A call to build education around God’s Word, Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash “‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, ‘It means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’” (Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll) One of the distinctives
Humans can choose truth over lies. We either allow lies to have power over us, or we deny that power by a simple act: turn off the TV, put down the video game, walk away from the gossip. We need not be overwhelmed. A simple act of resistance can defeat
Truth is dying, our world unwinding. Multiculturalism, political correctness (civic relativism) and the delusion of personal relativism are undermining our identities, families, communities and nations. Postmodernism has abandoned reality and reason and embraced narrative and emotions. This flight of fancy is quickly gaining the force of law. The pressure is
National Parliament Building of Hungary In our time, globalization as a philosophy is rapidly expanding. It is marked by moral and cultural relativism, groupthink, and the rise of the algorithm, that 21st century phenomenon which is eroding our ability to think. The individual is being subsumed into the universal. Nations
Teaching only happens in a relationship of trust Recently, Darrow led a group of thought leaders in a discussion prompted by the wide interest in School vs. Education. The group talked about producing a book treating education from a biblical worldview. One of those leaders was our friend, Dr. Elizabeth
What is the pursuit of happiness as articulated in the Declaration of Independence? Pause for a moment and ask yourself, what does that phrase mean? And what did Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the others who signed it, understand it to mean? It certainly did
While Antifa and Black Lives Matter rage against America, and overpaid NFL players show their contempt for the national anthem, ordinary citizens are displaying the Good Samaritan culture of America. They are stepping up to serve their neighbors, friends, and strangers devastated by recent disasters and atrocities. Within 30 days,
Self-control —more accurately, the utter lack of self-control—was featured in Scott Allen’s recent post, “The Tyranny of Feelings.” Scott pointed his readers to the story and video of the so-called “Shrieking Girl.” That’s a recently acquired moniker for a Yale student who screamed vulgarities at an esteemed (by others, anyway) professor.
At one time, in the West, virtue (moral goodness) was valued for its own sake. Sadly, that clarity has faded. Now, we practice, not virtue so much as “virtue signalling”: the conspicuous display of a politically correct position so as to reassure your in-crowd of your bona fides. It’s more
[from part 2] Corruption is not moral in one country and immoral in another. Corruption and stealing are harmful to people in any country. The creation mandate applies to every person in every country, as does the “love your neighbor” principle, and the commandment to not steal. There is a
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