Response to Chad (”aircraft carriers are huge killing machines”)

Several weeks ago, I wrote about my experiences aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. In response, Chad wrote the following, in part:
“Let me first point out that I do support the military and the need for it to protect our country. I do have a problem with 3 days worth of blogs about a huge […]

Searching for Ponies in the Hay: My Analysis

I issued you a challenge to look at the article by Professor Kronman: “Why are we here?”, and I was delighted by your responses. You are thinking and you are thinking well! Here is my take on it.
First, we must admit that there is much to agree with:
–Presenting the key questions of life is a […]

A Silent Killer in the House

I couldn’t sleep Wednesday night. Something kept waking me up, but I couldn’t tell what it was. In the back of my sleepy mind, it seemed like it was a chirping noise. But I would awake, hear nothing, and then drift off to sleep, only to be awakened again. The only sound I could hear […]

Searching for Ponies in a Pile of Hay

I have written earlier about the critical homework I require of my seminary students
[It’s Never Just an Article]. I say “critical”, because I believe we are severely lacking in discernment skills when it comes to detecting underlying assumptions within the media around us. When we fail to discern them, we end up buying the assumptions […]

Remembering 9/11

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. (Isaiah 5:20)
Most of us can remember exactly what we were doing six years ago. I […]

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Dr. Del Tackett is president of the Focus on the Family Institute and Senior Vice President to Focus on the Family. He is also the architect and chief spokesperson for Focus on the Family's The Truth Project--a nationwide initiative designed to bring the Christian worldview to the body of Christ.