This year my Summer Reading List is definitely testing the boundaries of summer. But I claim as justification the fact that the days are still warm an...
Those hardy readers looking for good books to read by the hearthside will discover several recent titles that combine good writing and captivating sub...
Where in the Bible is the Christmas story to be found? Understandably, the instinct of most Christians is to turn to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, ...
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This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is th...
President George W. Bush's European schedule presented the White House with several difficult and complicated diplomatic questions. After all, the celebration of "V-E Day," marking the end of World War II in Europe, was complicated by increased tens ...
Richard Dawkins wants to be the devil's chaplain. As the world's most visible and articulate atheist, Dawkins declared war on religious belief many years ago. In his latest salvo, he leaves no doubt about his antipathy towards all forms of theistic b ...
“It need not further be denied,” argued James Orr, “that between this view of the world involved in Christianity, and what is sometimes called ‘the modern view of the world’ there exists a deep and radical antagonism.” James Orr observed this ‘deep ...
This week marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power in Great Britain. In May 1979, Margaret Thatcher moved into No. 10 Downing Street and changed the course of British history. Beyond this, Lady Thatcher changed the te ...
Warren G. Bennis and James O'Toole agree that business schools are on the wrong track. Bennis and O'Toole are in a position to know, since Bennis serves as University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University ...
[Editor's Note: This is Part Three of a three-part series. Click here for Part One. Click here for Part Two.] Even though the law must deal with ultimate issues, the argument is still being made that Christian morality ought to be shut out of t ...
[Editor's Note: This is Part Two of a three-part series. Click here for Part One.] Secularism rests on three myths. The first is the myth of the secular state. Secularism is not a positive construct. By its very nature, something is secular on ...
What should be the relationship between Christian morality and public law? This is a quintessentially modern question. In other eras of Christian history, or even the history of Western civilization, to ask what should be the relationship between Chr ...
"By the middle of the twentieth century, the idea of separation between church and state had become an almost irresistible American dogma," explains constitutional scholar Philip Hamburger. A law professor at the University of Chicago, Hamburger had ...
The last century has witnessed some of the most divisive and confrontational debates in human history--and many of these have focused on the institution of the family. Arguments over marriage, sexuality, reproduction, and justice have placed a giant ...