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The Problem of Evil in the World
Why do bad things happen to good people? How can a good God who loves us permit all the suffering in this world? These and other questions related to the problem of evil... READ MORE
Pro-Life Birthday Traditions In Our House
Today is Mother's Day, my wife's thirty-second birthday, and a week and a day since the eighth birthday of my fourth son. Let me tell you about the last of those three. READ MORE
Tribalism, Morality, and Political Discourse
A few weeks ago, popular evangelical preacher, Ravi Zacharias, responded to the much-talked-about Mueller report with the following criticism: If anyone ever thought the Mueller report would bring an end to this constant... READ MORE
One Christian’s Response to Harry Potter and Magic in Fiction
I was in high school when JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Perhaps I thought I was too old to read a kid’s book. Or maybe I was too distracted by sports and... READ MORE
Is David French Right About Franklin Graham And President Trump?
David French recently published an article in National Review titled ‘Franklin Graham and the High Cost of the Lost Evangelical Witness.’ I came across it in my Facebook feed yesterday. READ MORE
Reflections on The Notre Dame Fire & The Soul of Western Civilization
At 12:37 on April 15th, 2019, my wife messaged me to ask if I had heard that Notre Dame was on fire. That was the first I had heard. The fire has since... READ MORE
The Implicit Anti-Human Bias of Wildlife Documentaries
When I was a kid, my favorite magazine was unquestionably National Geographic. Whatever the cover or main topic was each month, every issue seemed to me an exploration of the strange and fantastic... READ MORE
The Advantage of Listening to Six Audiobooks At Once
Impressed with two novel ways of reading, the idea occurred to me to combine them together. READ MORE