Articles & Essays

Better a patient person than a warrior; one with self control than one who takes a city Proverbs 16:32 (NIVUK) Editor’s note:  I thought summer would be a good time to start a blog conversation and invite responses to a post. I’m guessing that there…

One of the consequences of the Fall is rather obvious. We have differences about who we should love and worship, and when political entities try to force the proper ordering of loves, they often fail miserably. Politically speaking then, one of the beauties of the…

Editor’s Note; In this series on academics and the Fall, I have focused on the consequences of the Fall for Christian scholars in general, Christian scholars’ view of time and liberal arts education, but in this final post, I want to talk about the consequences…

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Proverbs 25:2 One of the central problems often influences Christian education is an inordinate belief in quick moral or intellectual virtue. Growing up on a…

And there is a second commandment, which seems to me even more incomprehensible and arouses even stronger opposition in me. It is: “Love thine enemies.”                                                                                     Sigmund Freud “…while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son…” Romans 5:10b, NIV James…

When I was a young kid, I watched my dad do other things besides parent and work. We moved to Littleton, Colorado when I was almost four. My dad had a new job and two young kids. For some people, this season of transition with…