I’ve read plenty about evolution over the years, but last week, I came across something new (to me, at any rate) in Nancy Pearcey’s book The Toxic War on Masculinity: Charles Darwin’s view of women. His views were shared by at least some of his contemporary proponents of evolution as well. Darwin made it veryContinue reading “Darwin’s View of Women”
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Is Hostility toward American Christians Increasing?
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, seems to have become almost a household name in the wake of his murder last week. I had heard of him before then but didn’t know much about him. I have since learned especially about his strong faith in Christ and of his debating and dialoguing withContinue reading “Is Hostility toward American Christians Increasing?”
Future Shock and Life Change
When I was 12, my family moved from a very small town in northwest Washington to a less-small town in central Iowa. That was when I entered my first bookstore, and one book that I remember seeing that first time (as well as many times thereafter) was Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, which had been publishedContinue reading “Future Shock and Life Change”
Some Things God Cannot Do
The young boy of close friends of ours recently asked my wife and me a classic question: “Can God make a rock so heavy that even He cannot lift it?” He didn’t ask it in a challenging way but because he had read it somewhere. This question dates back to at least the 10th centuryContinue reading “Some Things God Cannot Do”
Speaking Out on Behalf of K-12 Teachers
“You don’t know how to do Tik Tok. My mom says old people like you should retire.” These words were spoken by a first-grader to his teacher in Ohio; her name is Mrs. Carter, and to make matters even worse, it was at the beginning of her last day as a teacher. She writes (onContinue reading “Speaking Out on Behalf of K-12 Teachers”
