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A Black Cat in a Dark Room — Are Theologians Really Saying Anything?

Terry Sanderson is president of Britain's National Secular Society, so it is hardly news that he has little time for the efforts of theologians. Writing in The Guardian [London], Sanderson dismisses theology as a form of knowledge. Theologians may ta ...

May 28, 2010

Why Do People Do Stupid Things?

While the question may seem a bit odd, the daily newspaper provides indisputable evidence that people do stupid things.  From lying about their past military service to adulterous affairs, human beings do stupid things because human beings are sinner ...

May 27, 2010

Has Man Created Life?

Just days ago, Dr. Craig Venter and his associates announced the achievement of the first synthetic life form, a bacterium with DNA sequenced entirely by computer — a human-designed life form.  The international media have seized upon the news, publi ...

May 25, 2010

Has Man Created Life?

The cover story of the June 2010 edition of Scientific American presents "12 Events That Will Change Everything." Those events include human cloning, an asteroid colliding with the earth, a worldwide pandemic, and the creation of synthetic life. Each ...

May 25, 2010

Pornography — The Difference Being a Parent Makes

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, recently sent an email asserting his company's right to refuse to sell pornography.  Answering the objection that he was "imposing his morality about porn," Mr. Jobs informed a disgruntled customer that he might think differ ...

May 24, 2010

Pornography — The Difference Being a Parent Makes

Political scientists and sociologists long ago came to the realization that one of the most significant indicators of political behavior is parenthood. Those who bear responsibility to raise children look at the world differently from those who do no ...

May 24, 2010

Nature-Deficit Disorder–Have Children Forgotten How to Play Outdoors?

With summer quickly approaching it is important that Christian parents teach their children the value of being outside in the world that God has created. In this age of video games and 24 hour television options, many young children have a "nature de ...

May 21, 2010

The Gospel for Muslims: An Interview with Thabiti Anyabwile

Franklin Graham's recent comments calling Islam a false religion caused quite a controversy in the public sphere.  As the West becomes increasingly secular, it is generally assumed that holding to the exclusive truths of the gospel over and against a ...

May 20, 2010

Do We Really Know Jesus? Adam Gopnik and the Gospels

This much is clear -- Jesus Christ just will not be ignored. Even the most secularized classes, those whom Friedrich Schleiermacher called the "cultured despisers of religion," cannot leave Jesus alone. Not even The New Yorker. The latest edition ...

May 19, 2010

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