This past weekend saw the release of the Ridley Scott’s latest sword-and-sandals epic, and the third major Bible-based film of the year, Exodus: Gods and Kings. Covering the story of the first Passover (but with extra shield-and-sword mayhem thrown in for good measure), the movie stars Christian Bale as...
Despite the fact that we live in an era where the Christ Child is banished from the public square or reduced to a miserable competition with Kwaanza candles, red-nosed reindeer, abominable snowmen, the Grinch, and every obscene Santa Claus devised by the twisted minds of Hollywood or Madison Avenue, Christians...
The phrase has become slippery. “Christian writer.” What does it mean? For some the phrase plays like a favorite old song, an evocation of the glory days of Greene, Waugh, Percy, O’Connor, et alia. Days long gone and sorely missed. For others “Christian writer” may spell an oxymoron, or...
Though American culture seems to be increasingly secularized, here’s some good news: most Americans still believe in the historical accuracy of the traditional Christmas story. A recent PewForum poll asked people whether they believed the following four aspects of the story were true: that Jesus was born to a...
With the release of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on CIA torture (as well as the minority view), there’s been a lot of discussion about the moral status of torture. Is torture ever morally acceptable? What does the Church have to say about torture?...
The great Bill Engvall once lamented that we use the word “awesome” way too casually. He said, “Webster’s dictionary defines awesome as ‘anything that leaves you in awe and wonder.’ Like winning the lottery … twice. That would be awesome. Getting a phone call from the IRS saying you’ve...
