Robin Williams on the Power of Addiction

On August 11, 2014, the actor Robin Williams took his own life. The 63-year-old actor, who was loved by many fans and fellow actors, was an admitted abuser ...

Three Films that Explore Free Will

How free am I? How does God's sovereignty interact with our free will? Do we even have free will or is our life's course determined by God or ...

Author Ponders the Cost of Our Sexual 'Progress'

Damon Linker, a writer for The Week, claims that our culture is waging a battle over "two competing, largely incompatible visions of the proper place ...

The News Stories We Really Read

A study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism asked thousands of people around the world what sort of news was most important to them. ...

Actor Mark Wahlberg Promotes Humility

The world-class actor Mark Wahlberg, a committed father, husband and church-attender, is a rare celebrity who advocates humility. In a (2014) interview, ...

NPR Says We Live in an 'Impatient Nation'

An article on NPR claims that we have become "the Impatient Nation." We want quick answers to complex problems. The article puts it this way: ...

Actress Gives First Class Seat to Serviceman

The Comedian Louis CK has a routine in which he jokes about having the impulse to give up his first class airline seat to a soldier. Louis CK says,

[Service ...

Props for Making Bread Illustrate Parenting

Here's an object lesson that you can use to explain how our children inherit a sinful nature, and how it is activated, tempting them to act on their ...

Comedian on Guilt and Religion

The comedian Cathy Ladman expresses a view that's becoming more and more common: "All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt with ...

Film 'Gravity' Portrays Our Spiritual Condition

In the 2013 film, Gravity, Dr. Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock, is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky, ...