapper. He’s..Read more

Tags: Chance the Rapper, Gender, LGBTQ, Media, Music, New Sexual Orthodoxy, Social Media, Sports, Technology

Category: Christian Worldview, Weekly Review

The Point: Altering Our DNA for Good?

It’s a brave new world, after all.

CRISPR is a technology that allows us to alter, or edit, DNA, including human DNA. Last year a Chinese doctor..Read more

Tags: Culture/Institutions, Ethics, Health & Science, Science, Technology, Worldview

Category: Christian Worldview, Science and Technology, The Point

BreakPoint: Transhumanism

Merging Men and Machines

One of the most repeated themes of science fiction movies is humans merging with or being replaced by machines. Entire..Read more

Tags: Ethics, Postmodernism, Science, Technology, Transhumanism, Trends, Worldview

Category: BreakPoint, Christian Worldview, Glenn Sunshine, Science and Technology

The Point: Saintly Censorship

A few days ago, a Massachusetts pro-lifer posted a quotation from a homily of Saint Augustine of Hippo on Facebook...Read more

Tags: Culture/Institutions, Freedom of Religion/Speech, Media, Religion & Society, Technology, Trends, Worldview

Category: Arts, Media, and Entertainment, Christian Worldview, Religious Liberty / Public Square, The Point

BP This Week: ‘Send Them Back’?

Plus: Planned Parenthood Prez Fired; Title X and Abortion; Religious Freedom Ministerial

This week, John Stonestreet and Warren Cole Smith wade into the tempest over President Trump’s latest controversial tweets, in which..Read more

Tags: Abortion, Freedom of Religion/Speech, Human Rights & Persecution, International Affairs, Politics & Government, Racial Issues, Technology

Category: BP This Week, Life and Human Dignity, Religious Liberty / Public Square

BreakPoint: Virtual-Reality Reality

The Simulation Hypothesis as Secular Religion

The scene is movie legend: Morpheus sits with Neo beside a fireplace while a storm rages outside, and tells him..Read more

Tags: Ethics, Metaphysics, Religion & Society, Science, Technology, Worldview