Rev. Ben Johnson is Senior Editor at the Acton Institute.
Posts by Rev. Ben Johnson
October 07, 2019
Garfield became one of the most beloved cartoon characters of his time by saying what so many Americans felt: “I hate Mondays.” Indeed, there is biblical evidence that God did not view Mondays as “good” … and Jewish commentators say this has insights about our work, participating in God’s creation, and even our nation’s economic system.
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October 04, 2019
The Roman Catholic Church observes October 4 as the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. The beloved saint has often been portrayed as a proto-environmentalist, a borderline pantheist, or a holy man who used his religious vocation to “preach communism.”
This image could not be more baseless, writes Samuel Gregg, Ph.D., director of research at the Acton Institute.
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October 03, 2019
Should corporations hitch their businesses to leftist causes, such as suppressing the Betsy Ross flag? At
Public Discourse, Acton Institute Director of Research Samuel Gregg writes that “woke capitalism feeds on deep confusion about the nature and ends of business.”
Gregg describes how businesses contribute to the common good by fulfilling their own ends, which generate wealth and prosperity for society.
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October 03, 2019
If Marxism despises religion, why does it take on all the trappings of the most fanatical faith? Bruce Ashford, the provost of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, discusses this in a video released today.
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October 02, 2019
Front Royal, Virginia, is just 70 miles from Washington, D.C., by road but a million miles away by culture. One resident described the town, which bills itself as “the northern gateway way to the Shenandoah Valley,” as “sort of like Mayberry.” This author, having visited the city many times, can confirm that description.
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October 01, 2019
Today, as Chinese leaders and dignitaries celebrated the 70th anniversary of the triumph of Marxism with parades displaying their military strength, a policeman in Hong Kong shot an 18-year-old protester in the chest at point-blank range; as of this writing, the man is in critical condition.
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September 30, 2019
The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah lasts from sundown on Sunday, September 29 until sundown on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Here are the facts you need to know about the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the first of the High Holy Days.
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September 27, 2019
Like Americans today, St. Nikolai Velimirovic witnessed dizzying technological changes between his birth in 1881 and the day he died in 1956 in a rural Pennsylvanian monastery. The former bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, who spent time in the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, shared how Christians should view technology – something equally important in our day, as everyone from parents to legislators offers their own solutions.
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September 27, 2019
As the leader of a Christian think tank in Sweden, Per Ewert watched Greta Thunberg’s global crusade unfold earlier than most of the world. But when he saw her demonstrating outside parliament with her school strike movement, he got a jolt: The book Greta was reading was co-written by … him.
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September 26, 2019
1917 was the year of socialist revolutions. In the United States, an abortive revolt took place in Oklahoma that August, fueled by revolutionaries twisting the Gospel.
The “Green Corn Rebellion” took place August 2 and 3 in Seminole County, in the rural, central portion of the Sooner State.
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