Don’t Treat the Bible Like a Spiritual ATM

In a recent issue of CT magazine, Jen Wilkin writes:

When the first ATM was installed in my hometown in the 1980s, it felt like magic: Insert your card, ...

Are We Trading Our Happiness for Modern Comforts?

One of the greatest paradoxes in American life is that while, on average, existence has gotten more comfortable over time, happiness has fallen. According ...

The Tyranny of Convenience

Law professor and technology expert Tim Lu claims that there's an underestimated force that drives our daily lives—convenience. We want nearly everything ...

Gandalf Sends Bilbo on an Unwanted Adventure

At the beginning of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins enjoys a comfortable and predictable life in his home in the Shire. But when the mysterious Gandalf drops ...

The Real Story Behind the Remote Control

Eugene J. Polley lived his entire life in the Chicago area, where he worked for Zenith Electronics for 47 years. Hired as a stock boy during the Depression, ...

The Gentle Seduction of Temptation

In his book Tempted and Tried Russell Moore recounts an NPR program about a scientist named Temple Grandin who is researching new ways to gently kill ...

Board Game Softens Discipleship

When I was a kid in the mid-50s, Parker Brothers came out with a game for church families like ours. It was called "Going to Jerusalem." Your playing ...

"The Weather Man": Making the Hard Choice

The movie The Weather Man is about David Spritz (Nicholas Cage), a local weatherman in Chicago. Professionally, David is successful (he earns a six-figure ...

Choosing Convenience

In her column, Ann Landers recently passed along a joke she credited to Curmudgeon's Corner. It goes like this:

Emily Sue was going into labor, and her ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., on Doing God's Will

I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end of life. The end of life is not to be happy. ...