To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.

In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted.

All of science is largely formalized common sense.

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.

Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.

Many people operate as though the definition of faith were, Don't ask questions, just believe. They quote Jesus himself, who taught his followers to have the faith of a child (Mark 10:15). But I once heard Francis Schaeffer respond by saying, "Don't you realize how many questions children ask?"

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