Will the GOP Sell its Soul to the Devil?

Will the GOP Sell its Soul to the Devil?
A menacing, muscled man strides into the ring, wearing a black …Read More

Tim Keller’s Foreword to BONHOEFFER: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

This is Tim Keller’s Foreword to BONHOEFFER:  Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.
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I’m delighted that my friend Eric Metaxas has penned this …Read More

Does God Want Us to Change the World?

DOES GOD WANT US TO CHANGE THE WORLD?  And if so, how? If you’re in a hurry, let me cut to the chase:  a.) yes – and b.) by doing what the Clapham Circle did: proving their faith through works, mostly among the poor and powerless, and working among the rich and powerful. There’s a little more to it, but if you must run, there’s the nuance-free answer which, like a sack lunch, you may take with you.

If you can stay, I’ll begin by telling you about the night talkshow host Dick Cavett and I went to see Mickey Rooney perform. This is not a joke. 

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Pat Robertson Said What??!!

I’m sure you’ve heard all about it: Pat Robertson said that Haiti’s founders made a pact with Satan in 1791 …Read More

JESUS AND TIGER AND BRIT, OH MY!

Last weekend FoxNews analyst Brit Hume said something so beyond-the-pale that the outrage has been deafening.
Did he say Janet Napolitano …Read More

Introduction to AMAZING GRACE

This is the Introduction to my book Amazing Grace:  William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery.
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WE OFTEN …Read More

BUZZ ALDRIN / GUIDEPOSTS ARTICLE / FULL TEXT

Here below is the full text of the original article — written by Buzz Aldrin — published in Guideposts magazine …Read More

To End All Christian Films

To End All Christian Films
A movie that takes evil seriously
by Eric Metaxas
(This is a review of “To End All Wars”, …Read More

BUT SWEET WILL BE THE FLOWER: The Life and Death of NBC’s David Bloom

At twelve o’clock stood New York Governor, George Pataki. At one o’clock , White House Press Secretary Ari Fleisher. At two o’clock was former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani. At three o’clock , just across the aisle, were Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, and Ann Curry. Everywhere one looked were pundits and anchors and government officials, so many of them that you thought you had fallen into your tv set.

Screwtape On The DaVinci Code

I trust this finds you as miserable and stupid as ever. I am pleased to take a respite from our usual tutorial and venture into something a bit broader, but vastly instructive for our larger purposes. To wit: I shall today croak a paean of praise to a particular work of middlebrow non-fiction. The genre has been particularly good to us, Wormwood! Do you remember The Passover Plot? Or that excellent hoax by Erich von Daniken, In Search of Ancient Astronauts?