Are most young people a lost cause, or just lost?
Although my FB posts, website blurbs, and newspaper articles pull no punches in articulating my personal take on the issues, my teaching style is very different. My approach in the college classroom is objective and Socratic, allowing students to think for themselves by following reason wherever it may lead. In philosophy classes I do not […]... Read More
Which one would you save?
Too many people believe that one’s emotional response is a good indicator of the objective value of something. What one is more apt to do, the argument goes, is an infallible indicator of what is right. Not true. There has been a pro-abortion question bandied about on social media recently that goes something like this: […]... Read More
Rejoice! Demonic attack is par for the course.
If you live a Christian life you will encounter the devil, and often. He arouses the ire of his unwitting followers on earth, often those who are respected as pillars of the community, and not infrequently a dissonant member of the clergy with little faith. They secretly hate truth and direct their vile at anyone […]... Read More
Surrendering to the Will of God
BTS Podcast: “Surrendering to God’s Will, No Matter What the Cost” How do we discern God’s will? What does it mean to surrender? Is there value in suffering? Let’s delve beneath the surface. Riveting Radio: Click here. ... Read More
Are you Pro-life or Anti-abortion?
Being pro-life means more than being anti-abortion – although the terms are often used interchangeably. All human beings possess human life and are designed by God and nature to pass it on, imaging He Who Is life-giving Love. Being pro-life, therefore, means opposing all actions that intentionally vitiate life and its propagation in the natural […]... Read More
Nature vs. Ideology: Revulsion can be good as the soul’s warning to avoid evil
NATURE. Human beings have a natural adversity to unnatural behaviors, usually taking the form of disgust or anger. This is normal and healthy. Disgust recognizes perversion and anger seeks to right an injustice. How one chooses to respond to this natural interior reaction is the ethical question, i.e. productively or destructively. Every child and every […]... Read More
