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November 2015

November 11, 2015

Let’s Fix the University

Yale does research magnificently and prepares graduates for the present upper class. University of Missouri...

November 10, 2015

God, Dr. Carson, and Yale: the Failure of CMC

Nobody I know is mad at the red Starbucks' coffee cup, but plenty of people...

November 09, 2015

On Lies and Deception in Politics: To Clinton

Most people shade the truth at times. I know I have said things I should...

November 08, 2015

Help Us Dr. Carson

You don't have to believe the "mainstream media." Ben Carson could settle one question right...

November 07, 2015

Ben Carson and Why Your Church Must Be On Guard from the CMC

Forget Politico. Assume HRC is a liar and disqualified for President. I do. Dr. Ben...

November 06, 2015

What Ben Carson and the West Point Story Tells Us

Nobody gets every detail right, especially if they speak or write for a living. A...

November 05, 2015

Do the Right Thing in Christian Ministry: Avoid Brocklehurst

Recently, in hard (but friendly) dialog with some non-theists, I was reminded how small the...

November 04, 2015

Hope Does Not Disappoint

If you struggle with biologically based depression, as many people in my family do, then...

November 03, 2015

The HERO and Bevin Election

The United States Supreme Court has, once again, created a contentious issue that will not...

November 02, 2015

Get New Friends: Love Truth Not Narrowness

When I was a boy I heard a pastor described as "so narrow, he could...

November 01, 2015

Time to Pray

Abraham Lincoln knew it and many of us have lived it. Prayer works, and a...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Dear Mr Starr

Dear Mr Starr, They tell me in this fiftieth year of the Super Bowl that...

October 30, 2015

Fear Not!

Monsters scare and yet fascinate little kids. Just as Mom and Dad find it hard...

October 29, 2015

Tell the Truth Dr. Carson

Dr. Carson has earned a second look from all traditional Christian voters. I had dismissed...

October 28, 2015

On Being Humble

For each of our (now adult) children, we had a "lesson." For one it was:...

October 27, 2015

Heavy Lifting: Grow Up, Get a Job, Raise a Family, and Other Manly Advice

If a certain kind of book must be written and read, a warning should flash...

October 26, 2015

Three Lessons from Steve Jobs: the man not the movie

See the next World Magazine for my review of the new biopic on Steve Jobs....

October 25, 2015

Defying our Experience

I keep a prayer journal ever since JP Moreland, philosopher and mentor, pointed out it...

October 24, 2015

Maureen O’Hara: A Pleasant Time at the Movies

Today we went to see the movie about Steve Jobs . . . more on...

October 23, 2015

A Vision is Life

Vince Lombardi inherited a losing team with losing players and made that team one of...

October 22, 2015

I am for . . . everyone I can be – except the Chicago Bears

Picking a fight is easy. Watch: The best quarterback in Packer history, perhaps in NFL...

October 21, 2015

Because I am a Christian, I Support the Right to Bear Arms

Editor's Note: This piece is part of a conversation Patheos is hosting on the new...

October 20, 2015

The Battle of Navarino: Liberty Won in a Very Different Europe

The Russians wanted to help fellow Christians long oppressed by Islamic rule, relegated to second...

October 19, 2015

The World Turned Upside Down: Yorktown

The next time someone tells you war doesn't solve any problems, point out that winning...

October 18, 2015

Goodbye, Tsarist Alaska!

Today the Empire of the Tsars turned over possession of Alaska to the United States...

October 17, 2015

Having Benedict Arnold’s Best Day

When I took students to Saratoga, one of the greatest military victories in American history,...

October 16, 2015

Rest in Peace Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France

As a little boy, I saw images in a textbook of French Revolutionaries delighting over...

October 15, 2015

Happy Birthday PG Wodehouse

If I am very sad, I turn to the complete Sherlock Holmes for soothing reading....

October 14, 2015

The World Can Change Quickly

Today one world that endured for centuries died and a new possibility for England came...

October 13, 2015

Why Do Smart Atheists Believe Dumb Things?

At any point when I engage with village atheists (not professional philosophers) my students will...