Christianity

There is an alternative to our current cultural narcissism ... this revolutionary force is called Christianity.

The enduring belief in the inherent goodness of man...

Alice Cooper was over the top, even for me — and I was a fan of King Crimson and Yes. Never much cared for gross-out rock (vomiting.....

We live in an age where the notion of truth, of absolutes which transcend the individual and society, is increasingly under assault. Ours is an age of.....

The lady on the morning “news”, in her warmest and faux-sincere voice, said it sweetly: “This is the season of hope and joy” — and moved on.....

David Foster Wallace, a writer, professor and committed atheist, died on Sept 12, 2008. He was perhaps best known for his book about John McCain’s 2000 presidential.....

Meditation on the essence and power of prayer.

Often in the sturm und drang of a world gone mad, there comes, through the chaos and insanity, some brief moment of clarity. Such times pass by.....

In recent essays we’ve been mud-wrestling about scientific materialism vs. faith — especially with that peculiar disdain and condescension secular scientists often exude toward those foolish enough.....

My first observation is one of puzzled bemusement, wondering why our good astronomer, and so many of his friends, seem compelled to bother with those crazy creationists.

Some things, it seems, never change: scientists never have doubts — and those who doubt their unerring wisdom must be mentally unwell.

It is, after a fashion, a legend of the fall. Not mine, mind you — although one could say my fall was in some ways greater. My.....