This is post 1 of 7 in the series “7 key virtues” Meekness: A Needed Virtue in a Divided Nation Repentance: An Everyday Virtue for Everyone Hope Points Us Forward Prayer: A Virtue of Profound Benefit Joy, the Fruit of Obedience Righteousness is Actually a Virtue! Self-Control: The First Virtue?
Hate is a four-letter word in the West. Christians are often accused of being hateful because we recognize a moral dimension to the universe. Christians believe that when we live according to God’s principles we tend to thrive; when we reject God’s precepts and pursue our own paths we eventually wilt. Those
Our friends at BreakPoint are inviting us to join an effort to preserve religious freedom. Please read on. We see lots of talk these days about religious freedom and government intrusion. What is the proper place of government relative to religious freedom? Some see the federal government as a sort of national
If you’re concerned about justice … One of the most intriguing presidential elections in a century is finally behind us. Sort of. The Never Trump contingent has morphed into Not My President. College students are holding “cry ins” and scrambling for “safe spaces” to mourn Trump’s victory (or hide from
These days we’re waving more Black Lives Matter posters and fewer Star Spangled Banners. What San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started in August has become a movement. Every week we read about another protest during the singing of the US national anthem. Somebody kneels or raises fists to indicate their dissatisfaction
Maybe you’ve seen the reports that—is it Bruce or Caitlyn Jenner—is regretting that famous surgery. (Maybe that’s true, maybe not.) To the degree we are shaped by a biblical worldview, such regret would come as no surprise. When we depart from God’s order, we suffer. More on that metaphysical observation
Labor Day is the perfect occasion to acquaint our readers with a new offering from our friend, educator and writer Christian Overman. We spend a huge chunk of our waking hours working. That’s what Labor Day is all about, right? But many of us fail to see how our work
If you enjoy harmony in music, you should probably thank the people who brought us the Bible. That’s one way to restate the message of a recent blog post by our friend, Christian Overman. Westerners take melody and harmony for granted. But “Western” music did not spring from a vacuum.
Students Need to Know Why They Know What They Know John Calvin. The name evokes images of esoteric theological discussions in medieval European churches. But did you know that Calvin helped his hometown (Geneva, Switzerland) smell better? And that wasn’t the casual result of some marginal avocation. No, Calvin regarded the olfactory to
Pygmy. The name evokes varied images, not all favorable. In fact, Pygmies have not always esteemed themselves. That’s why a recent story about a Pygmy community in the Congo is so compelling. They came to see for the first time what it means to be made in the image
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