It is often said that atheism is simply a lack of belief in God or gods, but in reality, the atheistic worldview requires belief as every worldview rests upon a certain number of unproved and unprovable presuppositions. Due to humanity's finite nature, we do not possess all knowledge, but rather, a tiny fraction of it, and our direct observational capability is quite limited. Therefore, we must rest a large amount of what we do know upon inferences and assumptions as evidence

The postmodern age introduced speech regulation and redefinition eerily reminiscent of George Orwell's "newspeak" in his dystopian novel, 1984 and it would seem even science has embraced it. Concepts such as "Regimes of Truth," derived from Michel Foucault's ideas (who coincidentally died in 1984), are mixed with those of Jacques Derrida that claim language doesn't have actual meaning, but rather, words only derive meaning by how they are related to other words. This philosop

Since psychology was established as a scientific field in the late 19th century, the Church has increasingly deferred to its authority. Today, about two-thirds of churches offer no lay counselling services, instead referring believers to professional psychotherapists and in many churches and ministries, staff are actively discouraged from counselling unless they have the proper training, degrees, or credentials. But this very recent shift in orthopraxy begs some rather import

Socrates held that the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar or student to carefully examine beliefs and be able to determine the validity of ideas. Jesus employed a similar Jewish practice of answering questions with questions, which forced people to think, process, and come to their own realization of truth, even if it contradicted beliefs they held just moments before. One of the cherished cultural beliefs of modern Western society is that gett

There has long been a fervent movement in academia which has sought to bring about Marxist ideals in America, starting with the Frankfurt School clear back in the early 1930's. These failed ideologies found footholds in American universities, but were largely rejected by society for a variety of reasons. But in the late 2000's the social conditions provided an opportunity for Marxism to become fashionable again and a few years later, Black Lives Matter began to gain real trac

It's no secret that higher education in America has an extreme liberal bias and has long abandoned teaching students how to think and has instead dogmatically taught students what to think. Liberals of course would argue the reason liberal thought pervades the university is that conservatives are ignorant and uneducated and therefore are underemployed in academia. A recent New York Times Op-Ed titled, "A Confession of Liberal Intolerance" admitted that this clearly is not the

The time for the big reveal of the brand new ministry focus I've been helping develop is coming soon at generationhero.org. Years in the...

William Strauss and Neil Howe developed the "Generational Theory" which posits that the world goes through generational cycles. They...

Long term YWAMer and missiologist Fred Markert gives a wake up call to Americans as he outlines his research (soon to be published) and...