Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

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.

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

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

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.

There are unprecedented numbers of movements for human rights and freedoms. But the dominant worldviews in academia, like materialism and naturalism, deny the reality of freedom, reducing humans to robots. So where does the concept of human rights come from?

In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.