by William Kilpatrick | May 8, 2024
The tendency toward what C.S. Lewis termed “chronological snobbery” is probably more pronounced in our own age than at any time in history. Much has been made of the fact that an Arizona law that prohibits abortion was first enacted in 1864. In attacking...
by William Kilpatrick | May 1, 2024
The Trouble with being Spiritual There’s nothing wrong with being spiritual, but there is something wrong with being solely spiritual since we are created as a combination of body and spirit. Nevertheless, Christians throughout history have been tempted to turn the...
by William Kilpatrick | Apr 23, 2024
The second of a two-part series. Until recently, Protestants were more likely than Catholics to succumb to the Gnostic temptation I described in a recent column. In a 2008 article for Modern Reformation, Philip J. Lee described how both Mainline and “born again”...
by William Kilpatrick | Apr 16, 2024
Part 1 of a two-part series A 2023 Gallup poll found that the percentage of Americans who identify as spiritual rather than religious has increased. And among Democrats, more people now describe themselves as spiritual (41%) than as religious (37%). However, according...
by William Kilpatrick | Apr 9, 2024
Suppose someone offered you a shiny quarter in exchange for the tattered $10 bill in your wallet. Would you bite? Silly question. But that’s the kind of exchange proffered in The Da Vinci Code, and apparently, a lot of people are biting. Many scholars have criticized...