My wife and I are homeschooling the son of close friends of ours. The curriculum that his charter school asked us to use includes a language arts textbook with a unit on horror, which we were going to start this week. However, he said that he doesn’t want to read any horror stories, and I’mContinue reading “Halloween, Horror, and Science Fiction”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
Does Everyone Always Deserve the Truth?
There has long been a struggle within me about truth-telling, particularly in relation to a story in the book of Joshua in the Bible. Related to this are similar accounts I have read of Christians during World War II and their differing responses to Nazis who were searching for Jews. The dilemma for the Christians,Continue reading “Does Everyone Always Deserve the Truth?”
Darwin’s View of Women
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”
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”
To the Remnant 