TV's Flawed "Heroes" Challenge Morality

Shows like HBO's hit "The Sopranos" and FX's stark cop drama "The Shield" have introduced TV viewers to a new kind of protagonist. ...

Sin Entails Consequences Despite Grace

A young man called a pastor late at night and asked if he would meet with him the next morning. They made arrangements to have breakfast at a nearby restaurant. ...

Degradation of Roman Emperor Nero

The Roman Emperor Nero may have been in Paul's mind when he penned his letter to the Christians at Rome.

Among Nero's many immoral acts were the ...

Book Makes Adultery Polite

Judith E. Brandt has written a book called The 50-Mile Rule: Your Guide to Infidelity and Extramarital Etiquette. Here is an excerpt of an interview Brandt ...

"Dead Man Walking": Finding Real Love

The movie Dead Man Walking is based on Sister Helen Prejean's mission to care for the soul of death row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Poncelet awaits execution ...

Who Is Your Creator: God or Particles?

Professor and journalist Terry Mattingly writes:

[In his talks, author Phillip Johnson quotes] the Gospel of John, which states: "In the beginning ...

God Provides but Expects our Effort

The air war over Bosnia in the late 1990s made famous the escape of Scott O'Grady. The downed American flier evaded capture for days in enemy territory ...

"The Fellowship of the Ring": The Seductive Power of Sin

In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins passes on to Frodo a coveted ring.

Gollum, one of the original ...

Oskar Schindler Falls to Temptation

Recent anniversary celebrations of the World War II liberation of Europe have again put before our eyes the victims and the heroes of the Holocaust. I ...

Breaking the Power of Secret Sin

My first counselor wore John Lennon glasses, jeans, and a thick sweater with a collar that cradled his inscrutable face. During the first three 90-minute ...