The University of Chicago, from which I received my graduate degrees, has long constituted America’s model of a temple of learning, dedicated to freedom of inquiry, unconstrained either by political considerations or narrow financial ones. Under its legendary president Robert Maynard Hutchins, the school abolished its top-tier football team, based on Hutchins’s belief that high-powered sports had no connection to...

　　It has been four years since Sir Roger Scruton passed away, leaving a significant gap within the sphere of intellectual conservatism. The void is evident due to the undeniable impact that Scruton had, earning him the title of one of the best-known British conservative philosophers at the onset of the new century. This recognition stems not only from the importance...

　　The Right Way to Die! 　　I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,I have kept the faith. 　　- 2 Timothy 4:7 　　When I was just old enough to get a job, I heard about a job opening at the huge cemetery just down the street from where my family lived. The old caretaker needed someone to mow...

　　A Prayer for Freedom from Mom Guilt This Mother's Day 　　By Kristine Brown 　　“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.” (Matthew 10:29 NIV) 　　On Mother’s Day, my young adult son gave me the sweetest card. He wrote a message expressing how much he appreciated everything...

　　The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 　　Weekly Overview: 　　Jesus loved to use stories to illustrate profound, life-transforming concepts. He loved to use real and genuine settings, characters, and ideas that apply to all of us to reveal God’s heart of pursuit and love. This week we’re going to spend time allowing the parables of Jesus to speak...

　　For weeks, Trik Rodriguez had been working on bringing a guest preacher and worship leader from across the country to help his church celebrate its third anniversary. In 2021, Rodriguez and a small team launched Viela da Graa Igreja in Novo Hamburgo, a small city in Brazils most southern province, Rio Grande do Sul. 　　Then, it started raining. 　　The floods...

　　With glowing performance reviews and above-average student evaluations, by most measures Matthew Warners first year as a communications professor at Grace College was a triumph. 　　But he spent most of that first year knowing it could be his last. After four months on the job, Warner was informed by the schools president, Drew Flamm, that the board had come to...

　　With glowing performance reviews and above-average student evaluations, by most measures Matthew Warners first year as a communications professor at Grace College was a triumph. 　　But he spent most of that first year knowing it could be his last. After four months on the job, Warner was informed by the schools president, Drew Flamm, that the board had come to...

　　Ferdinand Ferdie Cabiling, a bishop at one of the Philippines largest megachurches who ran across the Philippines to raise money for disadvantaged students, died April 1, the day after Easter. He was 58 years old. 　　Dubbed the Running Pastor, the moniker describes not only Cabilings epic race but how he lived his life and served as an evangelist. For 38...

　　Ferdinand Ferdie Cabiling, a bishop at one of the Philippines largest megachurches who ran across the Philippines to raise money for disadvantaged students, died April 1, the day after Easter. He was 58 years old. 　　Dubbed the Running Pastor, the moniker describes not only Cabilings epic race but how he lived his life and served as an evangelist. For 38...

　　Downbeats are what initiate musical measures; upbeats are what end them. For the conductor and orchestra, the downbeat creates the sense of structure and provides stability, grounding the composition with a rhythmic anchor. The upbeat is what introduces anticipation and motion. Rhythm—the necessary pulse of any piece of music—has as its basis the symbiotic relationship between these, and yet it’s...

　　Recently, my husband and our eight-year-old son went to cheer on friends who participated in an Academic Challenge competition. These trivia-style contests involve questions on such subjects as history, geography, science, math, and popular culture. One question that night, however, involved a topic near and dear to my heart: which ancient Greek philosopher died by drinking hemlock? None of the...