Discerning What Is Best with Dr Rex M Rogers

With the democratic socialism trends in the USA, perhaps we're overdue to pause and think about what really government can do. Not what we want it to or hope it can do, but what it actually can do. Then as importantly, what should we not ask government to do because we can do it so much more effectively--with freedom of choice--ourselves? This is a look at the lost art of individual responsib...

Sad to say, but pornography is now as big a problem in the Christian Church as it is in culture. And porn is ubiquitous, a fancy word for "everywhere" and instantly, easily accessible on the smart phone in hand. One point of this podcast is that otherwise safe or harmless social media platforms are now replete with adult content creators posting enticements, i.e. "trolling" wit...

Islam is a growing religion in the United States, so for Muslim followers who are American citizens, the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion applies. Some commentators have worried, though, about certain Islamic practices do not comport with a free society, so they argue Islam as a religion should be banned. This action would, of course, violate the First Amendment. So if indeed there...

Be One of God's Unlikely Leaders: Live With Focus, Get Things Done  is my book, just released Nov 2025. It's the product of years in various leadership positions, a book I wanted to write for a long time, began writing 15 years ago, set it aside for work priorities, then didn't touch it until I retired end of May 2025. The Lord allowed me to finish the book last summer. Feels good t...

The Israel - Palestinian conflict has been a perennial one for almost the last one hundred years. Of course the roots of the conflict reach back many centuries earlier. Since Israel became a recognized nation state in 1948 and the people called Palestinians lived mostly in the West Bank and Gaza, calls for a separate, independent Palestinian state are repeated in war and, if this ever happens, out...

Antisemitism is surging the world over, including in the United States. The result is harassment, threats, and violence toward Jews, by far most of them with no known contact with the perpetrator. It's just a person who hates Jews and acts on it. Antisemitism is evil, another form of sin, whether it is generated on the Left or Right. No moral justification exists. And by the way, if people ha...

Christian Zionism is a theological and political movement that supports the return of Jewish people to the land of Israel and the modern state of Israel, based upon interpretation of biblical passages. The term is complicated in use, some employing it as a label and verbal political insult, others for those accused of being anti-Palestinian, and still others for what they believe the Bible says ab...

"Making America Great Again" is all well and good, but based upon what? Economic, politics, law and order? Perhaps all these things but more than this, to restore American culture to its former strengthen and enable it to flourish, we need to remember our Creator endowed us with certain unalienable rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We need to reassert a belief in a sov...

Socialism, under the guise of "Democratic Socialism," is once again making an an appearance in the USA, and it's more prevalent than perhaps you might think. It's perplexing, really, why this ideology and political governance model, which has failed spectacularly and completely in the 20th Century, still attracts foolish supporters. That socialism sells fantasy, utopia, is one...

AI, artificial intelligence, is "taking over the world." While it's not quite like that, it seems like it for AI is now part of virtually every endeavor that uses any form of online support. What does this mean? Is AI threatening, dangerous, and if so how and how can it be managed? What positive contributions does AI make to culture and even the Church? And with all that, we're...

Dr. Os Guinness, Christian apologist and social commentator now in his 80s, is the narrator and featured presence in Focus on the Family produced film, "Truth Rising," in partnership with the Colson Center. Guinness believes Western culture and civilization are at a tipping point, what he calls a “civilizational moment,” a period when culture loses touch with its original purpose and dyn...

The past few months have given us a ringside seat to considerable shifts in social and political direction in the USA, and many of us believe most of these changes are positive and long overdue. Woke policies are being jettisoned, climate change is losing its juggernaut influence, DEI is being recognized as hurtful to meritocracy and excellence, transgender ideology is backpedaling, and more. Ques...

Mass shootings are statistically rare but then again all too common. What causes mostly men to plan to kill as many people, even children, as they can, then usually die themselves in the process? Is it humanity's evil nature or the availability of guns? For more Christian commentary see my website at www.rexmrogers.com or check my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers. #Guns #MassShootings #Evil 

The Ark Encounter, located in Williamstown, KY, is a wonder to behold, a life-size ark built to the dimensions described in the book of Genesis when Noah built the ark in preparation for the Great Flood. Opened in 2016, it is amazing to see, thought-provoking, and interesting to say the least. The Ark Encounter is the vision of creation scholar Ken Ham, an Australian author and speaker who has stu...

Dr. Os Guinness is a highly regarded Christian philosopher and cultural commentator. In this second of four planned volumes, he delves into America's "agonistes" or struggle with itself and its heritage, a self-destructive conflict that could literally bring the nation to its nadir. Guinness's concern is the preservation of freedom. America became the leading nation in the free...

Nebuchadnezzar the Great, second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigned for 43 years. He was the most powerful man in the world, yet through the prophet Daniel God warned the king about his arrogance, pride, and the trust he placed in his empire and majesty. Later, when the king did not change, God banished him into a period of insanity, only to bestow grace and restore the king to power seven...

Pundits, parents, and the public have been talking about the decline in American culture's civility and manners for some time, and not without reason. Fan behavior at the 45th Ryder Cup in New York, the coarsening rhetoric of American politicians, and no-limits social media are evidence. Many Americans, it seems, are coming of age never having been told by older family members they should res...

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination freedom of speech has been a the subject of many columns, talk shows, and media reports, especially with the short-term suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by his network for comments he made about Kirk and re Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's comments on air about the killer of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. In the face of the cancel culture and politi...

Christian revivals are taking place on public university campuses across the country. Are these spiritual experiences real? Is this genuine interest in the Christian faith? Is God reaching out to Gen Z? Based on many comments of observers, participants, and leaders, it appears students are indeed seeking God in a new way. Pray God will send his Spirit among young Americans. For more Christian comm...

The common sympathetic phrase "Our thoughts and prayers are with you" was in the national news following the mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic Church school resulting in the death of two children and the injury of many more. The phrase oddly emerged not as condolence but rejected by national political and media figures who basically said prayers were not enough. Like so much else i...

The sudden, startling, violent death young Ukranian refugee Iryna Zarutska, slain with a knife in an unprovoked attack, and conservative youth activist Charlie Kirk, assassinated from 200 yards with a high powered rifle in a public venue in front of thousands of students, have shocked the nation. Iryna was 23; Charlie was 31. What a horrific waste of life. What grabbed America's attention is...

Since 2023, the U.S. Open tennis championships has substituted "America the Beautiful" for "The Star-Spangled Banner" and also featured "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for its men's and women's finals. Supposedly, "America the Beautiful" is more inclusive and less militaristic than the national anthem.  MLB continues to play the national anthem, though...

The Left claims our problems are the result of family or society or America, not our responsibility. Yet a minimal review of the evidence indicates that most of our trials and afflictions in life in this fallen world are the result of our own choices, or some near us. God gave us reasoning capacity, freedom, and responsibility to be good stewards. We do not need more or bigger government that cann...

John Wyatt and Stephen N. Williams' edited book, "The Robot Will See You Now," is a scholarly tome worth your time. Though it is now four years published, the chapters tap topics that continue to motivate, interest, and perplex anyone interested in how Artificial Intelligence and robotic technology is developing, contributing to, and possibly changing culture, in the U.S. and worldw...

Robots, or robotic technology if you prefer, and now especially with artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming a fact of postmodern life. There are more of them in our midst already manufacturing products or providing services than probably most of us know or believe. Perhaps the most compelling question facing us is how will robots, particularly those made to resemble human beings, interact with...