The University Christian

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Editor's Letter

Modern novels usually do little more than gather dust on my shelves. But this summer, I discovered "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, in which a father and son wander through "nights beyond darkness" in post-apocalyptic America. (more)

The Dawkins Delusion

Richard Dawkins believes in the resurrection. He believes in it so much, that he is leading a crusade to convince others of it, and, like the revivalists of old, he has hit the circuit looking for converts. The resurrection Dawkins believes in is not the Resurrection (the one with a capital 'R'), but another kind altogether. His faith is not faith in God, but faith in science - or rather, Science. It is not the Resurrection of Christ he is preaching, but the resurrection of a movement. (more)

Underneath the Undie-run

"Being seized upon as a Christian, he was stretched with pullies until his joints were dislocated; his body was then torn with wire scourges, and boiling oil and pitch poured on his naked flesh; lighted torches were applied to his sides and armpits; and after he had been thus tortured, he was remanded back to prison, and died of the barbarities he had suffered, Oct. 31, A.D. 287. His body was sunk in the [river] Somme." (Foxe's Book of Martyrs) (more)

Narcissism

One of my favorite books growing up was "The Little Engine That Could." In the story, a little engine pulls a train over a high mountain by chanting to himself, "I think I can, I think I can." (more)