Morality
Christmas Joy & Mourning
At Christmas we often focus on the joy of Christ, but just as important is the way that Christ embraces our sorrows and heals our wounds.
For Mature Audiences Only: Relabeling Crass Media
When movies include explicit scenes of violence, sexual activity, drug and alcohol use, or rampant profanity, it’s become common to label them as “adult” or “mature.” Why?
Don’t Flip Your Whig
We can fully embrace our moral progress without rejecting the influential men and women of the past who failed to live up to the standards of today.
Bites of the Best Books: November 2020
Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.
Poly-Parenting: Is This The Brave New World We Want?
Proponents emphasize how in vitro gametogenesis will ‘dismantle completely the reproductive structure of heterosexuality.’
What is the Christian Core of a Classical Christian Liberal Arts Education?
If the purpose of education is acquiring truth, then education must take seriously the question of what truth is.
America’s Impending Acid Test
As condemnations of “systemic racism” expand across America, far less attention is being given to the philosophical roots of the accusation—roots which make clear how different from normal talk of “racism” this is today.
Trauma in The Family of Abraham
The story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac teaches obedience, but believers can benefit from wrestling with this text, as Jews have done for centuries.
The Gospel of Facebook
Our culture claims that we’re un-Christlike if we teach moral standards. God commands us to love; does he command us to lay low?
Building Zion by Choosing Righteous Leaders
Many across different belief systems have conceptions of a more enlightened society to come. For Latter-day Saints, that “Zion” on the horizon centers on an imperative of inspired, righteous leadership – both then and now.
Is it Time for Culture Warriors to Lay Down Their Swords?
As religiosity wanes in society, fighting more and more may not be the answer—especially not compared to the power of Christian service and ministry itself.