Why Defining Justice Is Necessary for Doing Justice One of the more memorable lines written by C. S. Lewis has to do with whether or not a sense of morality is innate to human beings. “Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same … More Why Defining Justice Is Necessary for Doing Justice
Meaning and Morality Without God Atheists Know Better Than They Think Nature documentaries like the BBC’s “Planet Earth,” “Blue Planet,” and most recently, “A Perfect Planet,” are amazing masterpieces of modern videography, displaying creation in detail and majesty. Every creature soaring through the sky, or streaking through the deep, or thundering over the savannah exhibits power, beauty, … More Meaning and Morality Without God
Three Years is Too Long Three years ago, 110 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted by terrorists from Boko Haram. After a month of negotiations with government authorities, 109 were returned to their families. The girl who was not returned was also the only Christian, 14-year-old Leah Sharibu. According to Boko Haram (or, as it calls itself, the … More Three Years is Too Long
The Void No Robot Can Fill In 2010, a company called Hanson Robotics spent more than a hundred hours interviewing a woman named Bina. They collected memories of her childhood, noted her emotional reactions and mannerisms, uploaded the data into a mechanical bust that looked like the real Bina, and then programmed the robot to … More The Void No Robot Can Fill
Proverbs: The Wisdom We Need Right Now (and Always) The more 2021 resembles 2020, the more Christians should be grounded in those unchanging truths given us in Scripture. We must rest on those revelations that make sense of our cultural moment: that Christ is risen, that Christ is Lord, and that Christ is making all things new. God has placed each of us in … More Proverbs: The Wisdom We Need Right Now (and Always)
Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth Michael Agapito’s recent book review at ChristianityToday.com vividly illustrates one of the challenges Christians face when trying to apply their faith to issues of injustice. After praising much about Thaddeus Williams’ new book Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth, in particular his commitment to not diminish or dismiss Biblical mandates for … More Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth
Your Family Needs You (And You Need Them) Earlier this month, in a piece for The Atlantic, Joshua Coleman described an epidemic that’s not COVID but that’s also afflicting America: family estrangement. As a psychologist who specializes in family therapy, Coleman reports that his practice is flooded with older parents mourning the loss of contact with their grown children and … More Your Family Needs You (And You Need Them)
Finding Meaning in Life Is Good for Your Health In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl wrote, “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how.’” Both the book and its most famous quote were products of an incredibly difficult experience. During World War II, Frankl and his family were deported from their … More Finding Meaning in Life Is Good for Your Health
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste How COVID has Enabled Religious Persecution. The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic is still being tallied, both in terms of lives and livelihoods lost. In addition to the millions dead, the millions more who’ve been infected (including some who face long-term physical damage), there’s the psychological and emotional … More Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Christian Nationalism and Christian Hope A couple of weeks ago, the British left-leaning magazine The Guardian breathlessly proclaimed, “[E]xperts are warning the US is facing a wave of rightwing ‘Christian nationalist’ legislation in 2021, as the religious right aims to thrust Christianity into everyday American life.” And what nefarious legislation will “thrust Christianity in everyday life”? Pro-life … More Christian Nationalism and Christian Hope
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