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
Fifty years ago, watching Francis Schaeffer write on a napkin, I learned something important about the nature of truth. And I’m still reflecting on that evening with Dr. Schaeffer at his mountain home, Chalet Les Melezes, in Huemoz, Switzerland. What he said that night and the diagrams he drew on a
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “new fascists” The New Fascism: Tolerance That Leads to Tyranny The New Fascists Use Words As Weapons New Fascists: Bullies Attacking the Family We have written about the abuse of power by the “new fascists,” about their use of language as
Over the last three? generations, Western society has made two worldview moves: 1) From premodern (Judeo-Christian) theism to modern atheism, and then 2) From modern atheism to postmodern neo-paganism. These changes have powerfully affected our understanding of the concept of truth. Humans are to be truth seekers. We were designed
Recently we published, “Rape in Sweden Increased 1,472% from 1975 to 2014.” The post examined the deadly mix of postmodernism, with its dismissal of objective truth, and the violent misogyny of Islamism. Sweden’s rape experience is just the worst of several European countries that have seen an alarming growth of
Facebook headlines are everywhere. A flood of news stories about Facebook malfeasance is swirling. Just four days ago the US congress formally asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica data mining. The BIG FOUR tech companies—Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple—are the
“But the point is now determined, and I shall have the liberty to think for myself.” So wrote John Adams—the second US President—upon entering the study of law. Like the Berean Jews (Acts 17:11), Adams demonstrates the independent thinking of a free people. In his 2003 Jefferson Lecture on the
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Free to choose hell” Freedom to Choose Hell Freedom to Choose Hell, part 2 Hell exists because of human freedom. Both human freedom and human responsibility are major themes of Scripture. We see this in two trees, one in each testament.
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Free to choose hell” Freedom to Choose Hell Freedom to Choose Hell, part 2 Recently I heard Eric Metaxas interview Dr. John C. Rankin about his latest book, provocatively titled The Freedom to Choose Hell. I was reminded of something C.S.
This is post 12 of 12 in the series “toxic new religion” The Cultural Roots of Campus Rage The Tyranny of Feelings: Yale as a Microcosm for a Troubling Trend Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the New Religion Advances by Redefining Words Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the
