Darwin’s Black Box (Michael Behe, 1996)

Books

The argument from design is one the oldest for the existence of God. It deduces the existence of a Designer-God from the evidence for…

U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

Music

U2. For their fans (like me), the name says it all. But for those of you who aren’t as familiar with them, let me…

Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)

Movies

Knowing my interest in the whys and wherefores of learning, a good friend sent me an essay last summer by the agrarian philosopher Wendell…

I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe, 2005)

Books

All sad and weary and shallow… for, as Socrates himself put it, "If a man debauches himself, believing this will bring him happiness, then…

Part 3 Review: ANew Kind of Christian (Brian McLaren, 2001)

Books

If these volumes didn’t exist someone would have to invent them. Why? Because Christians desperately need two things, which are rarely kept together these…

Part 2 Review: New Kind of Christian (Brian McLaren, 2001)

Books

What does it mean to be a Christian in a postmodern world? For that matter, what is a postmodern world? Is postmodernism another “ism”…

Part 1 Review: A New Kind of Christian (Brian McLaren, 2001)

Books

When Christians read Brian McLaren’s book A New Kind of Christian, they have one of two reactions: either they recoil because he is challenging…

Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown, 2003)

Books

“What I mean,” Teabing countered, “is that almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false.”The Da Vinci Code (p.235) Introduction The controversy…