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May 2015

May 15, 2015

The Falling and Rising of American Christianity

Is Christianity fading in America? Are atheism and religious disaffiliation soaring? What does this mean for...

April 2015

April 04, 2015

Do Christians Mean What They Say? A response to Frank Bruni

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni doesn't believe that Christians who are opposed to same-sex...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Who Are the Liberals?

If there's anything in store for American political discourse more absurd or uninformed than the...

March 02, 2015

4 Responses a Non-Scientist Christian Can Give to Science-Based Atheism

Lack of scientific knowledge can leave Christians feeling vulnerable when talking to unbelieving friends about...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Scott Walker Doesn’t Know if Obama Is a Christian (And Neither Do I)

Governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Scott Walker says he doesn't know if President Obama is...

February 19, 2015

Surrendering Earth to Thugs: How Atheism Empowers ISIS

By now many of you have surely either read or seen mentioned Graeme Wood's cover...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

C.S. Lewis On Why You Shouldn’t Dump Doctrine for More Friends

Kurt Willems thinks Christians should "give up" the doctrine of Hell for one simple reason:...

January 23, 2015

The Proud Single-Issue Voter

This week began with Sanctity of Life Sunday, a day declared by President Reagan and observed...

January 09, 2015

For Blasphemy and For Evangelism

I had an older professor in Bible college who was responsible for teaching survey courses through...

January 07, 2015

“The Prophet Has Been Avenged”

Horror and heartbreak in Paris: Three masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a...

January 02, 2015

Looking at Science to Find God?

First, Eric Metaxas explains at The Wall Street Journal how scientific discoveries are pointing towards...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

The Christian Ideas of “The Exorcist”

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist turned 40 years old last year. Like Kubrick’s 2001, The Exorcist,...

October 28, 2014

A Moment of Irony for UC Berkeley

You'll recall that Bill Maher recently drew the ire of some on the Left for asserting that...

October 14, 2014

A Texas-Sized Travesty

A constitutional disaster is unfolding in Houston, where the mayor, Annise Parker, has demanded that...

October 06, 2014

The Decline of Dawkins, continued

John Gray's withering review of Richard Dawkins's new autobiography is not just good reading, it's...

October 06, 2014

Cheering Bill Maher?

If I had a dollar for every time Bill Maher got more cheers from conservatives...