Author: Brian Hobbs

Charles Dickens, Moses, Caesar Augustus, Faith Hill, Leo Tolstoy and Steve Jobs. What do these people have in common? They each were adopted. The issues of adoption and foster care, however, do not boil down to a list of famous...

Our society loves a good wedding. The long work of creating a solid marriage, though, is less exciting to people. Too often, marriages end as quickly as they begin, resulting in a tragic wake of family breakdown and...

According to news reports, The History Channel’s miniseries, “The Bible” had an audience of nearly 15 million people at one airing. That is more viewers than the popular “American Idol” program (not to mention about as many...

“A nation that is arguing about whether to privatize lighthouses will not socialize medicine.” So argued the late William F. Buckley, Jr. Buckley’s point was simply this: if a democracy is arguing about good ideas, it is more...

In case you had not heard, the Arkansas legislature just passed into law what is being called the “strictest abortion ban in America” (See “In the News” on page 2). To be specific, state Sen. Jason Rapert put forth the “Human...

In my last column, I addressed the growing problem of pornography and the church. Ultimately, the enemy and our own impulses drive this evil, but technology has accelerated the problem. I recently became aware of a new...

It’s been called the “dark cloud hovering over the church” and the “elephant in the room.” I refer to pornography. Taken from the Greek, the word “pornography” literally means “the depiction of prostitutes.” These depictions,...

Last summer, I wrote an editorial (“Scouts honor”) praising the Boy Scouts of America. The timing of the piece came in conjunction with the distinguished organization’s decision to uphold a long-held policy that prevents openly...