Why Household Appliances Haven’t Made Life Easier For Women

One of the things I said I would do with this new blog is to give my readers regular updates on what I’m reading. I’ll start the ball rolling by sharing something…

Joseph Smith: Only in 19th Century America

Two weeks ago some Mormon missionaries came to visit. Because I was making dinner and cleaning up the kitchen, I wasn’t really in a frame of mind to talk. So I sat…

Consumerism is Damaging Families, Christian Voice Researchers Discover

From Christian Voice: Global consumer culture is destroying the family, Christian Voice researchers have discovered. The net effect of a culture that prioritizes material prosperity above all else is that family relationships…

Aquinas, Ockham and the Power of Ideas

Part 1 of a series on Nominalism originally posted at Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint website. • • • “So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the…

Darwin was Wrong

From Salvo issue #21, “Culture & the Malleability of the Human Brain”: “For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason,” wrote Robert Jastrow in God and…

Dicussion Guide for Ham/Nye Debate on Creation vs. Evolution (Part 3)

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 In reacting against the scepter of an anti-intellectual ‘Christian fundamentalism’, many Christians are unthinkingly capitulating to the wisdom of our…

Discussion Guide For Ham/Nye Debate (Part 2)

This article was originally published in my column at the Colson Center. It is republished here with permission. For a complete directory of all my Colson Center articles, click here. “In the…

Discussion Guide for Ham/Nye Debate on Creation vs. Evolution (Part 1)

This article was originally published in my column at the Colson Center. It is republished here with permission. For a complete directory of all my Colson Center articles, click here.  “In the…

Pragmatism and the Culture of Death

In my studies of Pragmatism, one of the key figures I hope to explore will be the American anti-philosopher Richard Rorty (1931-2007). If the exuberant pragmatism of William James was an energizing…

Irresistible Mush

I just watched this video John Piper made advertizing Calvinism. When I first read the poem titled ‘The Calvinist’ on which the video is based, I initially thought it was a satire…

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Many people say that this blog has helped them. Some people have even told me that this blog has changed their lives and transformed their families. I would love to be able…

Music: Myths, Meanings, Messages and Mediums

This article was originally published in my column at the Colson Center. It is republished here with permission. For a complete directory of all my Colson Center articles, click here. Music and…


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