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How Marriage Is Helping Us Through COVID

Aug 12, 2020John StonestreetCOVID-19, MarriageCOVID-19, Family, Marriage

*John Stonestreet, Radio Host and President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.*

National Review recently pointed to new research that suggests married couples are best positioned to weather the emotional and financial storms of the COVID-19 pandemic. It sounds like common sense: Married people are much less likely to report feeling lonely or isolated (despite the social distancing) and are also more financially stable than those living on their own. They also tend to have wider family networks to rely on in times of trouble.

Of course, none of this suggests that married people are morally superior to single people, or that marriage is a guarantee for success. What it does reinforce, yet again, is the truth that marriage is a good thing, not a tool of patriarchal oppression or a loss of freedom, as we so often hear. And it suggests that the decline of marriage is not a healthy trend.

And, this study should remind us married folks to look out for friends, neighbors and family who live alone.

Video: Are Churches Spreading COVID?

Jul 23, 2020Jerry CoxCOVID-19, VideoCOVID-19, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty, Video

Recently The New York Times ran a headline implying churches are responsible for the spread of COVID-19.

But is that true?

Watch this video to learn more.

Are Churches Spreading COVID?

Jul 22, 2020Jerry CoxCOVID-19COVID-19, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

Recently, a New York Times story carried this sensationalist headline: “Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases.”

Hmmm? A “major source”? The very data included in the article fell far short of backing up that claim: roughly 650 Coronavirus cases have been traced to 40 or so churches across the U.S.

That’s point-zero-two percent of all confirmed cases in the U.S., traced to point-zero-one percent of the estimated 350-thousand churches in America. A few days after the story ran, the Times quietly changed the headline. Still, this kind of click-baiting mis-representation of the facts, especially in what seems like an obvious attempt to malign the Church, will not engender trust in the nation’s “paper of record.”

The only true part of the headline is that Christians are eager to return to Church, and the vast majority are being thoughtful, careful, and measured, not to mention serving their communities, as they work to re-open.