Opinion Archives - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/category/opinion/ News, Polemics, Discernment, Theology, Apologetics Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:50:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/disntr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Opinion Archives - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/category/opinion/ 32 32 189756376 Santa is Competing With Christ for the Worship of Your Children https://disntr.com/2025/12/18/santa-is-competing-with-christ-for-the-worship-of-your-children/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:50:10 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249630 Every December, a rotund figure clad in red velvet descends upon the collective conscience of Western civilization, not through chimneys as legend would have us believe, but through malls, movies, and mantelpieces. His name is Santa Claus—a jolly old saint, they call him. But don’t be naive. This isn’t the benevolent figure of yore, a […]

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]]> 249630 Christmas Hymn Review: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing https://disntr.com/2025/12/15/christmas-hymn-review-hark-the-herald-angels-sing/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:17:04 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249637 Some Christmas hymns survive because they are catchy. Others endure because they are familiar. A rare few remain because they are true. They don’t merely decorate the season—they define it. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing belongs squarely in that final category. It has endured not because it is sentimental, but because it is immovable. It […]

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]]> 249637 Danny Akin Denies Promoting Climate Alarmism, But We Have the Receipts https://disntr.com/2025/10/22/danny-akin-denies-promoting-climate-alarmism-but-we-have-the-receipts/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:27:57 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250244 When Southeastern Seminary president Danny Akin sat down for his recent interview, he did what politicians and bureaucrats do best—he rewrote history with a straight face. “We never talk about global warming issues around here. Never,” he said, brushing off criticism from Megan Basham’s Shepherds for Sale and accusing her of lying about SEBTS promoting […]

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]]> 250244 The Real Reason They Hate Christopher Columbus https://disntr.com/2025/10/13/the-real-reason-they-hate-christopher-columbus/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:58:24 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250229 Every October, the same camp that can’t define a woman suddenly transforms into a panel of historical experts. They put down their gender-studies textbooks just long enough to lecture the rest of us about “colonial oppression” and the supposed horrors of Christopher Columbus. And right on cue, like clockwork, the chorus of virtue signalers begins […]

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]]> 250229 A Tragedy Doesn’t Make Mormonism Christian, and It Isn’t Hate to Say It https://disntr.com/2025/09/29/a-tragedy-doesnt-make-mormonism-christian-and-it-isnt-hate-to-say-it/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:42:22 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250203 The smoke was still rising from the ruins of a Michigan Mormon temple when the vultures began to circle. Before the names of the dead are even released, before the wounded are even stitched and stabilized, Twitter’s amateur brigade of moral virtue signalers had already sharpened their talons. Tragedy had scarcely had time to breathe […]

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]]> 250203 Remembering Dr. Voddie Baucham https://disntr.com/2025/09/26/remembering-dr-voddie-baucham/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:18:29 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250200 On September 25, 2025, the Lord called home Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr., who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 56 after suffering an emergency medical incident. In a moment, one of the last remaining voices that thundered the gospel with clarity and uncompromising conviction was silenced on earth, only to join in eternal praise […]

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]]> 250200 Sexual Delusion is Taking Over the World https://disntr.com/2025/09/25/sexual-delusion-is-taking-over-the-world/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:26:43 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250197 The Tony Awards have officially gone from tedious virtue-signaling to full-on vaudeville mockery. Cole Escola—an actor who insists he’s “nonbinary” (read: a man who enjoys crossdressing and making a mockery of femininity)—has been handed the prize for Best Actor in a Play. And how did he accept this grand achievement? By strutting on stage in […]

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]]> 250197 Yet Another “Day of Visibility” For the Godless Sexual Revolutionaries https://disntr.com/2025/09/23/yet-another-day-of-visibility-for-the-godless-sexual-revolutionaries/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:25:05 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250193 I didn’t wake up this morning needing another reminder that sin wants to be celebrated. Yet here we are—“Bisexual Day of Visibility.” Apparently, the world’s calendar didn’t already have enough carved-out hours to exalt rebellion. If you’ve never heard of this day, here’s the origin. It was first officially observed in 1999 as International Celebrate […]

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]]> 250193 BREAKING: Holy Sexuality Author, Christopher Yuan, Paralyzed from Neck Down After Fall https://disntr.com/2025/09/23/breaking-holy-sexuality-author-christopher-yuan-paralyzed-from-neck-down-after-fall/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:19:42 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250191 Christopher Yuan, a well-known Christian author and speaker, is hospitalized after a severe fall that left him paralyzed from the neck down. According to a statement from his mother, doctors performed an MRI before moving forward with surgery in hopes of preventing permanent paralysis. Yuan rose to prominence in evangelical circles through his testimony of […]

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]]> 250191 CEO of SBC Compares Churches Who Withhold Funds From Certain SBC Entities to Transgender Children https://disntr.com/2025/09/23/ceo-of-sbc-compares-churches-who-withhold-funds-from-certain-sbc-entities-to-transgender-children/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:15:03 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250188 President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, Jeff Iorg, just gave Southern Baptists a masterclass in gaslighting. Standing before Southern Baptists, he literally wagged his finger at churches who refuse to hand over unrestricted Cooperative Program dollars and likened them to—brace yourself—children who think they can pick their own gender. That’s right. If your […]

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