“It is not true, as is sometimes said, that man can organize the world without God. What is true is that, without God, he can ultimately only organize it against man. Exclusive humanism is inhuman humanism.” ∼ Henri de Lubac, The Drama of Atheist Humanism “If God does not exist … everything is permitted.” ∼ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, […]
If Christianity needs interpreters to make it sensible to a post-Christian, materialistic west, could Francis Schaeffer be a good model for us? Source: Francis Schaeffer and Christian Intellectualism
Shane Claiborne claims a Christian obligation to reject capital punishment, but his reasoning conflicts with biblical justifications for the death penalty. Source: Actually Shane Claiborne, Christians Should Support Capital Punishment – Juicy Ecumenism
What became of the Christian intellectuals? Source: [Criticism] | The Watchmen, by Alan Jacobs | Harper’s Magazine
Christ The Redeemer is the symbol of the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, watching over athletes as they compete. But the story of how the mountain-top statue was built is an amazing engineering tale. Source: How Christ the Redeemer was built in fascinating photos | Daily Mail Online
CT talks to the writer, director, and star of the highly-anticipated film about his faith and race in America. Source: A Conversation with Nate Parker about ‘The Birth of a Nation’ | Christianity Today
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik writes that the 1981 film “Chariots of Fire” offers a message on athletic greatness and the doping scandal. Source: Finding God in the Olympic Footrace – WSJ
“#NotMyPope.” In the wake of Pope Francis’ equivocal response to the murder of a French priest by two Islamic jihadists, that’s the top trending hashtag in France and in Belgium. Which raises a question: Is the Pope doing more harm than good by continuing to deny—in the face of a mountain of evidence—that Islam has […]
The Olympics could easily be a time for the liberal agenda to be forced on us even more, however, gymnast Laurie Hernandez is one of the few competitors taking a stand for Jesus Christ in the most inspiring way. When I discovered the details of Laurie Hernandez’s testimony, I realized God was rewarding her steadfast […]
With nothing but truly awful choices in this year’s presidential election, what should Evangelical Christian voters do? During the Republican nominating contests, we, the editors of The Christian Post, encouraged Evangelicals to back away from Donald Trump. It was the first time we had taken a position on a political candidate. Given Trump’s claims that […]
