television
Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix

I had Marvel's Daredevil on my Netflix watch list for a long time, but for some reason...

manners-and-morals
God and the Evidence Agree: Good Old Nuclear Family Still Best

Unless you are wedded, no pun intended, to a left-wing ideological agenda you know int...

religion
Science is Becoming God’s Best Friend

We live in a secular age, at least in the West, in which the dominion of science for a...

religion
Why religion is always public

There is a nice piece by Joel Miller at Theology Sticks about the essentially public n...

philosophy
Throwback Thursday — “Where Mohammed Was Born No Christian Dares to Enter”

Thanks to fanatical groups like ISIS (or ISIL), much of the Middle East has become a free-...

movies
The Avengers and Cultural Hope

My 13 year old Marvel loving son and I saw the latest Avengers blockbuster recently. I'd r...

religion
“Blood and Soil”: Making the World Greener for National Socialism

NAZI OAKS: THE GREEN SACRIFICE OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW IN THE HOLOCAUST — By R....

philosophy
Book Review: ‘Wrath or Rest’

WRATH OR REST: SAINTS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD — By R. Mark Musser — Advantage Ins...

journalism
Outrage

I attend a Lutheran congregation in north Minneapolis, one that belongs to the church body...

worldviews
Academics ‘Discover’ Religion Makes You Racist

Seeking to broaden the scope of psychological pathologies associated with conservatism, ...

movies
Review: ‘The Invention of Lying’

       Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying ironicall...

movies
A Certain Truth in ‘The Invention of Lying’

     There is something in The Invention of Lying on which all pa...

books
Thoughts on Arthur C. Clarke

The acclaimed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was difficult to categorize. That's ...

genres
Monk and God

In the absence of God, humans seek ultimate control over the world—and never find it...

movies
“Golden Compass” or Scary Trojan Horse?

We're a week away from the opening of The Golden Compass, the new film based on the first ...

television
More Thoughts on “Saving Grace”

"Bubba," a regular reader of this site, has sent us his thoughts on the new TNT ...

movies
A Cinematic Blessing

Evan Almighty, which premiered last weekend to good but not massive box office, is getting...

television
More “Supernatural” Religion

Tonight's episode of the CW program Supernatural follows up on the religious themes of las...

television
Philosophical House

This week's episode of the Fox TV drama House, M.D., "One Day, One Room," featur...

mysteries
Religion in “Bones”

Another in our ongoing chronicle of fictional TV programs' treatment of religion . . .In l...