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Good Friday and Theories of Christ’s Atoning Death by Jack Kerwick
As I write this, it is Good Friday, the day that Christ, God-in-the-Flesh, died on the Cross. Christians the world over recognize this event as “the Atonement,” the means by which → Read More
Christmas 2020: Celebrating the Warrior-Christ
Christmas is upon us. Every year for quite some time now conservatives have gone on about the left’s “war” on Christmas. This year is no exception.Admittedly, more so than at → Read More
Christ or Chaos: There Is No Third Choice
This is indeed a surreal Holy Week. Truth be told, .04/12/2020 15:58:17PM EST. → Read More
Saint Valentine: Man of God
With Saint Valentine’s Day upon us, it is worth noting, precisely .02/09/2020 18:00:02PM EST. → Read More
Absolute Certainty and Faith: The Proof for God’s Existence—and His Nature
The topic of God is among the plethora of topics .12/29/2019 16:00:09PM EST. → Read More
Thinking Clearly, Choosing Wisely
Thinking Clearly, Choosing Wisely: God is Love In a previous essay, I argued that if there is no God, then there is no objective, or real, value, whether positive or negative: no goodness, no evil, no right or wrong, and no other values either. Now, Christianity is unique among the world’s philosophical traditions in claiming that God is Love. God is Love. And this in turn means several things.… → Read More
The Confederacy Today, America Tomorrow
While on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg admitted that he favored removing Thomas Jefferson’s name from events. Buttigieg was specifically asked about the removal of the names of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from the Democratic Party’s annual dinner events. He responded that it “was the right thing to do,” for both… → Read More
An Epidemic of ‘White Nationalist’ Mass Shooters?
The mass shooting at a synagogue in California during the last weekend in April served as but another opportunity for the left to advance its latest Big Lie: The Lie of the ever-growing threat of “White Nationalism.” Some thoughts: First, it is just that we should refer to the White Nationalist menace as a lie, and not simply a falsehood, for precisely the same reason that it is proper to regard… → Read More
Growing Thicker Skin
Recently, People magazine featured a piece on Professor Irshad Manji. Manji, according to her Wikipedia entry, is an “author, educator, and advocate of a reformist interpretation of Islam” who currently resides in Canada. Professor Manji is rare among her kind (educators) in that she calls for her colleagues to teach their students to refrain from being offensive, yes, but, at least as… → Read More
How Jesus of Nazareth Transformed the World: Science, Capitalism, and Slavery
Jack Kerwick: As Christians celebrate Easter, both Christians and non-Christians alike would .04/21/2019 12:25:20PM EST. → Read More
How Jesus of Nazareth Transformed the World: Charity, Education, and the Arts
Jack Kerwick: The holiest of holy times is upon the Christian world .04/20/2019 0:26:22AM EST. → Read More
How Jesus of Nazareth Transformed the World: Women and Children
Jack Kerwick: As Christians around the world enter the holiest weekend of .04/19/2019 10:10:34AM EST. → Read More
There Is No ‘God Problem’: Part II
Jack Kerwick: In my last essay, I began to respond to Professor Peter .04/14/2019 0:39:42AM EST. → Read More
There Is No ‘God Problem’: Part I
There Is No ‘God Problem’: Part I - Jack Kerwick: Peter Atterton, a professor of philosophy who teaches at San .04/07/2019 0:45:51AM EST. → Read More
Gratitude - LewRockwell L
During a recent discussion I had with a friend, she mentioned that while she was enduring a difficult time in her life, she was nevertheless grateful for everyday and every blessing. My friend’s daughter, a young woman in her mid-20’s, had severed ties with her mother, ostensibly over a falling out of sorts that the latter had with her daughter’s boyfriend. What resonated with me, though, is… → Read More
A Rising Tide of 'Islamophobia,' or Fake News?
A Rising Tide of 'Islamophobia,' or Fake News? - Jack Kerwick: While those in the American media have long lamented the .04/03/2019 15:00:13PM EST. → Read More
Gratitude
Gratitude - Jack Kerwick: The Lenten Season, those weeks leading up to the Passion .03/31/2019 1:25:58AM EST. → Read More
The Republic of Christ
As the adherents of the world’s largest religious tradition spend the next month or so preparing for their celebration of the resurrection of their Lord, the time is as good as any for Christians (and everyone else) to acquaint, or reacquaint, themselves with Saint Augustine (354-430 AD), unquestionably among the most influential of Christian thinkers to have ever lived, and a philosopher of… → Read More
The 'Second Christ': The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
The 'Second Christ': The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi - Jack Kerwick: The Lenten season is here once again and Catholics the .03/17/2019 1:06:24AM EST. → Read More
The Covington Hoax
The only people who can any longer deny with a straight face the reality and pervasiveness of Fake News are fake journalists and their fellow travelers in the Democratic Party. Actually, there’s in addition a third group of people whose members will, when the opportunity to virtue-signal to leftist elites presents itself, indignantly deny that much of the contemporary world of journalism is Fake… → Read More