C. S. Lewis on Killing the "Red Lizard" of Sin

In his book, The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis tells of a busload of people who travel to heaven on their way to take up residence in hell. These people ...

Students Blame Sexual Immorality on Drunkenness

God gives his commands for our good. For example, God forbids drunkenness. Studies into drunkenness among college students provide a glimpse into the ...

The Gentle Seduction of Temptation

In his book Tempted and Tried Russell Moore recounts an NPR program about a scientist named Temple Grandin who is researching new ways to gently kill ...

Research Shows We Can't Walk in a Straight Line

For some reason, human beings can't walk in a straight line. There's just something about our inner orientation that causes us to walk in a crooked ...

Disney Community Rocked by a Murder and a Suicide

It was supposed to be the "perfect" town. After all, it was planned by Disney itself. The town of Celebration, Florida, a 16-acre utopian community ...

Research Shows We Inflate Our Good Qualities

Here's some good news: if you're like most people, you're way above average—at almost everything. Psychologists call this the state ...

C. S. Lewis on the God We Think Will Satisfy Us

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, "What does it matter so long as they are contented?" ...

Pornography a "Quiet Family Killer"

In December of 2009, the Family Research Council released the results of a new study exploring the effects of pornography on marriage, children, and individuals. ...

The Terrible Price of Sin

In his book Finishing Strong, Steve Farrar sums up well the terrible price of sin:

"Sin will take you farther than you want to go,

Keep you longer ...

Choosing to Live in Darkness

At first glance Steve and Kathryn's home might look like a dingy basement apartment. But then you notice that everything rests on crates. You see, ...