Wisdom, truth, and courage in Biblical leadership I. The Crisis of Discernment Leadership has never required more information than it does today. A leader can carry in his pocket immediate access to more facts, opinions, commentary, and purported expertise than previous generations could have gathered in a lifetime. Yet more information does not necessarily make us wiser. Our problem may be precisely the opposite: we have an abundance of information but a shortage of somethin

Nehemiah 1:4-11; 2:4-8; 4:1-9; 6:9; 9:5,31 By Wallis Metts, Ph.D.* At Spring Arbor University, we now have a strategic plan and several new initiatives. And, of course, we still have the work we normally do, as well as new challenges—enrollment goals to reach, accreditation challenges, students to retain, a capital campaign to complete. It makes me think of Nehemiah, who had to run a city and rebuild its wall at the same time. Nehemiah is not a priest, not a prophet, not even

The American constitutional order rests upon a profound assumption. Law possesses an objective meaning that exists independently of the preferences of judges.[1] The Constitution was not written as a collection of vague aspirations to be reshaped by each generation of political elites. Rather, it was framed as a governing charter with words intended to communicate definite meaning, preserve liberty, and structure representative government. When judges faithfully interpret tho

The State Department’s $3.8 billion commitment to U.N.-administered relief tests whether American compassion abroad remains accountable to American law, policy, and national interests. The State Department’s decision to commit $3.8 billion in American humanitarian assistance to United Nations–administered funds raises a serious question of constitutional stewardship. Who ultimately controls how the U.N. system allocates and conditions those taxpayer dollars? In a recent Herit

Why Moving Power out of Washington Must Mean More Than Rearranging the Bureaucracy DETROIT NEWS| Opinion (Hon. Wm Wagner) - Updated July 31, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ET The House Education and Workforce Committee’s Less Bureaucracy, Better Education package challenges Washington to acknowledge that federal bureaucracy is not necessary for educational excellence. Recognizing that truth does not diminish the real needs these programs address. A principled case for reform must protect st

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The Department of Justice’s newly issued guidance on religious liberty, and the legal basis for it, deserves our attention. Although it lacks the drama of a Supreme Court opinion, its practical effect may prove equally significant. The Guidance directs every federal agency to interpret and administer federal law in light of nearly a decade of Supreme Court decisions reaffirming America’s first freedom. That development reflects an abiding constitutional truth. Religious liber

A government need not build prison walls to deprive a person of liberty. It may simply prohibit that person from leaving its territory. Governments around the world increasingly employ coercive exit bans against citizens and foreign nationals who are already lawfully present within their territory. Rather than placing an individual under formal arrest, authorities simply forbid departure. The individual remains free to travel within the country, yet cannot return home, reuni