• Abortion Isn’t Just a Political Issue—It’s About the Dignity and Sanctity of Human Life. Randy Alcorn writes “Long before it was ever a divisive political issue in our country, abortion was a moral issue, and one which God has a clear and emphatic position on. I encourage you to consider what God’s Word says about unborn children, and what the people of God throughout history have said about abortion.”
• How to Understand the Debate About Late-Term Abortion. Joe Carter writes “It’s helpful to examine four primary viewpoints that dominate the abortion discourse, especially regarding late-term procedures. These perspectives each bring distinct philosophical, emotional, and practical considerations to the table. Understanding these viewpoints is thus crucial for engaging meaningfully in the ongoing debate surrounding abortion in America.”
• How’s Your Posture This Election Season? John Pletcher writes “Let disillusionment with leaders always point you toward the one true King, the only one who can truly fill your heart, fuel your soul, grant forgiveness, and empower you with all the hope-filled resources you need, both now and forever!”

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• Can a Man Feel Like He’s a Woman? Ryan Welsh considers whether it’s even possible for a man to feel like he’s a woman.
• Where the Political Parties Stand on Social Issues in 2024. Joe Carter outlines the positions taken by the two major political parties on several social issues, as outlined in their most recent platforms.
• The Exultant Nature of Today’s Abortion Advocacy. Carl Trueman writes “The glee with which abortion is advocated and the anger that any restrictions upon it provoke indicate that we need a different category to capture our current cultural ethos.”

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• An Anti-Culture of Nothingness. Carl Trueman writes about the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics. He writes “And that brings out the real horror of this “queering” of The Last Supper. In desecrating God’s grace, it denies the real solution to humanity’s problem. We need to be consecrated. And that comes only through the means of grace, the Word, and the sacraments.”

• Cultivating a Healthy Marriage. “Cultivating a Healthy Marriage” with Tim Keller is a short podcast series featuring the messages from the most popular sermon series of Keller’s time at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Preached in 1991, this series was the basis for the bestselling book by Tim and Kathy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage. Whether you’re single, married, widowed, or divorced, through this podcast you’ll learn new ways to apply God’s wisdom about marriage to your life.
• Outrage is Not a Fruit of the Spirit. Randy Alcorn writes “In today’s digital world—and especially in an election year—it’s heartbreaking to see God’s people become a bickering, angry mob.”

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• How the GOP Became Pro-Choice. Joe Carter writes “The first gradual step was to align the political platform with the personal views of the party’s presidential nominee.”
• California LGBT+ Law Builds ‘Wall of Secrecy’ Between Parents and Kids. Brett McCracken writes “California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1955—a first-in-nation bill that bans California school districts from requiring staff to disclose to parents if their child starts using different pronouns or identifying as a different gender.”

• What My All-Star MLB Pitcher Dad Taught Me About Godly Competition. Mike McGregor writes “As a faithful Christian who was also a professional athlete, my dad modeled a different way of being a competitor—no less ambitious and hard-working but with a posture that glorified Christ above himself. Here are a few lessons I gleaned from him, and other Christian athletes, that might be helpful for believers seeking to glorify God through sports.”

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• What Is Transgenderism? Rosaria Butterfield writes “We must learn to be content in God and unsatisfied in the world as we define our identity in light of Scripture alone.”
• 5 Reasons We Must Still Do Good. Kevin DeYoung writes “Good works are not optional for the Christian. We must do good, not as the means of our acceptance with God, but as an expression of it.”
• Making Every Issue Your Thing is Impossible. In this short video, Kevin DeYoung states “Only God is able to comprehend and handle an entire globe of joys and catastrophes and needs. The human psyche isn’t meant to bear that.”

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• The Christian Sexual Ethic. In this seminar from the 2024 Ligonier National Conference, Rosaria Butterfield and Christopher Yuan look at the Christian sexual ethic and how it compares and contrasts with the way the world understands sexual identity.
• Bad Therapy, Cultural Seduction, and Children in Crisis — A Conversation with Abigail Shrier. On this episode of the Thinking in Public podcast, Albert Mohler visits with Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
  

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• Every Child Worships: Preparing Our Kids for Sunday Morning. Paul Tripp writes “Sunday worship makes sense only if you understand that you were made for relationship with God, that by instinct and design you are a worshiper, and that because of sin, your heart will chase after created pleasures that promise life and freedom but fail to satisfy.”

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• The Prayer You Don’t Want Answered. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question about Psalm 106:15 that reads in part “Are we liable to have a wrongfully asked prayer get answered by God for our own undoing?”
• Are the Stories of Jesus Borrowed from Pagan Myths? Timothy Paul Jones answers this question in this episode of Honest Answers.
• What Shia LaBeouf Gets Wrong About Joy. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a viral video clip going around from actor Shia LaBeouf.
• How Do I Think Biblically about Social Justice? Andrew Walker answers that question in this episode of Honest Answers.

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• The Left is Colonizing the Calendar. Denny Burk writes “For the truth is this. Whoever owns the calendar, and our annual observances owns the narrative and imagination of a people.”
• 4 Reasons Why the Bible Does Not Support Transgenderism. Kevin DeYoung writes “God has created each of us as either male or female, and he desires that we live our lives—in appearance, in attitude, and in behavior—according to our biological sex.”
• Should the Church ‘Bless’ Same-Sex Relationships? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question asking him to comment on how would he would respond to the pope and the president of Burundi?

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