Is Religion a Force for the Good?
Most people regard religion as a constructive and positive force in human history, while some regard it as a false and negative force. Naturally, that depends on... Read more.
Is Religion a Burden?
Religion and philosophy share one precise goal: to explore and explain all the unseen causes behind the visible world of human experience. Philosophy seeks to explain... Read more.
Esto Vir! Be a Man
Deacon Kyle Broderson recently gave a talk during which he asked the men in his audience to consider what they most wanted to be in life. It wasn’t long before... Read more.
Are We a ‘Godly’ People?
According to the Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain in his 1952 book The Range of Reason, there are Christians who, to all intents and purposes, think and behave... Read more.
The Problem of Evil
There is no better way to solve the problem of evil than by starting with a definition of what evil is, or is not. According to the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer,... Read more.
What Is Heaven?
Christians agree that God invites us all to end our lives in a state of being called ‘heaven’; that is, in a personal relationship with God that is full... Read more.
Why is There Purgatory?
“All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification,... Read more.
Why Does Hell Exist?
“The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend... Read more.
How Wisdom Is Superior to Knowledge
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same. One can have much wisdom and be short of knowledge. On the other hand, one can have much knowledge and hardly any wisdom to... Read more.
Briefly Testing Aristotle’s Golden Mean
“Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.” Aristotle Scripture is full of exhortations to avoid all kinds... Read more.