Our Upside-Down World 

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Occasionally, I hear people speak of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who lived in the late 1800s. He was famous for the “God is dead” movement. At first, I thought Nietzsche was teaching that God had literally died, which is a strange concept. I later learned he actually meant that any morality associated with the
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A Christian Atheist (Romans 1:32)

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Polls tell us that the number of self-described atheists in the United States is growing. The writings and teachings of leaders in a movement known as New Atheism have had an enormous impact, especially among the young. Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris are a few of these leaders. When some of these men
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Foundation Crumbling

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Over the summer, I’ve been re-reading Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. Haven’t read it since high school. The series is set 20,000 years into the future. A Galactic Empire is spread across the stars. But it’s crumbling. Hari Seldon, a “psychohistorian,” foresees the empire will fall, leading to a long period of barbarism. So Seldon puts
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