Well, this week, they both spouted off nonsense, and while one was ridiculed, the other was taken seriously.  Mr. Curry, for some unknown reason, decided to opine that the moon landing was fake–a product of Hollywood fantasy.  For those of us that have had the privilege of hearing from Astronauts that landed on the moon, […]

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Ethan Brand,” the title character undertakes a quest for the Unpardonable Sin; but the story does not simply follow the Scriptural definition of this sin: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10). Hawthorne’s Brand defines the Unpardonable Sin in terms of a separation of the intellect and the […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Before we get going on today’s mailbag, I have to note the name length of our first questioner, who took it upon himself […]

The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Willmoore Kendall –          “Similarly, insofar as it is a generally-accepted principle of modern political philosophy and modern politics that the purpose of society, government, and law is […]

***This is written under the assumption you have either seen The American President or don’t mind spoilers. If neither of these descriptions fit you, it may be best to move along.*** As part of my class, Politics & Film, we recently watched and discussed The American President, the 1995 hit helmed by Rob Reiner and […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.     Q: Göran Magnus asks: “As we enter yet another winter season, we find families huddled around the fire and the dinner table. A […]

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” So begins the classic line from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.  Dickens continues with contrasts such as “it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,” which only adds to the feeling of simultaneous joy and heartache.  Such is […]

George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) died this weekend. The scion of a prominent political family—his father, Prescott, was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut—President Bush built the family into a political dynasty. Bush served as an aviator in the United States Navy, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives, Ambassador to the United […]

Why and in what ways do people decide to read a certain book?  It might be a recommendation from a friend, written by an acclaimed author, or even an attention-grabbing book cover.  In my case, it was an intriguing title – and a little help from my librarian- wife, who brought home the book What […]

The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Tacitus –          “My policy is to trace proposals in detail only if conspicuously honorable or of noteworthy disgrace, for in my view the principle obligation of histories […]