First academia threw out religion. But then religion was replaced with "Western Civilization" as the source of values and inspiration. Now academia, to be politically correct, has thrown out "Western Civilization." Stanley Kurtz calls this the "second secularization." But was it right to turn the "humanities" into a humanistic religion?
The Democratic effort to impeach President Trump has failed, giving him his highest approval ratings ever. Trump seized the center and made Democrats look bad in his State of the Union Address. They also looked bad in the Iowa caucus fiasco, which their most moderate candidate Joe Biden lost, failing to win even a single delegate. If Trump wins re-election, he should thank the Democrats.
Evangelicals used to have significantly more children than secularist families. This is no longer the case. The birth rate and fertility rate of evangelicals and other conservative Christians is only slightly higher than that of Americans as a whole. Why is this, and what will it mean for churches?
You saw the Super Bowl ads. But you didn't see this one. Pro-choicers, whose control of the media is absolute, cannot abide putting a human face to abortion.
Christian hip-hop artist Flame (Marcus Gray) has announced that he has become a Lutheran and has made his new theology the topic of his latest recording, entitled "Extra Nos."
Epidemics like the coronavirus raise many moral questions. Should I run away? Stay and help? How do I balance my obligations with self-preservation? Medical student Emmy Yang recommends the advice given by Martin Luther when the black plague hit Wittenberg.
We often note how human beings "play God" and, following the Serpent's temptation (Gen. 3:5), want to "be God." But what kind of God do we want to be? We don't want to be like the real God, who loves, redeems, and saves. Rather, we want to be the detached god of the Deists. My new book, "Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture," explores this.
The epigraph of my new book, "Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture," is an astonishing passage from William Shakespeare, who in 1601 predicted how things would be 400 years later and what will happen next. Rejecting objective order, he wrote, will reduce everything to power, will, and appetite. This will constitute a "universal wolf" that will devour everything, but then it will devour itself.
My new book from Crossway has been released. It's entitled "Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture." A sequel to my 1994 book "Postmodern Times," "Post-Christian" explores the different manifestations of secularism, including their dead-ends and how Christianity offers a way forward. It also looks ahead to what scholars are already heralding as the "post-secular."
The impeachment proceedings seem like a low point in American politics. Both sides can agree on that. A historian points to another time of political dysfunction, institutional failure, and cultural corruption. Those troubles brought about a reaction known as the Renaissance.
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