Botched Translation Leads to Tragedy

A good translation or translator really does matter. Professional translator Nataly Kelly tells the following story about what journalists have called ...

Celebrity Accessories Sold at Inflated Prices

In his book Fame Attack, Professor Christopher Rojek explores how we've turned celebrities into modern day idols. Rojek writes:

In the early days of Hollywood, ...

Half-Truths We Accept as Facts

An article on NPR's (National Public Radio's) website lists 12 common half-truths that many of us have accepted as facts. For instance, various ...

New Age Author Claims Angels Will Meet Our Needs

Historian Joseph Loconte notes that many people today are still obsessed with angels, particularly angelic beings who seem tailor-made to meet our every ...

The Core Beliefs of America's "Spiritual but Not Religious" Teachers

In his book Bad Religion, Ross Douthat examines the core beliefs of America's wave of "spiritual but not religious" teachers such as Deepak Chopra, James ...

The Importance of Teaching People What Not to Believe

In a blog post, Justin Buzzard wrote:

While I think it is important to be known more for what you are for than what you are against, just a cursory reading ...

Alleged Stradivarius Is Merely an Imitation

In an episode of the History Channel's reality show about a Las Vegas pawn shop, a man brought in a violin and asked for an appraisal. According to ...

Joe DiMaggio Jr.'s Innocent Mistake Mirrors Our Not-So-Innocent Mistake

In an article for The Wall Street Journal, writer Leonard Mlodinow shares a funny story from the life of baseball great Joe DiMaggio:

It was the summer ...

The Importance of Knowing Heresy

In The Story of Christian Theology, theologian Roger Olson writes:

A popular misconception—perhaps a Christian urban legend—is that the United ...

Girl Shows Courage in Haiti

Pastor Mike Breaux tells the following story of when his daughter Jodie answered God's call to go into missions work:

During her junior year of high ...