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The Way of Men: Nietzsche or Aristotle?
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Freedom: I don’t think it means what you think it means
One of the conceptual blocks I ran into as a young convert was the notion...
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The Family that Stays Together Can Pray Together
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Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle: What Will Become of Our Work?
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Slavery and You: Why You’re Not as Free as You Think
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I assume you've endured, as I have, that self-congratulatory nostrum of the Authentic: "I'm spiritual...
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What Inside Out Managed to Leave Out
My latest contribution to my favorite magazine is available online. The magazine is Touchstone, and...
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I recall reading somewhere that oriental potentates grew their fingernails long in order to show...
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Telling Stories: Why Preachers Should Learn to Write Good Fiction
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Are You a Bubble-Baby?
Probably the thing that bugs me most about those tender sprouts who have grown up...
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Diana Moon Glampers, Sociobiology, and Aristotle
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