Everett Piper

Removing God creates a vacuum

In his book "What Americans Believe," George Barna points out that 87% of non-Christians and 77% of self-described born-again believers agreed with the statement "People are basically good."

October 26, 2025

Stop listening to Candace Owens

Last week, I posted to my Facebook followers: "I've been asked why some of your comments about Candace Owens have disappeared from my threads. The answer is simple: I've deleted them."

October 19, 2025

Christian genocide in Nigeria is real

Last week, former Nigerian Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode unleashed an online tirade against Sen. Ted Cruz for demanding U.S. lawmaker action to stop the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.

October 12, 2025

Newsom knows: Control the textbooks, control the state

In his dystopian classic "1984," George Orwell commented on the power of education by saying, "[He] who controls the past controls the future; [and he] who controls the present controls the past."

October 5, 2025

Charlie Kirk memorial critics should check their souls

On Sept. 21, the world watched as people gathered in Phoenix, Arizona, to honor the memory of Charlie Kirk.

September 28, 2025

Obama’s laughable ‘no extremism’ claim

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, former President Barack Obama posted on social media: "Our current president ... [and] his aides ... have a history of calling political opponents 'vermin.'"

September 21, 2025

The left’s evil response to Charlie Kirk’s murder

Have you ever questioned the Judeo-Christian teaching that mankind is evil?

September 14, 2025

Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions

If you've ever wondered why so many hardworking families are making considerable financial sacrifices to enroll their children in private education instead, consider three recent headline stories.

September 7, 2025

Devastating consequences of abandoning truth

As a university president, I had a front-row seat as I watched hundreds of students descend onto my campus every year.

August 31, 2025

Teaching schoolchildren what it means to be an American

Last week, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma superintendent for public instruction, made news for announcing that his state's teacher candidates will now be required to pass an "America First" test.

August 24, 2025

Shun ‘pastors’ like John Pavlovitz

On Aug. 2, John Pavlovitz, a man who describes himself as "a writer, pastor, and activist from Wake Forest, North Carolina," posted an essay on Substack that went viral from coast to coast.

August 17, 2025

America needs real dads

Last month, it was a woman named Holly who was punched in the face and left unconscious in downtown Cincinnati.

August 10, 2025

Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out

All Republicans, i.e., all true constitutional conservatives, should be quick to condemn hatred of the Jewish people.

August 3, 2025

Idaho mom Cara Northington forgives her daughter’s murderer

Last week, Cara Northington, the mother of one of the University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, made headline news for three simple words: I forgive you.

July 27, 2025

Chip Gaines judges everyone but himself for judging

Chip and Joanna Gaines of Magnolia Network fame will proudly feature a "family" of two "married" men and the men's young, surrogacy-purchased boys in an upcoming episode of their show.

July 20, 2025

Baylor doubles down on LGBTQ inclusion

Baylor University recently announced the receipt of a $640,000 grant from the Baugh Foundation to pursue "LGBTQ inclusivity" on its campus.

July 13, 2025

Baylor affirms LGBTQ inclusivity

Last week, Baylor University announced that it had received a grant of approximately $700,000 from the Baugh Foundation to promote LGBTQ inclusivity on its campus.

July 6, 2025

Does NYC want a communist mayor?

In 1924, G.K. Chesterton wrote, "Why is it that for the last two or three centuries, the educated have been generally wrong and the uneducated relatively right?"

June 29, 2025

The billionaires behind the ‘No Kings’ riots

If you watched the recent "No Kings" riots with a lingering sense of deja vu, together with a haunting feeling that the "fox is in the henhouse," you had good reason.

June 22, 2025

From personhood to sexual preference: How modern labels dehumanize us

Last week in this column, I argued that if we truly respect our neighbors, we should stop using all of the LGBTQ labels that have become endemic to the month of June and its corresponding celebration of "pride."

June 15, 2025