Classic Works Inspiring Modern Sensibility

C. S. Lewis and the Power of Imagination

I think I cried the first time my mother read me the story of Aslan’s death, as I sat in the sun on the blue couch under the wall-length windows of our Texas home. I don’t remember the moment, but I remember the feeling—being captivated and finding something more compelling in this story than in the flannelgraph Jesus I was supposed to love. I did love Jesus (I had already started writing Him letters and leaving them in a decorated shoebox-mailbox I made), but the story of Aslan and Narnia made me love Him more, made me feel my understanding in a new way.

End of the Spear the Beginning of a Journey

Mart Green has a strategy for changing the world. It goes something like this: Tell great stories.

Balancing Preservation with Development

This article first appeared in the September 2004 issue of BreakPoint WorldView magazine. Subscribe today or get a gift subscription for someone else! Call 1-877-322-5527.

Is Environmental Science an Exact Science?

To: Innocent Smith
From: Roberto Rivera
RE: Notes from the Wasteland

Christians’ Environmental Responsibility

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Christian Stewardship of Creation

This article originally appeared on the website of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. It is used with permission.

Gilbert Meilaender on Bioethics

Gilbert Meilaender is one of the most intelligent and influential bioethicists of our age, and it is reassuring to know that he is a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. Meilaender holds the Richard and Phyllis Duesenberg Chair in Theological Ethics at Valparaiso University, and his numerous writings in philosophy and bioethics are must-reads for intelligent Christians.

How the United States Manufactured Eugenics for the Nazis

The biggest idea of the 21st century – mark my words! – will be a dated neologism from the 20th. Eugenics is set for a come-back and will be the mother of all battles for the human race.

A Sample Sermon on Biotechnology

Texts: Genesis 1:26-31; Luke 1:26-38