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Mr. Kalsbeek is a teacher in Covenant Christian High School and an elder in Hope Protestant Reformed Chruch, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all the
The proponents of Political Correctness have concentrated their efforts on the core of a liberal education, the curriculum. Their efforts will radically alter what new generations of Americans will learn. In this battle the handmaiden of Political Correctness has been the "multicultural" movement. A
In our society today, one must take great care not to hurt anyone’s feelings; if one’s opinions or belief system does offend someone, he is considered a “hater” and guilty of “hate speech.” Our society also plays on the emotions by making it seem as if those offended are “victims” and we should “fee
There is an enormous pressure put on our elected officials to compromise their principles. If they speak out on what they believe to be wrong or right they soon find themselves offending some segment of society and become the scorn and ridicule of the media and the public. This translates into lost
That is how those who promote these concepts like to portray things; and that is how, wittingly or unwittingly a majority of people in our nation have come to see things. As Reformed Christians, however, we must subject all beliefs including their associated terminology to the judgment of the word o
Critical theory empowers "social justice," for if inequality is presupposed, then injustice is everywhere, whether it is proved or not, and it must be eliminated. Why is person "A" less successful than person "B"? If person "A" belongs to a minority or marginalized group, while person "B" does not,
In recent years, our country has experienced what might be called a transgender movement according to which a person must in all ways be treated as whatever he or she decides is their preferred gender, when that gender is opposite of how they were created. The farcical use of "pronouns" is promoted
The person who adheres to the ideology of critical theory is woke, that is, he or she has been awakened to the realities of these injustices. The endgame of critical theory is the dismantling of all traditional structures of authority. Critical theory is not merely academic, but it is intended to s
To be sure, only 30% of the liberals polled admitted they judged the First Amendment to be outdated for our times. What has become self-evident is that censorship is part and parcel of the liberal agenda across the board, both in church and State, in university administrations and the federal courts
Nothing of a controversial nature is to be written by any of the contributing persons. (I do not say “ministers”). Anything antipodal to the liberal conception of academic freedom (excuse my “harrumph”!) is castigated as “not in accord with current American thought,” which implies that the ideas so