The Last Work of a Student or the First of a Scholar?

That slogan puzzled me the first few times I heard it, but I think I understand it more clearly now. I was puzzled because the word scholar means “student.” It is a Latin word derived from the noun schola, or school. A scholar is . . . Continue reading →

Review: Truth Changes Everything: How People Of Faith Can Transform The World In Times of Crisis By Jeff Myers

In 2019 atheist historian Tom Holland published Dominion, an ambitious work detailing the revolutionary impact Jesus Christ and Christianity have had on Western civilization. Holland set out to explain why “in a West that is often doubtful of religion’s claims, so many . . . Continue reading →

Why Caution About Jonathan Edwards Is In Order

Jonathan Edwards (1703–58) is America’s most famous theologian and perhaps its most famous philosopher too. He is an important and influential figure and is worth seeking to understand for these reasons alone. We should think about Edwards for other reasons, however. He . . . Continue reading →

Silicon Valley’s Religion

…My concern here is the underlying religion of the high priests of the Silicon Valley and beyond. After all, if pioneering engineers and tech billionaires are inspired by explicitly religious ideas, why shouldn’t Christians evaluate them? There are plenty of non-ideological folks . . . Continue reading →