Last week we published The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Jordan Peterson. We subsequently heard from a reader, Caitlin Basset, who wrote to thank Darrow for his post. She mentioned her own article on the same subject, published at The Stream. Hers is a very worthy companion post to ours, and we
April 15 comprised an interesting anniversary in one of Christianity’s most remarkable individuals: C.S. Lewis. Lewis has long been one of my favorite authors. His name appears in multiple posts at this blog. Since I read it in my 30’s I have often referenced his autobiography Surprised By Joy. It
Most of our readers are familiar with the writer and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. November 22 is the 50th anniversary of his death. Lewis died the same day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Stories of the more famous death have submerged those of the British professor. That’s one observation
Recently we published a blog about Dr. Daryl McCarthy’s efforts to place Christian academicians in university classrooms around the world. Today we want to return to another important dimension of Dr. McCarthy’s thesis. He begins with the following cogent observation: Since the public university is one of the most influential
Beauty comes from God. The most beautiful thing you have ever seen is beautiful because it reflects God. The most hideous thing you have ever seen is hideous because it distorts God’s nature. Part of our task in the Great Commission, connected to the Cultural Commission, is to create beauty.
Many of us have been encouraged by the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. Over the last couple of years he has suffered from benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome leaving him weak and largely out of the public eye. Many of us have prayed for the restoration of his health (and he reports doing
Easter is a great time to reflect that the tyranny we see growing in our world today—with its gnawing sense of unease—is a direct consequence of our living in a post-truth culture. If truth is gone, what’s left? Raw power, the Darwinian hypothesis of “survival of the fittest.” We have
Courage in Tiananmen Square I had never felt more alive than the day I stood with a group of pro-life protesters before a police station in Tucson, Arizona, hands cuffed behind my back. About a hundred of us—mostly Christians—had violated the law to protect the lives of innocent, preborn babies
God is righteous. He is good and he is holy. He created a moral universe. But we are neither good nor righteous. Sin is found in the heart of every man and woman. We live in a moral universe. Atheists want license to live as they please without guilt. So
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Nurturing the Nations” Feminism, Children and the Family War on Motherhood My heart is broken for women who are abused in virtually every country in the world. I get angry, angry at sexist men and sexist cultures for their abuse. (For
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