One of my favorite scenes in C.S. Lewis’s novel The Great Divorce involves quite the trio: a ghost, a lizard, and an angel. The little red Lizard sits upon the Ghost’s shoulders, perfectly positioned to whisper in his ear. The Ghost, who is living between heaven and hell, still has a chance to enter the... Continue Reading →
Over the last few centuries, there have been some powerhouse intellectual figures who have thrown their weight against the Christian faith. Whether Voltaire, Hume, Nietzsche, Marx, Darwin, or Russel, many have brought various charges against Christianity. Of course, not to be forgotten is the great psychologist Sigmund Freud. One of Freud’s primary themes was that... Continue Reading →
It is important, critical really, to seek to read more books well, rather than to merely read more books. Too often, we readers can be so focused on breaking our reading records, that we fail to slow down and let the reading we’ve done do its work. Reflection. Study. Writing. Rereading. All these are best... Continue Reading →
It’s a strange world we live in when one of the most infamous atheists, Richard Dawkins, is calling himself a “cultural Christian.” Of course, he’s still an atheist, but nevertheless, there has been a palpable shift in the West’s intellectual atmosphere for Dawkins (and others) to be willing to embrace such an identity. And yet,... Continue Reading →
The Bible is filled with passages that boldly declare the deity of Jesus Christ. “In Him, all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form.” - Colossians 2:9 “No one has seen God at any time, the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has explained Him.” - John 1:14... Continue Reading →
Where are the limits to our spending or our endless quest for earthly comfort? Do we even have limits? And yet… do we have a good balance here? Do we have the theological safeguards established against self-righteous legalism? Do we know that the demon likes both the ravenous glutton and the empty ascetic?
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