David T. Koyzis

. . . to fill what some persist in believing to be a desperate need for good translations of the Good Book. This one’s called the Common English Bible, which is an improvement over existing translations because of . . . what? I’m not sure, except that it appears to use more contractions . . . . Continue Reading »

Several years ago my friend and former colleague Paul Marshall wrote a review of Jim Wallis’ God’s Politics for The Review of Faith & International Affairs: Jim Wallis’ Politics — or Lack Thereof. Marshall’s paragraph below is worth rereading:Obviously, no popular . . . . Continue Reading »

Those of us who grew up with the biblical account of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea never thought it the least fantastic or implausible. Now someone has come up with a fascinating model of what may have happened: Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape . . . . Continue Reading »

This story from the New English Review blog is worthy of an Indiana Jones film plot:On the night of April 24, 1944, British air force bombers hammered a former Jesuit college here [Munich] housing the Bavarian Academy of Science. The 16th-century building crumpled in the inferno. Among the treasures . . . . Continue Reading »

In the absence of a general cross-referencing apparatus to aid readers in negotiating the multiple First Things blogs, I thought I would draw the attention of Evangel readers to R. R. Reno’s Love Rather Than Theory, published yesterday at On the Square. It’s an important piece well worth . . . . Continue Reading »

Over the past twenty or so years, publishers have turned out a steady stream of Christian worldview books, which together have altered the conversation over the relationship between faith and cultural activities in God’s world. Most of these have sought to reshape a “Christian . . . . Continue Reading »

Adolescence is variously defined as the time between puberty and adulthood. When does adulthood begin? Legally it begins at age 18 in many countries, but some observers hold that adolescence only ends around age 25 and perhaps even beyond. Within this period the young person makes decisions as to . . . . Continue Reading »

Under its late founding editor, Fr. Neuhaus, this journal made its reputation in part by its opposition to the judicial usurpation of democracy, culminating in its controversial 1996 symposium under that title. Those interested in the topic would do well to read James Grant’s fascinating . . . . Continue Reading »

I am all for the revival of the humanities in our universities, but The Globe and Mail’s John Allemang may be expecting too much: Can the liberal arts cure jihadists? If not, they might at least persuade moderate terrorists to settle for incremental . . . . Continue Reading »

The Economist carries two stories that may or may not be related to each other. First, in a story about beer consumption in Asia, we find a nifty map showing the levels of beer-drinking per capita for several countries around the world. Second, in an article on Europe’s irreligious, there is a . . . . Continue Reading »