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EARNING YOUR TRUST, EVERY DAY. 04.10.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 7 A DANGEROUS DISTORTION OF A CONFUSING PASSAGE P. 40 “ON THE LEFT THERE’S A MYOPIC FOCUS ON ACCESS BUT NOT MUCH ABOUT [VOTING] SECURITY, AND ON THE RIGHT YOU’VE GOT THE OPPOSITE.” —P. 52 —P. OPPOSITE.” THE GOT YOU’VE RIGHT THE ON AND SECURITY, [VOTING] ABOUT MUCH NOT BUT ACCESS ON FOCUS MYOPIC A LEFT THE THERE’S “ON FEATURES 04.10.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 7 46 FINDING HOPE AFTER A FUNERAL Some parents who have lost kids to the record-breaking drug overdose crisis are finding ways to help their children’s friends, mired in their own addiction by Emily Belz 40 52 58 TRANSLATION ABUSE ELECTION REFORM TUG OF WAR “ALL WE CAN DO IS FLEE” Some abortion advocates point to a passage Republicans and Democrats with Taiwan is a top destination in the NIV as Biblical justification for tunnel vision are vying to change for Hong Kong residents running abortion. But the NIV’s speculative election laws across the United States from the new wave of translation clouds rather than clarifies by Harvest Prude Chinese authoritarianism by Leah Hickman by June Cheng PHOTO BY SAM MORRIS/GENESIS 04.10.21 WORLD DEPARTMENTS 04.10.21 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 7 5 MAILBAG 8 NOTES FROM THE CEO 65 Beekeeper and Pastor Adam Thomas Dispatches Culture Notebook 13 NEWS ANALYSIS 23 MOVIES & TV TODAY 65 LIFESTYLE Takeaways for Resurrection, Fighting A beekeeper’s hives Christians after two for Life: The Story of BEEKEEPING IS faced a fierce foe during mass shootings NOW v. Scheidler, A PART OF “THE February’s snowstorm Week Away, Raya and 15 BY THE NUMBERS the Last Dragon, WHOLE BACKYARD 67 HEALTH Yes Day 16 HUMAN RACE MOVEMENT,” 68 LAW 28 BOOKS AS FAMILIES 17 QUOTABLES Actors, assassins, USE THEIR autocracies Voices 18 QUICK TAKES BACKYARDS FOR 30 CHILDREN’S BOOKS 10 Joel Belz MORE THAN JUST 20 Janie B. 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Emily Belz shows how both conserva- As Marvin Olasky rightly notes, “Jus- tive and liberal movements get sullied tice without compassion is just ice.” by the acts of violent fringe groups. But justice without wisdom and dis- The impact the peaceful “many” last cernment is likely foolish, wasteful, summer and on Jan. 6 had hoped for and self-defeating. We need both. How was destroyed by the violent “few.” May likely is that in a Biden administration? God give our country the character and courage to punish violent offend- SANDRA LANGLEY/VIENNA, VA. ers and wisdom when addressing the Marvin’s assertion that living under concerns of peaceful protesters. President Biden would be tantamount to living under Nebuchadnezzar and KATHY CONNORS/MEDINA, WASH. Nero was staggeringly off the mark. I The media and political elite now want do not in any way support abortion, to label conservatives as “domestic but neither do I endorse the evildo- terrorists.” I recommend coming out BACK OF ings of ancient murderous god-kings, west to see Seattle and Portland. Antifa THE LINE nor find them equal to our new pres- ransacked these now-decimated cities ident. night after night with no consequences I appreciate Mindy or punishment. Belz’s revealing article J. PAUL LANDREY/ELKHORN, NEB. on the challenges of Marvin has given us an outstanding example of how we should live and COVER-UP distributing the how to express why we live this way. FEB. 27, P. 8—PRISCILLA BOOT/DORR, MICH. COVID-19 vaccine Let’s keep encouraging one another Thank you for Joel Belz’s observations worldwide. Let us to know, trust, and follow King Jesus! about mask-wearing. It breaks my hope and pray that heart to see what this response to COVID-19 has done to the most vulner- production and A STORY TO TELL able, and how it seems to have shifted distribution will FEB. 27, P. 28—ROBERT S. WISSOLIK/SEQUIM, WASH. our priorities from honoring and wor- greatly increase. Susan Olasky’s interview with Jeri shipping God. Chase Ferris was wonderful because FEB. 27, P. 36—JOHN A. PUMMELL/ LAS CRUCES, N.M. it pointed out that role models for DANIEL J. DECOOK/HOLLAND, MICH. inner-city youth are scarce. But being Joel is terribly wrong about the Church a victim of government-demanded “already [taking] an incredible hit in affirmative action in the 1990s, I terms of lost opportunity.” No, the cri- cringed at Ferris’ “free pass” for whites sis is the Church’s opportunity to reach comment at the end. out, to do good in the name of Jesus, to think creatively and energetically about meeting needs in new ways, and CULTURE CLASH to break out of bad habits and slumber. FEB. 27, P. 50—LONNIE ELLIOTT/RICHMOND, VA. You neglected to include the authors of the children’s fiction titles recog- THE RED COAT LETTERS AND COMMENTS nized as Honorable Mentions for Book FEB.