Persuasion
The Seductive Deception of “Informed Consent”
In demanding activities we don’t always know exactly what we’re getting into. Thank goodness.
Leo Winegar
July 26, 2021
In demanding activities we don’t always know exactly what we’re getting into. Thank goodness.
When someone disagrees with us deeply, a great choice lies before us: Do we engage and investigate what is being argued—OR find one of many ways to dismiss the person making the argument?
To speak of America as exceptional is not to vaunt ourselves as better than other nations or peoples. Rather, it’s to celebrate and give rightful gratitude to founding principles that are inspired in their protection of sacred freedom.
Asian-American Christians often rely on the Bible carefully and deeply to influence many elements of family life, especially parenting.
Most discussions of domestic violence take for granted this is primarily a male-on-female issue—reflective of the larger feminist narrative dominant today. Far less attention has gone to the evidence suggesting female violence is a much greater problem than has been acknowledged.
Our communities are built on individual men and women who take a moment to look outward and ask what can I do to make things better
As more young people today lose an appreciation for religious freedom, it’s understandable that we point to higher principles. It might also help to direct attention back to our own family’s stories to understand why this is still so important today.
As house prices rise across the country, many are left wondering why. Which of these factors are temporary from the pandemic, and which are long-term?
As long as we love ourselves more, so the popular precept goes, our happiness will also grow. Is that really true? Not if our self-love disregards the reality of truth and our need to love that most.