My droopy eyelids immediately propped open as horrifying scenes from Norway interrupted the late night news. My mind instantly returned to the massacre of Columbine High School, as I watched breaking news about a relentless shooter at a Norwegian youth camp. Local policemen quickly described the gunman Anders Behring Breivik as a Christian fundamentalist. While

If you’ve participated in a Jewish Seder (an observance of the Passover meal) you will recognize the concept of leaving an empty chair. In some traditions the empty chair illustrates the coming of a future prophet. In Christian observations, it symbolizes the return of Christ. Some Jewish families leave an empty chair in honor of

Is atheism good for the world? Amanda Read, columnist for “Communities” at WashingtonTimes.com, provides a helpful summary of a  2010 debate held one week after the nine year anniversary of 9/11 in her article “Does Atheism Poison Everything?” The debate was between David Berlinski, an agnostic and secular Jew critical of dogmatic Darwinianism, and Christopher

In true boomerang fashion, the naturalist is now guilty of the very allegation he attributes to the Christian. My wife and I have twin boys who have a genetic condition that prevents their bodies from breaking down fat. This means that they are unable to metabolize body fat, which in turn means they cannot go

We are often ashamed of the gospel because we doubt its power to convince a skeptic or convert a sinner. A firm belief in the redemptive and explanatory power of the gospel is precisely why the Apostle Paul said he was not ashamed: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the