Good Reasons Not to Be an Optimist

A small group of people is trying to persuade the world that, “Everything is awesome!”  Time Magazine devoted a recent issue to these apostles of optimism.  They include Bill Gates, who acted as guest editor for Time’s optimistic edition.  And the Pied Piper of this merry band of optimists is the author of Bill Gates’s […]

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The Science of Sinning Less—From Christianity Today

Practicing Christians have more self-control than lax Christians and secular people according to a study that is featured in the latest issue of Christianity Today.  [Bold emphasis is mine.] Because Christianity requires self-control, it logically follows that it also builds it, and thus we can expect active Christians to have relatively high levels of self-control. And […]

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“If You Can Keep It,” by Eric Metaxas, Part 1

I am happy to announce that the New Walden Book Club (NWBC) is under way.  Here is the first installment of our discussion of the new book by Eric Metaxas, If You Can Keep It.  The video discusses the introduction to the book.  There, Metaxas lays the groundwork for what I anticipate will be his argument, namely, […]

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