Category: Opinion

The name of this column, “Context or Pretext,” focuses on the unhealthy presuppositions or misinterpreted excuses believers or unbelievers grasp onto throughout Scripture. Christians, filled with the Holy Spirit, have a direct line of guidance when it comes to the interpretation and application of the word that we have received by the grace of God. Through the past few months, […]

Remember “I, Robot” starring Will Smith? Me neither. Regardless, there’s a scene where Will Smith’s character interrogates this technologically advanced, human-like robot named Sonny. Smith’s character asks Sonny, “Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?” Sonny simply replies with, “Can you?” This scene cracks me up when I watch it. It’s […]

At the beginning of the Spring 2023 semester, the Liberty Champion hired me as the opinion editor. Now, I’m unfortunately but happily graduating from Liberty and leaving the Champion. Though a short period of my college career, working at the Champion has certainly been an experience that I will remember for a lifetime.  The office environment encouraged and challenged my […]

Every summer, two boys rode the train across the countryside.  When they were younger, the boys would press their faces against the glass of the window and marvel at the world racing past by the tracks. They pointed to the rolling green hills, the sudden bursts of colors when flowers came into view and how the sun glittered across the […]

Religion is a deep and personal matter. It’s meant to create and form a person’s identity, life, worldview and more.  In some countries, religion plays an important role on all levels — politically, economically and socially. Some have even gone so far as to declare a national religion. According to Pew Research Center, over 40 countries have official national religions, […]

The number of women pursuing careers and entering the workforce has been gradually increasing in the past few decades. Should women be working if they have a family? Should women pursue their careers before family, or even have a family or career at all?   My own mom was always at home, and I intend to follow in her footsteps, […]

God created marriage on earth to act as the picture of Christ and the church. Marriage is meant to point the world to the direction of Christ’s perfect love for his bride. Of course, I think of Ephesians 5:25 when the apostle Paul calls on husbands to love their wives “as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for […]

Summer is seen as a season of growth, an opportunity for the green things to flourish under the sun and for the flowers to fully unravel their petals.  Well, for me last summer, all the growth was an unfortunate form of mockery. I had just finished my junior year of college and, despite my best efforts, hadn’t secured a summer […]

The transgender movement has sent an absolute shockwave throughout the world. Being whatever gender you want has become commonplace in the U.S. Recently, it has spread to sports of both genders. In a world of people choosing which gender they wish to be, and sometimes even switching it up day by day, the topic has become more controversial in the […]

The deaf community has many different stories, communication preferences and hearing abilities. With almost 40 million Americans facing difficulties hearing, deaf individuals come from various upbringings, backgrounds and cultural experiences. Often, deaf people grow up in the hearing community but live isolated from it. They grow up feeling out of place and like they cannot relate to or communicate with […]

To some, rain means spending a quiet day indoors with a book and a cup of tea, but to me, it has always meant breaking the rules. I can trace my memories through rain, following the water all the way back to my childhood, where this connection between rain and rule-breaking began. There was nothing special about the first time […]

College experiences center around new interactions and relationships with other young adults while also trying to discover independence possibly for the first time. College becomes an environment where students adapt to the world around them. For an upcoming student, the importance of making college memories is undeniable. Students even find themselves placing socialization above academics to create those classic college […]

With the increase of woke-ism and liberal agendas, some language regarding the understanding of different cultures could lead to uncomfortable responses from those who remain uncertain about politics in conjunction with their faith. The Left consistently pushes unhealthy division by recognizing differences between one American and the other. This goal of theirs spurs a conundrum in the minds of those […]

F\ormer President Donald Trump was indicted on April 4 by Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin Bragg, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. This indictment serves as the first of many former presidents. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges at his arraignment hearing.  The unveiling of these charges confirms what many had suspected from the […]