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Relax Your Quills

Jul 28, 2024 | stream.org | Barb Roose |James Robison |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

By Barb Roose Published on July 28, 2024 Porcupines have never had their day in the sun as popular pets. Their faces are adorable, but they’ve got about 30,000 reasons why there are no viral videos documenting their cuddly cuteness. Their quills are no joke.
Video: 'Why Wasn't She Enough?' Grieving Father Declares the Personhood of Aborted Daughter

May 13, 2024 | stream.org | Aliya Kuykendall |Tom Sileo |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

By Aliya Kuykendall Published on May 13, 2024 On April 16, Tommy Kearns drove three hours to attend a Students for Life meeting at Florida International University.
Indiana’s Child Services Takes Child From Parents

Mar 6, 2024 | stream.org | J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett |Al Perrotta |Katrina Trinko

Several years ago, 16-year-old Yaeli Martinez was removed from her home by the state of California after her mother wouldn’t affirm that she was a boy. Struggling with depression and mental illness, Yaeli was encouraged by the state to socially transition and receive testosterone. Her mother was forbidden to talk about faith or her daughter’s gender confusion when visiting her. Despite the state’s “affirmation,” Yaeli tragically ended her own life at age 19.
C.S. Lewis: "God is Going to Invade ... It Will be Too Late Then to Choose Your Side"

Jan 26, 2024 | stream.org | Michael Giere |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett |Nancy Flory

By The Stream Published on January 26, 2024 The following is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity: God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else β something it never entered your head to conceive β comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will God...
Sunny Side of The Stream: 200 Muslims in Gaza Saw Jesus, Ex-Terrorist Confirms

Jan 22, 2024 | stream.org | Aliya Kuykendall |Kathryn Lopez |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

Here’s a roundup of some sunny news. Ex-terrorist Taysir “Tass” Abu Saada, author of Once an Arafat Man and and founder of the Hope of Peace Foundation, told CBN News, “many Muslims are looking for an alternative to Islam” and God has a purpose in the present pain and destruction to get Gazans to “wake up.” He confirmed an encouraging report from late last year:“I have a report from one of my team members that 200 Gazans gave their heart to Jesus in one lump sum,” Saada told CBN.
If You Say Men Give Birth, We Know Your Position on Hamas

Jan 16, 2024 | stream.org | Dennis Prager |Jeff Myers |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

If you say “men give birth,” we all know your position on Hamas. Now, why is that? Why, if a person says “men give birth” or says that men who say they are women should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, can we be virtually certain that the person sides with Hamas in its war to eradicate Israel? Theoretically, the two claims — that men as well as women give birth and Israel is the villain in its war against Hamas — have absolutely no connection. But they do — for two reasons.
The Tempest of the Living

Dec 15, 2023 | stream.org | J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett |Devin Almonte |Amy Hall

Like many giants of faith before us, God calls us to embrace this tempest of living while yet imperfect. By J. Stonestreet & T.
The 'Virtuous' Lie That Says 'The Truth Is Beyond Our Knowing'

Dec 12, 2023 | stream.org | Tom Gilson |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

By Tom Gilson Published on December 12, 2023 The Scriptures tell us we must love the truth. The past few decades have proved how failing in that puts us in all kinds of trouble. There’s a problem there, though. A big one.
The Global Resurgence of Antisemitism

Dec 5, 2023 | stream.org | J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett |Kathryn Lopez |Dennis Prager

Since October 7, the world has seen a resurgence of antisemitism, open and raw. In America, this has come especially from institutions of higher education though also from secondary schools and at city council meetings in Oakland. In New York, highschoolers brandished signs that read “keep the world clean” with an image of a Star of David in a trash can.
Christianity, the Anti-Ideology

Dec 1, 2023 | stream.org | Tom Gilson |James Robison |J. Stonestreet |T. Padgett

By Tom Gilson Published on December 1, 2023 John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris wrote at Breakpoint and The Stream this week about the dangers of “all-consuming ideology.” They got it exactly right, but what they wrote raises a question, too.