Penn State Scandal Shows How We All Hide the Truth

When former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was first arrested and accused of child abuse in November of 2011, the board of trustees of Penn ...

Changing Blue Jean Fashions Shows the Triumph of Veneer Over Depth

In their book Veneer, Timothy Willard and Jason Locy argue that contemporary American culture often values image or appearance over depth of character. ...

Former Model Dies After Cosmetic Surgery

In a society that idolizes physical appearance, it's not surprising that many individuals are willing to sacrifice a great deal in order to look better. ...

Going 30 Days Without Make-up to Learn a Lesson on True Beauty

Marian V. Liautaud writes in an article titled "The Skin I'm In”:

One morning as I got ready for work, my husband watched me put on blush ...

Busyness as Addiction

The Desert Fathers (a protest movement against worldliness in the early church) spoke of busyness as "moral laziness." Busy-ness can also be ...

The Real Bottom Line

Nobody on his deathbed ever said: "I wish I'd spent more time at the office."

God's Word Sees Through Our Poses

In his book Modern Times, Paul Johnson notes that Stalin was short--just five feet, four inches tall. Furthermore, a childhood accident had left his left ...

Conformed to His Image

On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture ...

Quelling a Rebellion

Annie Dillard, who won a Pulitzer Prize in literature at age 30, has written explicitly about her Christian faith. As a teen, however, she once decided ...

Impressed with Image

Years ago, there was a master violinist in Europe. He would play in concerts, and he had a magnificent Stradivarius violin, extremely expensive. He would ...