education

Demoniacs in the Halls of Academia

Imagine paying $79,000 a year to have someone teach you about sexual bondage, domination, and gay sadomasochism—and that a formally Christian school. Yet, that is exactly what is going on at Princeton University, where it offers a class entitled: “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture.” The course…


Images are the Books of the Unlearned

Paul Derengowski, PhD The title of this article is actually a quote from Reformer John Calvin, as he discussed, in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, the subject of idol worship, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. He was contrasting it to how Protestants or biblical Christians know God, which…



Back to Screwal 2016-17

Way back when, in what seems like another world, there was the day when I went back to school at about this time of year. The school year commenced the day after Labor Day, in September, and ended sometime around the middle of May. For several reasons, school at that…


Teaching Our Children

This week will be the opening week of school for many children around the United States. Some children will just be beginning their educational journeys, while others will be coming to a conclusion of their formal educational careers. In the former sense, teachers and parents will be setting precedents for…


Happy Independence Day Delusion

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July; a day when all Americans celebrate their independence as a free people. Now, let’s blow away the haze of all those fireworks and think about this just a little and see just how independent and free Americans truly are. Politically, we have a sitting…