Hollow and Deceptive Philosophies: A Meditation on the Difficulty of Colossians 2:8
What I am going to try to articulate here is something that has been on my mind for some time. The seeds of these thoughts were not planted by the […]
Spiritual But Not Religious? Reflections on Balaam
Have you heard the phrase or maybe even said it yourself: “I’m spiritual but not religious”? It’s a description that has become so widely used in America and the West […]
Jesus and the Buddha: How Did They Die?
Both Jesus and the Buddha anticipated their deaths and then died. What can we learn from these two deaths about the respective religions they founded? And, since everybody values the […]
Jesus and the Buddha: How Did They Help People?
When people spent time with Jesus, how was he able to help them? When people interacted with the Buddha, in what ways did the interaction benefit them? In this article, […]
Review of Ross Douthat’s ‘Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious’
In Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat makes a case for the reasonableness of religious belief, and of Christianity in particular. In this review, […]
How Should Christians Think About the Law of Attraction?
Imagine this scenario: You’ve hit a tough season in your life. Maybe you feel spiritually dry because of it, and you’re tired of going through the motions each day only […]
Jesus and the Buddha: Who Spoke with More Authority?
How much authority did the Buddha have? How much authority did Jesus have? King Bimbisara, Gautama’s most distinguished patron, met a tragic end when his son Ajatasattu murdered him and […]
Review of Ross Douthat’s ‘Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious’
I have always appreciated Ross Douthat’s writing. For many years, he has written columns as both a committed Catholic and a conservative in the New York Times. He is an […]