News of the Year

“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God” (Psalm 42:5). As we review the surprises of 2007, a question: Why are so many souls—including those of evangelicals—downcast this December? Why hasn’t a summer of discontent yielded to a trifocal message of wintry cheer? | Marvin Olasky

One recent bit of good news came in headlines like this top-of-page-one surprise in The New York Times: "Scientists bypass need for embryo to get stem cells." The Times, which had previously led the rush to pluck stem cells from tiny, tiny humans, killing them in the process, noted that because of new discoveries the "debate over whether it is morally acceptable to create and destroy human embryos to obtain stem cells should be moot."

Hurrah! At the beginning of this year liberal pundits were bashing those who hope in God: Christians were supposedly anti-science and anti-humane, willing to sacrifice potential benefits for big sick people so as to protect microscopic unborn people. Now we have new evidence that those who stand on Scripture aren't so dumb or heartless.