Many liken Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to an ideology centered on social government themes and a condemnation of business. However, upon closer inspection, the themes that emerge are quite the opposite. In this article, Jerry Bowyer examines the Christmas classic more thoroughly, touching on themes such as government assistance and overpopulation, and how, when examined within the context of its time, a new understanding of "A Christmas Carol" emerges. Click the image to learn more.

A federal judge ruled that an Alaska city's nondiscrimination ordinance barring LGBT discrimination does not force a Christian battered women's shelter to admit trans-identified biological males. Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska determined that Downtown Soup Kitchen Hope Center of Anchorage does not have the standing to sue the city over a revision to its ordinance declaring that places of public accommodation can’t discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity because the center is not a place of public accommodation.

The national commander of The Salvation Army is accusing advocacy organization Color Us United, and its president, Kenny Xu, of waging a “war on Christmas and the poor” by publicizing the charity’s apparent embrace of critical race theory, thereby causing the faith-based organization to lose support. Salvation Army Commissioner Kenneth Hodder took to Twitter to post a video where he said the group was on a "campaign to discredit the Salvation Army and dissuade the public from supporting our work.” Click the image to watch the video response in full.

A Texas-based religious business that makes specialty dog tags with Bible verses and Christian imagery has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense over its decision to prohibit the company from selling religious tags with U.S. armed forces trademarks. Shields of Strength, who is being represented by the First Liberty Institute, says, "It’s a cruel insult to our service members to deny them a source of inspiration, hope, and encouragement simply because it contains a religious message."

Philip Aspegren writes about the millions of children and adolescents around the world who have not experienced what it is like to be in a family. Aspegren writes about the power of helping children grow through connecting them with local families, explaining, "Studies have shown that the earlier a child is placed in a family environment, the better the cognitive-developmental outcomes will be ... We have the opportunity to give this gift to children who deserve a place to grow, thrive, and call 'home' — a place where the welcome never ends. We can give them the physical space of our home, the emotional space of our heart, and the spiritual space to allow God to work."

A group that supports LGBT Lutheran clergy has suspended the membership of the first trans-identified bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, accusing the church leader of “racist” actions and words. Bishop Meghan Rohrer, the head of the California-based ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod who uses they/them pronouns, was suspended by the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries board of directors last week. The ELM board released a statement Monday explaining that Rohrer was suspended due to “an existing pattern of behavior” that put the bishop at odds with “ELM’s Mission, Vision, and Values … specifically as it pertains to being an anti-racist organization.”

Partially paralyzed Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, who attended a Christian college for one semester before dropping out, urged conservative youth on Tuesday to drop out of college if they aren’t studying medicine, law or engineering because higher education is “a scam.” “Instead of taking out that $100,000 student loan as an 18-year-old, which is worthless as an 18-year-old, why doesn’t the government allow us to be able to take out a $10,000 business loan at 18 to be able to go and create an economy and create work and create all these great things,” he said. Click the image to read more of his statement and to learn about a September report, which paints a different picture for Americans who don't have a college degree.