Would we still try to build things like cathedrals today? In good measure your view of life will determine what you do – or don’t…
One’s worldview determines how we approach things like the corona crisis: Two nights ago on television there was a replay of the 1996 film Independence…
Christians should have a far different response to suffering than atheists: Can one accept the reality of God and of suffering, and not have a…
Everywhere we look we find conflict. There are political wars, there are ideological wars, there are culture wars, and there are religious wars. Overwhelmingly, behind…
Exactly 75 years ago today Dutch citizens woke to the sounds of airplanes overhead, gunfire, and Nazi paratroopers landing in Amsterdam. This was the beginning…
We have got to the point in so much of the West where it actually seems important to start talking about the possibility or even…
Anyone who has actually studied both Islam and Christianity knows how radically different they are to each other. It has rightly been argued that Islam…
Worldviews matter. Our framework for looking at the world will impact what we see, how we see it. Our worldview will also impact what we…
H.G. Wells could write about The War of the Worlds, in which Martians and earthlings battled for supremacy. But the real battles today really come…
There are at least two clear reasons why the secular left is absolutely foaming at the mouth over Sarah Palin, John McCain’s Republican running mate.…
Do worldviews matter? You bet they do. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences. Bad worldviews lead to some very bad outcomes. Take…
We live in a pluralistic world, with a plurality of ideas, philosophies, beliefs and religions. How are we to treat these various belief systems and…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…
All worldviews have to wrestle with the problem of evil. New Agers, secularists, atheists and theists all must come up with some sort of account…
Two public commentators with opposing worldviews: One does not expect that we should get all of our information and knowledge about important world events from…
Mental and moral clarity on truth versus opinion: We can get into real trouble when we fail to make basic distinctions. Consider the issue of…
Just when do we need doctrinal checklists? A perennial problem for the Christian is learning how to be in the world but not of it.…
Some honest answers to questions about pain and suffering: Many atheists and non-believers use the excuse of pain and suffering to not want to believe…
Thankfully, good and evil are not co-equal: Let me unpack my title for you: people and sin are the topics I examine here and I…