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Think Before You Speak or Write

With the advent of social media, podcasting, and other platforms whereby the average schmo can turn him or herself into an overnight sensation comes these words of wisdom, “The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things” (Proverbs 15:28). In…


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…


Amusing Ourselves to Death

Paul Derengowski, ThM It’s been thirty years since Neil Postman published his book by that title: Amusing Ourselves to Death. Recently, I read through it a second time, having purchased the 20th Anniversary Edition ten years ago. In the book, Postman argues quite convincingly how the Age of Television has all…