Religion and Civic Life

Celebrate July 4th weekend by exploring the importance of intelligent design to some of the greatest figures in American history through this brief tour of four iconic memorials in Washington, DC. We’ll visit the Jefferson Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the Word War II Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. Your tour guide is Dr. John West, Vice President Read More ›

Forty years ago on May 15, evangelical Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer died after a long battle against cancer.   He went out with a bang, not a whimper. A few months before his passing, Schaeffer published his final book, The Great Evangelical Disaster. Many of his last weeks were spent promoting its message. Schaeffer’s book indicted the evangelical leadership class Read More ›

As a former professor at an evangelical Christian university, I am sometimes asked by concerned parents to recommend a good Christian college for them to consider for their children. Because the spiritual health of specific colleges and universities can change radically over time, and because there can be a wide diversity of views even among different academic departments on the Read More ›