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  • Is Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ a Christian Story?

    Is Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ a Christian Story?1

    Despite living approximately 750 years before the birth of Jesus, Homer’s “Odyssey” continues to resonate with audiences today. Only a handful of stories in the Western canon can claim to have this sort of universality and longevity. The other story that is certainly comparable to, and even surpasses the “Odyssey,” is the one told in

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  • Is Hollywood Rediscovering the Christian Redemption Arc?

    Is Hollywood Rediscovering the Christian Redemption Arc?0

    What in the world is going on with “Euphoria”? In an earlier article, I expressed my surprise that the rather indecent HBO show “Euphoria” portrayed Christian faith in a positive light numerous times in its Season 3 premiere. Now, in episode six, which is titled “Stand Still and See,” a quote from Exodus 14:13, we find protagonist

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  • Is Hillary’s Feminism Hurting Her Campaign?

    Is Hillary’s Feminism Hurting Her Campaign?0

    In a recent article for Salon Magazine, Democrat social critic Camille Paglia suggests that Hillary Clinton’s inability to gain popularity with the male electorate may be the result of her particular brand of feminism: “As a career woman, Hillary is rooted in second-wave feminism, which began with Betty Friedan’s co-founding of the National Organization for

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  • Is Harvard’s New ‘Center of Happiness’ Quixotic?

    Is Harvard’s New ‘Center of Happiness’ Quixotic?0

    The Harvard Gazette reported last month that it’s school of public health will create a new center to study happiness.   The center, created with a $21 million gift, will research how negative social circumstances—poverty, insecurity, poor social relationships, etc.—can impact happiness, as well as the following areas: Identifying and developing a measurement instrument—a positive

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  • Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?

    Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?0

    Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of

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  • Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?

    Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4

    Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of

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