When the spirit of the age is to strive for self-gratification, rather than what is excellent, it is no surprise then that the education of our children takes on a similar impulse. From the Kairos Journal vault is an important reflection on this predicament: ———————- When a Missouri, fifth-grade teacher mentioned the bombing of Pearl …
Joel Marks, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of New Haven and a scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University, recounts his loss of faith in a recent New York Times article. Don’t misunderstand, he’s always been an atheist, but now he’s lost his faith in morality. I had thought I …
This week’s New York Times Magazine’s lead story, “The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy,” was about yet another tragedy of our culture of reproductive control. “For all its successes,” the article points out, “reproductive medicine has produced a paradox: in creating life where none seemed possible, doctors often generate more fetuses than they intend.” In this case, 45 year-old …
Fresh off her victory in the Iowa straw poll, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press this past Sunday, and things got interesting when host David Gregory asked about her faith. Take a look: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy First, honesty compels us to credit …
A recent story in the New Yorker leads to questions like this for committed evangelicals. “Looking for Someone” by Nick Paumgarten paces through the recent explosion of online dating, a phenomenon that has led to real-life marriage for many couples. One selection from the piece shows the complexity of the new romantic landscape: [T]he fastest-growing online-dating demographic …
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Does the Bible say anything about retirement? Below is a piece from the Kairos Journal vault and, indeed, the Bible has much to say about productivity and faithfulness. Here is a taste: It would be odd to hear a Christian say that his duty to obey the commandments against idolatry, blasphemy, adultery, murder, and coveting …