Artists are often the barometers of society.

We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate of matrimony.

When we encounter the world of ideas for the first time, we easily get overwhelmed. Scripture is telling us, 'Don't be distracted by the details. Cut to the core by asking, What is its idol?' Whatever functions as its God substitute will shape everything else.

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.