Peter Demos

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  Jul 15, 2025

  This myth about Iranians that Western Christians believe

  The Iranian people are crying out. The church in the West must not be silent.

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  May 20, 2025

  The Church must stop chasing Planned Parenthood

  The pro-life movement is losing the long game.

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  Jan 25, 2025

  Trump's quasi-messianic status is deeply troubling

  Placing excessive faith in a political leader can inadvertently create an idol, even if our intentions are noble.

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  Dec 5, 2024

  To businesses: Don't replace 'Merry Christmas' with 'Happy Holidays'

  For Christians, the exclusion of Christmas from the cultural conversation is more than just an issue of words — it is a matter of honoring God.

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  Oct 26, 2024

  Is it unusual I carry a Bible when I'm not a pastor?

  I dream of a day when carrying a Bible in public is as commonplace and accepted as wearing shoes and shirts in a restaurant.

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  Sep 18, 2023

  Protesting isn't free: Civil disobedience versus entitlement

  Exercise your right to protest when you feel led to do so, but be prepared to deal with the consequences, be they just or unjust.

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  Jul 20, 2023

  Christian civil disobedience in world that’s gone woke

  Would you be willing to go to jail for using the wrong pronouns?

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  Dec 27, 2022

  Christians, here is how we must respond to the Twitter files

  However, that is not a strategy that will suffice. Hope is actually no strategy at all. So how should people of faith respond to this latest information?  

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  Nov 13, 2022

  There’s no such thing as a fake Christian

  If we really want to get down to brass tacks, by definition, a “fake Christian” is not a Christian at all. You either believe Jesus is the son of God or you don’t. You cannot fake the condition of your heart.

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  Sep 25, 2022

  The Christian’s test for civil disobedience

  Christian civil disobedience transcends political civil disobedience as Christians serve a Kingdom that is outside the realm of politics and recognizes that justice, outside of a biblical framework, is inherently unjust. As St. Aquinas and Augustus state, an unjust law is no law. Although our response may be to political or legal pressures, it can also be a response to cultural pressures as well.