Sociology

5 Lies the Church Tells Women

5 of the lies some churches tell women, taken from J. Lee Grady's book '10 Lies the Church Tells Women.' Includes a woman's place in the family, in the church, in the workplace and the world.

Abortion: A Failure to Communicate
First Things, April 1998

Swope concludes, "If pro-lifers are willing to reframe the debate in a way that affected women can better understand..the movement can regain the moral high ground...and begin to reach successfully the very women who most need the pro-life message."

Academic Icon Exposed: But the academy rushes to her defense
Gene Edward Veith, World Magazine

When a Stanford grad student exposed the myths associated with the 1992 Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu's life story, he encourntered an academic cadre whose members villified the truthteller. Multiculturalists said, "Nevermind the facts."

Beating the Bearhug: The Hard Work Of Charitable Choice Is Just Beginning
Marvin Olasky

Olasky, editor of World magazine, personal advisor of George W. Bush and originator of the "compassionate conservatism" concept, gives prescriptions for faith-based poverty-fighting groups on their interaction with government.

Biographical Sketch
Douglas Yeo

Douglas Yeo is the Bass Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Faculty at Boston University School for the Arts. His many articles, publications, recordings and activities have made him a respected leader in the field of trombone performance and pedagogy.

Blaming the Guns Again
Timothy Wheeler, M.D.

The author claims that, even before the body counts and other details were known in the Littleton, Colorado school shooting incident, media representatives were wrongly pointing fingers at the so-called "gun culture."

Capital Punishment
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 4 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Catholicism & Capital Punishment
First Things, April 2001

Avery Cardinal Dulles presents a brief compass which touches on numerous and complex problems. He concludes with ten theses that encapsulate his understanding of the Catholic church's doctrine.

The Caused Beginning of the Universe
A Response to Quentin Smith

Quentin Smith has recently argued that (I) the universe began to exist and (II) its beginning was uncaused. In support of (II), he argues that (i) there is no reason to think that the beginning was caused by God and (ii) it is unreasonable to think so. I dispute both claims. His case for (i) misconstrues the causal principle, appeals to false analogies of ex nihilo creation, fails to show how the origin of the universe ex nihilo is naturally plausible, and reduces to triviality by construing causality as predictability in principle. His case for (ii) ignores important epistemological questions and fails to show either that vacuum fluctuation models are empirically plausible or that they support his second claim.

Civility

We are living in the midst of an epidemic of rudeness and desperately need civility. This program looks at the rise of incivility and documents its effects in society, education, and politics. The program concludes by providing a biblical framework for civility.

Climbing Mount Improbable & Darwin's Black Box
First Things, October 1996

Two books which take opposite views on Darwinism are examined by reviewer Phillip E. Johnson. "Climbing Mount Improbable" by Richard Dawkins presents the orthodox case for evolution. On the other side, "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael Behe challenges thi

Contrition in the Age of Spin Control
First Things, November 1997

If the Catholic Church admits past errors over particular incidents, does it in effect undermine its own authority? Should not the Pope publicly confess the Church's historical errors of judgement and action?

Creation and Big Bang Cosmology
Dr. William Lane Craig

Recent discussions have raised the issue of the metaphysical implications of standard Big Bang cosmology. Grunbaum's argument that the causal principle cannot be applied to the origin of the universe rests on a pseudo-dilemma, since the cause could act neither before nor after t=0, but at t=0. Levy-Leblond's advocacy of a remetrication of cosmic time to push the singularity to - involves various conceptual difficulties and is in any case unavailing, since the universe's beginning is not eliminated. Maddox's aversion to the possible metaphysical implications of the standard model evinces a narrow scientism. Standard Big Bang cosmogeny does therefore seem to have those metaphysical implications which some have found so discomfiting.

Creatures of Place and Time: Reflections on Moving
First Things, April 1997

Moving itself can be a painful endeavor. It may also, however, give one cause to reflect about personal priorities and family memories. The author ties the experience ot moving to other significant topics in this insightful essay.

Crime and the Cure of the Soul
First Things, October 1993

Both liberals and conservatives have forgotten how to account for character and creed. They have ignored the fact that the fate of the moral order depends on the state of the soul. The evidence is clear: Moral reformation, not expanding bureaucracies, is

Crime in America
Kerby Anderson

Documents the rise of crime in America. Discusses how to fight crime in your community.

Criminal Justice
Leadership University Special Focus

With the Timothy McVeigh sentencing in, America is hotly discussing the issue of criminal justice. "Does Timothy McVeigh deserve to die?" Christian scholars and leaders are grappling over this issue and the issues of capital punishment and criminal reform in general. We have devoted this special focus to these important topics.

Darwin's Black Box
Dr. Ray Bohlin

Michael Behe's book Darwin's Black Box was hailed by Christianity Today as 1996's Book of the Year, with good reason. This is the first book suggesting Intelligent Design that has received such serious attention from the scientific community. Dr. Ray Bohlin, with a background in molecular biology, reviews this book from a perspective as a creationist and scientist.

Darwinism and Theism
Darwinism: Science or Philosophy

No abstract available for this article

Darwinism's Rules of Reasoning
Darwinism: Science or Philosophy

No abstract available for this article

Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks
First Things, December 1996

"Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks" was authored by Nicholus Wolterstorff and reviewed in this article by Mark Talbot. This book presents a theoretical reflection about how God communicates to human beings. The a

Evolution, Genes and Morality
Raymond Bohlin, Ph.D.

Sociobiology claims to explain the origin and meaning of all human and animal social behavior in terms of genetics and natural selection. This view is inadequate to explain the complexities of human nature but curiously agrees with theism that man?s basic behavior is ultimately selfish.

An Exchange on Crime and Punishment
First Things, January 1994

William J. Bennett defends his view of the need to incarcerate criminals. Charles Colson replies.

Feminism
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 7 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Fighting poverty in Jesus' name...and with taxpayer funds?
Roy Maynard

Discusses Mississippi's Faith and Families program, which preceded former Senator John Ashcroft's Charitable Choice initiative, a plan to help move families off the welfare rolls while creating partnerships between faith-based groups like churches and governments. Although some of the news content is dated, the articles gives a clear, simple view of the pros and cons of such efforts.

The Forgotten Factor in Physical and Mental Health
An Independent Study Seminar

"The Forgotten Factor in Physical and Mental Health: What Does the Research Show?" is an independent study seminar for professionals and graduate students in medicine, social work, psychology and pastoral counseling or for any other persons interested in factors affecting health. The seven study modules and accompanying group discussion guide lead participants through research studies from the scientific literature to examine findings which may be highly relevant to the prevention and treatment of illness. The seminar focuses on the role of religious commitment and its impact on physical and mental health: Is it a help, or is it a hindrance? These findings are compared to what is often taught in graduate programs. This seminar is an invaluable tool for becoming familiar with up-to-date quantified research documenting the physical and mental health benefits of Judeo-Christian beliefs and practices.

The Forgotten Factor in Physical and Mental Health
Module 1: Charting the Religious Gap

"The Forgotten Factor in Physical and Mental Health: What Does the Research Show?" is an independent study seminar for professionals and graduate students in medicine, social work, psychology and pastoral counseling or for any other persons interested in factors affecting health. Module 1 charts the religious commitment gap. You will be able to recognize the pervasive and central influence of religious commitment in the lives of many patients and begin to examine how it may be relevant in treatment and therapy.

Go Ahead, Offend Me
First Things, May 1998

Frederica Matthewes-Green concludes: "Scrupulous anxiety about offending women is offensive to this woman...Besides, updating gender references won't go very far toward a goal of making the Bible palatable."

The "God Pod"
Charles Colson

In a radio commentary describing the result of decisions made based on Dr. Byron Johnson's research (see above) on rearrest rates: "I've just returned from a very unusual weekend--one that reminded me of a spiritual retreat. The governor of Texas, George Bush, was there, singing hymns with an enthusiastic choir. One man after another testified of God's grace in his life. Tears were shed and there were many hugs. But this was no woodsy retreat center. It was a Texas prison. And what's going on there offers a glimpse of what America needs to do to break the vicious cycle of crime. Last April Prison Fellowship opened the first 'Christian prison' in America."

God and the Initial Cosmological Singularity
A Reply to Quentin Smith

Quentin Smith contends (i) an atheistic interpretation of the Big Bang is better justified than a theistic interpretation because the latter is inconsistent with the standard Big Bang model and (ii) his atheistic interpretation offers a coherent and plausible account of the origin of the universe. But Smith's argument for (i) is multiply flawed, depending on premisses which are false or at least mootable and a key invalid inference. Smith's attempt to demonstrate the plausibility of the atheistic interpretation on the basis of its greater simplicity is based on false parallels between God and the initial cosmological singularity. Smith's effort to prove that the atheist's contention that the universe came into being uncaused out of absolutely nothing is coherent rests upon a confusion between inconceivability and unimaginability and assumes without argument that the causal principle could not be a metaphysically necessary a posteriori truth. In any case, there are good grounds for taking the principle to be a metaphysically necessary, synthetic, a priori truth, in which case the atheistic interpretation is incoherent.

Graham Oppy on the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Dr. William Lane Craig

Graham Oppy has attempted to re-support J. L. Mackie's objections to the kalam cosmological argument, to which I responded in my article "Professor Mackie and the Kalam Cosmological Argument." Oppy's attempt to defend the possibility of the existence of an actual infinite is vitiated by his conflation of narrowly and broadly logical possibility. Oppy's attempt to defend the possibility of the formation of an actual infinite by successive addition founders on misinterpretations. Oppy's objections to the premiss that whatever begins to exist has a cause and to God's being that cause are based on modal confusions.

Hasker on Divine Knowledge
William Lane Craig

William Hasker has presented influential arguments against divine foreknowledge and middle knowledge. I argue that his objections are fallacious. With respect to divine foreknowledge, three central issues arise: temporal necessity, power entailment principles, and the nature of free will. In each case Hasker's analysis is defective. With respect to divine middle knowledge, Hasker presents four objections concerning the truth of counterfactuals of freedom. Against Hasker I argue that such propositions are grounded in states of affairs belonging to the actual world logically prior to its full instantiation and are contingently true or false.

How State And Local Officials Can Combat Violent Juvenile Crime
James Wootton and Robert O. Heck

Policy statement from The Heritage Foundation (1996) recommending institution of various programs to stem youth violence, particularly SHOCAP. Contains detailed research on youth crime and analysis of why today's juvenile justice system is failing.

How to Sink a Battleship
The Real Issue, November/December 1996

Phillip E. Johnson issues a call to separate materialist philosophy from empirical science. This article is edited from the final address at the Mere Creation Conference.

How to Talk to Your Kids About Evolution and Creation
Dr. Ray and Sue Bohlin

If parents have a basic understanding of creation and evolution issues with some helpful answers, it will be a lot easier to answer their children's questions and lead them into discussion about these important subjects. Dr. Ray Bohlin discusses with his wife Sue some of the questions kids and parents ask.

Human Fossils: "Just So" Stories of Apes and Humans
Dr. Ray Bohlin

The study of human evolution suffers from too few fossils, tunnel world view vision, powerful personalities, and too much media misinformation. This article tries to sort out the data from a creationist perspective.

"I Have a Dream"
Leadership University Special Feature

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the upcoming Black History Month, we have put together a Special Focus on Dr. King, his message and his beliefs.

In Memory of Rachel Joy Scott and A Wake-Up Call to America's Youth
Transcript of a Funeral Message by Pastor Bruce Porter

Rachel Scott fell victim to the two young Colorado gunmen who later took their own lives. Her testimony as a born-again Christian serves as the impetus for this powerful challenge to other youths across the United States.

Inner-City Renewal
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 13 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Is God Unconstitutional
The Real Issue, Introductory Issue

Dr. Phillip E. Johnson brings his acute legal mind to the many issues surrounding Darwinism. He exposes the deeply philosophical bias for faith in evolution held by the theory's advocates.

Is God Unconstitutional? (Part 1)
The Real Issue, September/October 1994

Dr. Phillip E. Johnson brings his acute legal mind to the many issues surrounding Darwinism. He exposes the deeply philosophical bias for faith in evolution held by the theory's advocates.

Is God Unconstitutional? (Part 2)
The Real Issue, November/December 1994

Dr. Phillip E. Johnson brings his acute legal mind to the many issues surrounding Darwinism. He concludes his exposition of the deeply philosophical bias for faith in evolution held by the theory's advocates.

Johnson, Phillip E.
Law, Author of Darwin On Trial and other books

Phillip Johnson has been a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, for 26 years. He received his B.A. from Harvard and his J.D. from the University of Chicago. Johnson is the author of Darwin on Trial, Reason in the Balance, and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds. Since the writing of his books, Johnson has spoken and debated extensively with other experts on these issues.

Judaism or Jewishness
First Things, June/July 1997

The author traces the series of historical efforts by which Jews sought to gain equality in America. Did this effort culminate in an effort to secularize American institutions?

Kerby Anderson Commentary: Character and Civility

Character and civility have fallen on hard times, and we are reaping the results of a society that has turned its back on these two admirable attributes.

Kerby Anderson Commentary: Faith-based Initiatives

We should carefully look at all three aspects of the proposed faith-based initiatives: the chronic need for deregulation, tax encouragement, and concerns about the church-state issue.

Let's Give the Dream New Life
Charles Gilmer

Explores Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream in the context of modern society.

Love, Hate, and Jewish Identity
First Things, November 1997

The author traces Jewish identity through modernity. He considers many historical and social factors as he concludes that the Jews have moved away from their religious heritage, the very thing that made them unique, in favor of secular principles.

Motherhood, Homemaking, and Liberal Arts Education
Jean Humphreys

Jean Humphreys, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dallas Baptist University, asks Why should a woman obtain a liberal arts education if for some reason, she may later find herself at home and not working in the outside world? Is there something more valuable in obtaining a liberal arts education rather than merely having a degree? This paper will attempt to delineate the value of a liberal arts education for a woman who has chosen the traditional roles of motherhood and homemaking, either for a life course or a season of life.

Multiculturalism
Don Closson

Multiculturalism is a politically correct attempt to over-correct cultural bias by elevating all subcultures to equal status. It features the new tolerance, inclusivism, and a profound lack of discernment.

The Natural Limits to Biological Change: Neo-Darwinism Under Attack
Raymond G. Bohlin, Ph.D.

This article summarizes the book by the same name. The authors critique both Darwinism and puncuated equilibrium, and offer an alternative based on Intelligent Design.

Not a Threat
The Contributions of Christianity to Western Society

Rick Wade provides a solid argument for the beneficial contributions of Christianity to Western culture in the areas of science, human freedom, morality, and healthcare.

On Creation and Big Bang Cosmology
A Response to Grunbaum

In response to my article "Creation and Big Bang Cosmology" Adolf Grunbaum argues against God's being a simultaneous cause of the Big Bang and against the inference that the Big Bang had a cause. His critique of simultaneous causation, once validly formulated, is based on an obviously false premiss, namely, that in order for simultaneous causation to be possible we must have a generally accepted criterion for discerning such causes. His most important reason for rejecting the causal inference with respect to the Big Bang is predicated on a B-Theory of time, which I find good reasons to reject.

The Origin And Creation Of The Universe
A Response To Adolf Grunbaum

Adolf Grunbaum argues that the creation, as distinct from the origin, of the universe is a pseudo-problem. Grunbaum, however, seriously misconstrues the traditional argument for creation and his three groups of objections are therefore largely aimed at straw men or else misconceived. His objections to the scientific argument for creation are based on idiosyncratic definitions or deeper presuppositions which need to be surfaced and explored. He therefore falls short in his attempt to show that the question of creation is not a genuine philosophical problem.

Out of Control: Obnoxious Little League Parents
Breakpoint with Chuck Colson

Michael Costin was supervising practice for his son's hockey team north of Boston. During the practice, another parent became upset at how his son was being treated. What happened next is a sign of where our culture's attitudes about parenting can lead.

Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture
First Things, December 1994

Book review of Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture.

Prof. Grunbaum on Creation
William Lane Craig

Adolf Grunbaum claims that the question of creation is a pseudo-problem because it is incoherent to seek an external, prior cause of the Big Bang, which marks the beginning of time. This claim is unwarranted, however, for the theological creationist has a number of options available: (i) The Creator may be conceived to be causally, but not temporally, prior to the origin of the universe, such that the act of creating is simultaneous with the universe's beginning to exist; (ii) The Creator may be conceived to exist in a metaphysical time of which physical time is but a sensible measure and so to exist temporally prior to the inception of physical time; or (iii) The Creator may be conceived to exist timelessly and to cause tenselessly the origin of the universe at the Big Bang singularity. Grunbaum also claims that theological creationism is pseudo-explanatory because it is in principle impossible to specify the causal linkage between the cause and the effect in this case. At best this objection only shows that theological creationism is not a scientific explanation. In fact Grunbaum's objection strikes not against theology per se, but against all appeals to personal agency as explanatory, which evinces a narrow scientism.

Racial Reconciliation
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 18 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Rapture and Renewal in Latin America
First Things, June/July 1997

Pentecostal movements are sweeping Latin America. Attendants at Pentecostal services are filled with great enthusiasm at messages of personal repentance and reform. The author examines this movement in the context of Latino culture.

Reason in the Balance
First Things, February 1996

This is a review essay of the book "Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law and Education" by Phillip E. Johnson. Reviewed by Nancy R. Pearcey. This book traces the influences of Darwinism over the last century.

Reflections on the UDHR
First Things, April 1998

Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon and Elliott Abrams, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, comment on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, widely known as the "constitution" of the modern human rights movement.

The Religion of the Blind Watchmaker
The Real Issue, September/October 1992

Phillip Johnson has authored Darwin on Trial, contending theories of evolution are based on philosophical naturalism. Dr. Stephen Jay Gould responded to Johnson's book. This is Johnson's reply.

Religious Programs, Institutional Adjustment, and Recidivism
Former Inmates in Prison Fellowship Programs

This study examines the impact of religious programs on institutional adjustment and recidivism rates in two matched groups of inmates from four adult male prisons in New York State. One group had participated in programs sponsored by Prison Fellowship (PF); the other had no involvement with PF. PF and non-PF inmates are similar on measures of institutional adjustment, as measured by both general and serious prison infractions, and recidivism, as measured by arrests during a one-year follow-up period. However, after controlling for level of involvement in PF-sponsored programs, inmates who were most active in Bible studies were significantly less likely to be rearrested during the follow-up period.

Renewing American Compassion
First Things, December 1996

"Renewing American Compassion" was written by Marvin Olasky and reviewed by Amy Sherman. This book follows the author's previous work, "The Tragedy of American Compassion," by criticizing the bureaucratic responses to those in need. It offers a list o

Review Essay: Daniel Goldhagen's Holocaust
First Things, August/September 1996

Richard John Neuhaus reviews Daniel Goldhagen's book, "Hitler's Willing Executioner: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust." In this book, Goldhagen presents his thesis that the German people were anti-Semitic since the early 19th century: they wanted the

"Saving" the Poor
First Things, May 1999

Moloney describes the new freedoms (and funds) granted "faith-based organizations" by the federal government to address social ills.

Selected Publications and Discography
Douglas Yeo

Douglas Yeo is the Bass Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Faculty at Boston University School for the Arts. His many articles, publications, recordings and activities have made him a respected leader in the field of trombone performance and pedagogy.

Should Peter Go to the Mission Field?
Dr. William Lane Craig

In a recent article in Faith and Philosophy 8 (1991), pp. 380-89, William Hasker related the cases of a veteran missionary, Paul, and a prospective missionary, Peter, who were each reflecting upon the implications of a middle knowledge perspective on the exclusivity of salvation through Christ for their missionary tasks. Peter, in some confusion, wrote to Paul for advice concerning whether he should leave his successful pastorate for the foreign field. Paul's response to Peter's letter has been obtained and is here published.

The Significant Other
Leadership University Special Focus

March is recognized as Women's History Month. Many popular media outlets commemorate this month by tracing, perhaps even celebrating, key moments in the feminist movement. But is the development of feminism the primary story in the history of women? Indeed, should contemporary feminism even be considered the movement that best defines the needs and interests of today's women? We have put together a special focus on this issue.

The Special Theory of Relativity and Theories of Divine Eternity
Dr. William Lane Craig

Contemporary analyses of divine eternity often make explicit appeal to to the Special Theory of Relativity in support of the doctrine of divine timelessness. For example, two fundamental tenets of Leftow's theory, namely, (i) that temporal things exist both in time and in timeless eternity and (ii) that the timeless presence of all things to God in eternity is compatible with objective temporal becoming, depend essentially upon the legitimacy of the application of Einsteinian relativity to temporal events in relation to God. I argue that the first of these rests upon category mistakes, presupposes a reductionist view of time, and seems incompatible with a tensed theory of time. The second involves the same conceptual mistakes, but also hinges upon a particular interpretation of STR which, though widespread, is by no means the most plausible.

Teen Drug Abuse
Kerby Anderson

Examines drug abuse among teenagers and provides guidelines for fighting the drug battle. Also considers the arguments for legalizing drugs. Concludes with a biblical perspective on drugs.

The Teleological Argument And The Anthropic Principle
William Lane Craig

The discovery during our generation of the so-called anthropic coincidences in the initial conditions of the universe has breathed new life into the teleological argument. Use of the Anthropic Principle to nullify our wonder at these coincidences is logically fallacious unless conjoined with the metaphysical hypothesis of a World Ensemble. There are no reasons to believe that such an Ensemble exists nor that, if it does, it has the properties necessary for the Anthropic Principle to function. Typical objections to the alternative hypothesis of divine design are not probative.

Theories of Evolution
First Things, March 1997

This is a transcript of Pope John Paul II's address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, October 22, 1996. What did the Pope really say about evolutionary theories? Did he reverse Church teaching on the subject?

Theorizing Citizenship
First Things, January 1996

"Theorizing Citizenship" is edited by Ronald Beiner and reviewed in this essay by Gilbert Meilander. This book is a series of articles, authored by a group of renowned political theorists, on the subject of citizenship.

True Faith at Work: Habitat's "Theology of the Hammer"
Charles Colson

"...As the presidential campaign heats up, we're going to hear a lot about faith-based solutions to social problems. If you hear others saying it won't work, tell them about Habitat for Humanity. This is faith in action."

The Truth About "Inherit the Wind"
First Things, February 1997

The author summarizes and comments on the play "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. This drama is based on the 1925 "monkey trial" which took place in Dayton, Tennessee.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
First Things, April 1998

The complete text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. This document is widely known as the "constitution" of the modern human rights movement.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Fifty Years Later: A Statement of the Ramsey Colloquium
First Things, April 1998

Distinguished Methodist ethicist Paul Ramsey reflects upon and reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and calls on others to "clarify, strengthen, and direct this great enterprise."

The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism
First Things, November 1997

Is Darwinian evolution an irrefutable fact or materialistic philosophy disguised as science? Professor Johnson addresses this question as he considers the writings and career of Carl Sagan with regard to this matter.

Up a River Without a Paddle: A Darwinian View of Life
Raymond G. Bohlin, Ph.D.

This article critiques Darwinist Richard Dawkins' book "River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life." Dawkins attempts to explain the superiority of Darwinism as a world view.

Verbal Abuse

This article looks at the difficult topic of verbal abuse. It describes the various characteristics of verbal abuse and discusses the various categories of verbal abuse. The program ends by providing a biblical perspective.

Very Intelligent Design
Joel Belz

Article by Joel Belz from World magazine concerning Phil Johnson and the 1996 Mere Creation Conference.

Victim's Rights
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 23 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Violence in Society
Kerby Anderson

Discusses issue of violence in society with special emphasis on television violence.

When Insults No Longer Insult
First Things, August/September 1996

Those on the liberal side of the American political landscape have a very effective rhetorical technique for ending discussions: labeling their opponents. If you oppose affirmative action then you are a racist. If you question the legitimacy of same-se

Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?
Ray Cotton

A discussion of the need for heroes with some modern-day examples.

Why Dr. Laura is (Usually) Right
Sue Bohlin

Millions of North American listeners tune in to Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio show to hear her preach, teach and nag about doing what is morally right. Even though she's not a Christian, Christians can support many of her views and positions because all truth is God's truth. This essay examines how her thinking aligns with biblical principles, as well as pointing out where she misses the boat.

Why Wait Till Marriage?
by Jimmy Williams

There are many arguments for premarital sex. These are discussed and found wanting in light of the positive nature of God's ideas for our sexual lives.

Why Wait Till Marriage? A Critique of Contemporary Arguments for Premarital Sex
Jimmy Williams, revised by Jerry Solomon

There are many arguments for premarital sex. These are discussed and found wanting in light of the positive nature of God's ideas for our sexual lives.

Why We Believe in Creation
Dr. Ray Bohlin

Belief in Creation is more than interpreting Genesis 1. Your creation position also reflects what you believe about God and His revelation of Himself through the Bible, Jesus, and nature.

Winning isn't the Only Thing
Douglas Yeo

Douglas Yeo, Bass Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and member of the faculty at Boston University School for the Arts, is heavily involved in influencing public education and policy in his community, Lexington, Massachusetts. This article outlines his experience organizing a public referendum ballot guestion on the issue of condom distribution in public schools and how the music of Alban Berg and J.S. Bach was instrumental In providing him with insight and a proper perspective.

Witnesses for the Prosecution
Joel Belz

Article by Joel Belz from World magazine concerning Phil Johnson and the 1996 Mere Creation Conference.

Women in the Military
Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric

Chapter 25 of "Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric", exploring 25 key issues dividing the nation of America.

Women's Culture: The Gospel and the Future
The Real Issue, September/October 2000

Lilian Calles Barger is an astute observer of culture. She has studied the emerging trends in women's culture for years. In this article, Barger explains how the Christian community has been deficient in addressing women's culture in the academy, and how it might begin to understand and address current trends in light of the gospel.

World Hunger
Kerby Anderson

An examination of the causes of world hunger, the culture of poverty, and the Christian ethic in dealing with compassion to try to solve this problem.

The World View of "Jurassic Park"
Dr. Ray Bohlin

The book and movie "Jurassic Park" were more than just great entertainment. There was a specific attempt to alter the way you think about Nature, its use and potential abuse.