An idol is anything put in the place of God as the ultimate reality - the eternal, self-existent, uncaused cause of everything else.

The sense of all stylistic change is that the underlying view of the world changes.

The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.

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.

Darwinism has become our culture's official creation myth, protected by a priesthood as dogmatic as any religious curia.

You don't have to be a Christian to recognize that materialism does not match reality. Materialism is not true to universal human experience - what we all know about ourselves.

The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the public. We must let go of the worldly motivations that drive us, praying to be motivated solely by a genuine desire to submit our minds to God's Word - and then to use that knowledge in service to others.