The empire strikes back

The empire strikes back: An attack on a prominent classical Christian school shows the movement has the liberal establishment running scared A majo...

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The Glory of God and the Life of the Mind

To be human is to think, and to think is to operate within a worldview. Every individual operates out of a basic set of convictions about reality, truth, meaning, and how the world works. As thinking creatures, we create, perceive, absorb, and base o ...

November 12, 2010

No Pass from Theological Responsibility — The BioLogos Conundrum

Public debate is unpredictable by nature, but I have to admit that the approach undertaken by the folks at BioLogos continues to amaze me. The BioLogos movement is a straight-forward attempt to persuade evangelical Christians to embrace some form of ...

November 9, 2010

The Morning After — What Does it All Mean?

The meaning of the 2010 election is destined now to be the Great Debate of the next political season. While this is true after most election days, it is especially true this year, given the scale and scope of the political change this election will b ...

November 3, 2010

Science Trumps the Bible? — An Amazingly Candid (and Disastrous) Argument

The folks at BioLogos continue with a fierce intensity to press their case for theistic evolution. In so doing, they are making the arguments that are essential to their case that Christianity and evolutionary theory are compatible. The arguments the ...

October 27, 2010

Hauerwas — How Real is America’s Christianity?

Professor Stanley Hauerwas of Duke University's Divinity School is a man who enjoys probing questions and has a habit of irritating the faithful. In a recent edition of The Guardian, London's famed newspaper of record for the political Left, Hauerwas ...

October 26, 2010

Bankruptcy in the Cathedral

The news that the Crystal Cathedral had filed for bankruptcy protection made for an instant sensation. The church established by Robert Schuller, the very prophet of "Possibility Thinking," was now forced to seek protection from its creditors, listin ...

October 22, 2010

Life — Not Only for “the Perfect, the Privileged, and the Planned”

One of America’s most brilliant voices on behalf of the unborn is now silent. Dr. Mildred Jefferson, the first black woman to graduate from the Harvard Medical School, died on October 15 at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When the infamous Roe ...

October 21, 2010

Young Souls in Transition — Emerging Adults and the Church

"I mean, I have my beliefs in my head," the young man said. "But I don't enjoy the whole religious scene. I'm not really into it like some people are. I have my beliefs, I believe that's the way it is, and the way it should be, and I go to church eve ...

October 19, 2010

Boys to Men — A Revealing Angle from the World of Advertising

The "Sunday Styles" section of The New York Times is often a useful barometer of the culture. On October 17, that section featured a front-page spread entitled, "From Boys to Men," and the article is a sign of something larger than mere fashion and a ...

October 19, 2010

Evolution and the Empty Nest Syndrome

Michael Shermer publishes Skeptic magazine, teaches at Claremont Graduate University, and writes a regular column for Scientific American. He is an ardent defender of evolutionary theory and a well-known critic of all supernatural claims. In today's ...

October 13, 2010