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Academic Bigotry
By
Jack Kerwick
Closing in on his second master’s degree in biblical studies, a good friend of mine is about to defend his 60-page thesis on the creation accounts in the book of Genesis. In the eleventh hour, though, he has run into a problem: his advisor has informed him just one week outside of his defense that…
The Election of 2012
By
Jack Kerwick
As of late, many on the right have been filled with dread that the recent assassination of Osama bin Laden will increase Barack Obama’s chances of being re-elected. On the one hand, this concern is legitimate enough, for bin Laden’s is the face of the world’s most infamous terrorist, a monster that, in spite of…
Thinking About Virtue
By
Jack Kerwick
Ours is a generation obsessed with “principles.” That the morality of the age is centered in principles accounts for why we tend to characterize the morally admirable person as a man or woman of principle. Principles are critical to any morality, for sure, but it is just as critical for us to recognize that these…
The Reasonableness of Christianity
By
Jack Kerwick
Contrary to atheistic boilerplate, Christianity is anything but a crutch for the weak minded and timid hearted. Christians have gone to great lengths over the centuries to show that, while reason is no substitute for faith, and while it can never occupy anything other than a subordinate position with respect to the latter, reason can…
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