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Relativity, Moral Relativism, and the Modern Age

This intellectual revolution began with four lectures in late 1915 presented to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. The lectures were given by Albert Einstein, and before the end of the year Einstein would publish his argument for a "General Theory of ...

December 7, 2015

They Did Not Honor Him or Give Thanks — Why Thanksgiving is Inescapably Theological

Thanksgiving is a deeply theological act, rightly understood. As a matter of fact, thankfulness is a theology in microcosm — a key to understanding what we really believe about God, ourselves, and the world we experience. A haunting question is th ...

November 23, 2015

Why Can’t Christians Just Join the Revolution?

Why not just join the revolution? This question seems obvious to many people who look at conservative Christians and honestly wonder why we cannot just change our views on homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the entire LGBT constellation of issues. ...

November 13, 2015

WE CANNOT BE SILENT — Released Nationwide Today

One of my most vivid memories of childhood is standing with my grandfather, looking out on the landscape after a hurricane had passed through our town. Growing up in Florida, I knew to respect the great storms, but I was not prepared to see how much ...

October 27, 2015

Bad News, Indeed — Playboy Opened the Floodgates and Now the Culture is Drowning

A venerable parable from Confucian China told of an elderly man who had seen emperors and events come and go, and observed from his Confucian worldview that good news and bad news were often difficult to tell apart. "Good news? Bad news? Who's to say ...

October 14, 2015

Some Thoughts on the Reading of Books

I cannot really remember when I did not love to read books. I do know that I was very eager to learn to read, and that I quickly found myself immersed in the world of books and literature. It may have been a seduction of sorts, and the Christian disc ...

September 25, 2015

Ashley Madison and the Death of Monogamy

"Thou shalt not commit adultery." One of the most striking aspects of the Seventh Commandment is its utter simplicity. Without equivocation or evasion, God's law is clear and self-explanatory. The very fact that God included adultery in the "thou sha ...

August 27, 2015

When ‘Discernment’ Leads to Disaster

The historic First Baptist Church of Greenville, South Carolina, announced in May that it would declare itself be "open and welcoming" to all people and that it would allow same-sex marriage and ordain openly homosexual ministers. The move came af ...

August 18, 2015

“A Lot of People Want Intact Hearts These Days” — Planned Parenthood, Abortion, and the Conscience of a Nation

Yesterday's release of a video showing the senior medical director of Planned Parenthood casually discussing the sale of organs from aborted babies is a moral challenge thrown right in the face of all Americans. The video reveals Dr. Deborah Nucat ...

July 15, 2015