Popular Trends Rule Adolescent Desires
More than 60 years ago, in “The Abolition of Man,” C.S. Lewis challenged his readers to enter the town square and the marketplace of…
Por David E. Smith
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The Loss of Christianity at Christianity Today
President Trump is a lightning rod for opinions in American Christianity. As a pastor, I know. Some of my Christian friends love…
Por David E. Smith
So Much More Than Glitter and Gifts
My wife and I recently took our four children to see the Festival of Lights in East Peoria. If you’ve never been,…
Por Jonathan Lewis
Youth, Religion, and the Rise of the ‘Nones’
For the last few years the fastest growing group in religion are the “Nones.” Not the kind that wear black and white…
Por Christine Misner
Missing the Mark on Perfect Love
In 1 Corinthians 13—the famous Love Chapter—the Apostle Paul tells us many things about what love is, what it does, and what…
Por Jonathan Lewis
Satan, The Great Counterfeiter
Last year, the Secretary of State’s office at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield allowed the Satanic Temple in Chicago to display a…
Por David E. Smith
Chicago Public Schools Promote Hindu Religious Practice of Transcendental Meditation
Next time you hear some arch-defender of the a-constitutional “wall” of separation between the church and state whose knickers are in a…
Por Laurie Higgins
Thanksgiving—to be Practiced Year Round
There are valuable lessons to be learned from the first Thanksgiving but the first grade class of Stone Bank Elementary School in…
God Help Us To Be People of Truth
I don’t write very often because, frankly, I find it difficult. As a witness to the events of our day, I am…
Por David E. Smith
Church Has Stemmed the Tide of Evil Throughout History
Cambridge Professor C.F.D. Moule once said, “The gospel is more than a declaration … It is something which we do not merely…
Por David E. Smith
Professor Anthony Esolen: “Reviving the Chest”
Professor Anthony Esolen is one of America’s cultural treasures. He writes about moral decline in America with insight, boldness, and eloquence—no timid,…
Por Laurie Higgins
Black Holes, Belief Systems, and Help for the Skeptical Soul
Sarah Salviander grew up watching Star Wars, Star Trek, and Carl Sagan, and by age nine, she knew she would be a…
Por David E. Smith
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