Why does the world hate the Jews? Dennis Prager relates Hitler’s answer to this question. “We are fighting,” he said, “against the most ancient curse that humanity has brought upon itself. Against the so-called Ten Commandments, against them we are fighting.” His life’s mission, he said, was to destroy “the
One of the most profound stories in the scriptures is that of Joseph in Egypt. It tells us a valuable lesson about leadership. In Genesis 41 the Pharaoh had a dream no one could interpret. Then he was told of an imprisoned Hebrew who could interpret the dream. Which Joseph
The novelty has worn off. A friend said this recently regarding the lifestyle required by this virus. So it behooves us even more to find a silver lining. For me, it’s dads with kids riding bikes. The last verse in the Old Testament is an interesting one. Malachi speaks of
Ephesians 6:4:4, Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [parorgizō – make angry or exasperate] but bring them up in the discipline [paideia – discipline, training] and instruction [nouthesia – warning, admonition] of the Lord. Wise words, from an ancient voice. I am sure I exasperated my children more
The horrors in La Pampa, Peru must stop. Recently it was my honor to facilitate an arts workshop, The Call of the Balladeers, in Medellin, Colombia, for 125 young Christian artists from 12 Latin countries. The purpose of the workshop was to equip and encourage aspiring Christian artists to use
Western society is in crisis I am neither an historian nor a sociologist. Before becoming a Christian I was a Marxist. I have always had a certain interest and concern about intellectual issues related to the spiritual world and Christianity. For the Christian life to be relevant, it cannot be
Happiness: Where Does It Come From? Photo by Valerie Elash on Unsplash People often say, “I just want to be happy!” Is that your goal?
This week, our Youtube channel features the animated distillation of Darrow’s April 2016 article, Wisdom is Better Than Knowledge. Thanks for watching! (Go here if the video doesn’t show.)
Dr. Robert George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions Princeton University. He recently published the following article in collaboration with multiple colleagues. We deem it worthy of wide distribution and are happy to repost it here. ~ Some Thoughts and Advice for
Our tour of virtues has taken us to meekness and then repentance. In this post we come to hope. Some people may be surprised to see hope included in a list of virtues. We often consider a person’s level of hope to be a dimension of personality. Some people are
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