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“Designed to See Light”: Appealing to the Conscience in Apologetics and Evangelism

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We are unavoidably moral beings. Perhaps from a Christian view, Western culture today appears to cast off morality or celebrate immorality, and in some cases that might be true. However, conversations with my non-Christian friends, especially as we turn to spiritual or social matters, become deeply moral. It is not that the secular person celebrates...

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In Praise of a Good Morality Tale: the Simple and the Complex in the Fiction of Elizabeth Goudge

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Bibliotherapy.  Never heard of it?  Neither had I, at least by name, until browsing a lifestyle magazine a few months ago. Perhaps you are familiar with this term. For those who aren’t, PsychologyToday describes it as “facilitating psychological growth and healing through reading.” All kinds of books can be therapeutic, and counselors who use bibliotherapy...

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Coronavirus and the Two Greatest Commandments

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German churches have regathered for public worship but without singing.  Why? Groups as ideologically varied as CNN and The Gospel Coalition have reported increasing anecdotal evidence that indicates singing together spreads the coronavirus quite destructively, with the case of a Washington State choir practice being one of the most noted.  The National Academy of Engineering,...

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Doorways to Transcendence

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“Windows to transcendence” is the metaphor the brilliant sociologist Peter Berger offered, describing the way we see and don’t see the reality of the world around us. He argued that the Enlightenment vision of the modern world has closed those windows, believing that human beings do quite well, “enlightened” that we are as material accidents...

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