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…

Help Support This Blog

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…

The Islamisation of Britain

Below are links to my recent series for Christian Voice on the inroads that radical Islam is making into Britain. The Islamisation of Britain (Part 1): a crisis in demographics The Islamisation…



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