"For example, we have gotten to the point where a preacher can spend the entire sermon talking about himself, and his own struggles, and everyone says that he is being open, honest, transparent, and humble. Another man, who proclaims the truth in a way that indicates something … [Read more...]

"In Christian cultures, envy is understood to be one of the seven deadly sins, what Shakespeare identified as a 'universal wolf.' But in democratic societies, envy is institutionalized, and the tenets of such envy are diligently taught to the democratic young when they rise up, … [Read more...]

"Every culture has blasphemy laws. They are not always called that, but no society allows citizens to rail against the reigning deity. In our pluralistic times, these blasphemy laws are called 'hate crimes' legislation, among other euphemisms, but they are really religious … [Read more...]

"Rightly understood, this is the true 'salt and light' argument. Before we can win the children of this world, we have to stop losing our children to that world. And as we teach them their identity in Christ in such a way that they embrace that identity and the terms of the … [Read more...]

"Van Til is not urging the physical destruction of non-Christians -- note his 'spiritual weapons only and always" -- but he does see the task of the Christian educator as one of constant, total war. Every thought must be made captive to Christ. A Christian school is not the place … [Read more...]

"Those who have participated in 'great books' conversations inspired by this approach to modern classicism know that few things can wreck the intellectual party more quickly than a claim of absolute truth, goodness, or beauty. The student is equipped for anything the great … [Read more...]

"God is our life. In Him we live and move and have our being. If He had not created the world, we would not be here (and hence could not do our math). If He had not created the world, there would be no oranges, and hence we could not discover that two oranges plus two oranges … [Read more...]

[Many Christian schools] "see our pluralistic society as a great tossed salad, and they are simply one small evangelical crouton . . . Although they would never state it so baldly, they appear to have quietly translated the Great Commission into something like, 'Therefore go unto … [Read more...]