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Is Christmas A Pagan Holiday?

There is a growing trend among some fundamentalist Christians to boycott Christmas. These folks contend that Christmas symbols like trees, mistletoe, Santa Claus, gift-giving and,… Read more

Can Scientists Create Life in a Lab?

Craig Venter led the first privately funded effort to sequence the human genome. Some might think that would be enough to keep a guy busy… Read more

The Problem of Good

Why would an all-powerful, all-good God allow all the evil things we see going on in the world? If he was so good, he would… Read more

Fiery Old Saint Nicholas

Whenever I write about Christmas, I always do my best to keep the main thing the main thing. Christmas is about Jesus’ Incarnation, nothing else.… Read more

When Science Becomes a Religion

Science, and the technology it breeds, is a dominating force in our culture. Understandably so. Science has extended our lives and made them more comfortable.… Read more

Remembering Jack

Anyone who was alive 60 years ago this past week probably remembers where they were and what they were doing on the morning of November… Read more

Relativism: Living in Candyland

I’m going to admit something that you may find shocking. I hate Candyland. When my kids were little, I cheated at the game. I hated it… Read more

Our Descent into the Cult of Self

I don’t do book reviews very often. But in our current culture, I believe that Carl R. Trueman’s, Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists… Read more

Exposing “Pro-Choice” Sophistry

When the Roe-v-Wade decision descended onto the American landscape in January, 1973, Frederica Mathewes-Green, was a self-described “anti-war, mother-earth, feminist, hippie college student” whose car sported… Read more

A Wolf in the Sheep Pen

The church service at our suburban Cincinnati non-denominational church had barely ended when I started receiving text messages from friends. All of them shared some… Read more

Yes, We Do Need To Put God In A Box

“You can’t put God in a box!” It’s a popular saying within the Christian community. And it seems reasonable to say. After all, God can… Read more

The Dangers of a Digital Bible

When I refer to the dangers of a digital Bible, I mean “digital” in two different ways. First, it is about the practice of interpreting… Read more

Was God’s Original Creation Perfect?

There is, and probably always will be, a debate going on between sincere Christians about the age of the Universe. I think I’ve made my… Read more

A Myth Come True

If you’re anything like me, you probably associate the word “myth” with an ancient fairy tale. The Greek and Roman pantheon of gods comes to… Read more

Christmas: The Cure For Our Two-Storied World

Even people who don’t celebrate Christmas seem to know what it’s about — the birth of a Savior who comes to rescue us from the… Read more