A House Divided Cannot Stand
Cheree Bartlett, Esq.
Entertainment
June 2003
Hollywood is a very spiritual place of late, but the spirituality being espoused flies in the face of most biblical truth. Why is this and how are we to respond to it?

Let Your Heart Be Your Guide?
Brodie McClain
Theology
May 2003
What does the world mean when it tells us to follow our heart, and what does the Bible mean when it tells us that the heart is desperately wicked?

Pursuing Crowns
Michael Spielman
Theology
April 2003
Scripture is full of lavish promises of reward for those who will deny themselves the lesser and damning pleasures of the world to lay hold of the infinitely greater and eternal pleasures of heaven.

Nurturing Desperation
Michael Spielman
Theology
March 2003
Until we come face to face with the severe warnings leveled at us in Scripture, it is unlikely that we will ever be terrified enough to deal radically with sin or cling radically to Christ.

Rescuing Wayward Affections
Michael Spielman
Theology
February 2003
For all my talk of reward and satisfaction, I am far too often a "duty-man", coming to God in begrudging duty rather than overflowing delight. If my wayward affections aren't rescued, the implications are devastating.

To Be Loved By God
Michael Spielman
Theology
January 2003
Is the love of God towards us such that He is seeking to make much of us, or is it of such a nature that He is rather trying to remove all the obstacles which keep us from making much of Him?

Sacrifice Nothing
Michael Spielman
Theology
December 2002
The call to be a Christian is the call to never sacrifice the unfathomable wealth of the kingdom of God for the two-bit, low yield, here today gone tomorrow pleasures of this world.

The Doctrine of Election: A Scriptural Basis
Victor Longstreth
Theology
July 2002
For those who still regard the doctrine of election as unbiblical, consider the source. This helpful resource is a partial compilation of those portions of scripture which deal with election. It is a precious doctrine and we do well to embrace it and praise God for it.

Was the Doctrine of Election Invented by John Calvin?
Victor Longstreth
Theology
February 2002
It is a sad truth that many evangelicals have rejected the precious doctrine of election in an attempt to avoid making God the ultimate determiner of who is saved. In trying to spare God this "injustice", they misdiagnose man's true condition. It is not an injustice for God to select the redeemed, it is a mercy. If He didn't, then no one would be saved.

29 Years & Counting
Michael Spielman
The States
January 2002
For 29 years now, our nation has lived under the weight of a system that grants legal sanction to the massive and brutal extermination of the most helpless members of the human race. So what should we do?

Persevere or Die
Michael Spielman
Theology
December 2001
James 5:7-12 teaches us three things. 1) If you fail to persevere under trials, you will fail to attain eternal life. 2) If you are a complainer, you will be severely judged. 3) If you swear falsely, you will be condemned.

The (Sun) Devils Within
Michael Spielman
Sports
November 2001
On a telling Saturday in Tempe, the worst in human nature reared its ugly head and proved that patriotism and good will are insufficient anecdotes to the problems which plague us most.

Restoring the Nations
Michael Spielman
World
October 2001
Grave things are promised to those prophets who promise peace and safety to a world living in unrighteousness. Restoration is not offered without conditions, isn't it time we knew what those conditions are?

A Nation Remembers
Cheree Bartlett
The States
October 2001
Many people have asked why September 11 happened? Perhaps we should ask why had it not happened before? As the nation sang God bless America and cried over our loss it is not hard to think that God blessed us not because of who we are, but in spite of it.

Wisdom is Shouting
Michael Spielman
The States
September 2001
When four hijacked commerical airliners slammed into Washington, New York, and Pennsylvania, a nation was thrown into a state of shock, anger, and mourning. There is blood on the land and wisdom is SHOUTING from the streets. The question remains...will we listen?

IU's Never-ending Knight
Terry Lasseter
Sports
June 2000
In an era when more and more athletes fail to take responsibility for their boorish behavior, it should come as no surprise that such un-accountability finds root in the hallowed halls of higher education.

Nothing but Mammals?
Michael Spielman
Entertainment
June 2000
Leave it to a group of crass twenty-somethings from the irreverent "Bloodhound Gang" to discover a simple ethical principle which seems to have escaped most everyone else.

A Place for Prayer?
Michael Spielman
Education
May 2000
Once again the Supreme Court is faced with the question as to whether or not prayer has any place in the public school system. As the two sides battle it out, it is at least the opinion of one author that both parties are missing the boat.

Christ & The Playing Field
Terry Lasseter
Sports
April 2000
What does it mean to be a Christian athlete, and what does it mean when a Christian athlete falls?

Change the World (w/ love)
Terry Lasseter
World
March 2000
Though much of Christ's doctrine is rejected by the masses, it's hard to argue with the golden rule (do unto others as you would have done to you). Now if we could just live that out, it may actually be possible to change the world.

Techno-dependence
Carlan Wendler
Technology
March 2000
With so much of technology devoted to "communication" and "interaction", are we really more in touch, or have we simply become addicted to the shallow relationships which technology affords?

TV Responding
Brodie McClain
Entertainment
March 2000
Please respond honestly.

Resurrection Reality
Michael Spielman
Old School
March 2000
The whole of Christianity hangs on the resurrection. If it can be shown to be false, the Bible can be rejected outright, but if it is true...well that would change everything.

Abortion Genocide
Gregg Cunningham
States
February 2000
The "pro-choice" arguments which are used today as a means of justifying legal abortion are the same arguments which were once used by racists to justify slavery. Genocide, it seems, is always built on "choice".

Warner for the Ages
Terry Lasseter
Sports
February 2000
Regular season and Super Bowl MVP's have forever removed Kurt Warner from the realms of obscurity, and cast him sqarely in the middle of football lore. While his rise to fame was certainly unconventional, it seems to have been a far more stable journey than one would have expected.

Mutually Exclusive
Brodie McClain
Entertainment
February 2000
In this follow-up examination of television culture, particular attention is given to the nature and exclusivity of the choices we make. In choosing TV, we are inherently giving up something else. How rational can such a trade-off possibly be?

The Marks of a Child
Nancy Whitney
Education
February 2000
In the realms of honesty, love, and enthusiasm, many adults have a few things to learn from the children in their lives.

Lebensborn Again
Michael Spielman
Technology
February 2000
This past decade saw the door open on Lebensborn, Hitler's sadistic Aryan breeding program. Is bio-technology fast making such reproductive manipulation a reality in America, and if so is it any less reprehensible now?

Evolving Implications
Michael Spielman
The States
January 2000
As this country gradually embraces the notion that we are nothing more than the blind product of chance, the future grows darker and darker. The implications of an evolutionary system are far more problematic than one might think.

A Payne Worth Remembering
Terry Lasseter
Sports
January 2000
Nothing awakens so much reflection as the passing of a loved one, so much the more when that someone is beloved by a nation. Payne Stewart's sudden death is proof positive that to die well, one first must live well.

Two Dimensional Reality
Brodie McClain
Entertainment
January 2000
The television set has reshaped the heart of American culture like nothing else, but has its ability to entertain come at too high a price?

Faith Works: Abe & Isaac
Michael Spielman
Old School
January 2000
Few things are so misunderstood as the concept of biblical faith. In one of the most scandalous requests ever made, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his own son. . .and he said yes!

Relative Ignorance
Brodie McClain
Education
January 2000
Though the theory of relativity may hold up in the realms of time and space, in the realm of ethics, relative truth is an utter absurdity.

The Christian Body
Michael Spielman
Technology
January 2000
For all of this century's technological breakthroughs, there has yet to be anything that can rival the human body, and such a treasure brings with it immense responsibility.

The Church/State Debate
Michael Spielman
The States
September 1997
This essay examines the volatile relationship which exists between church and state while noting that perfect separation is an utter impossibility.

The Long Road to Racial Remedy
Michael Spielman
The States
March 1997
This essay examines public policy in post-Civil War America, noting the many obstacles which exist between theoretical equality and practical equality. When the law is unjust, the law must change.

The Sexualized Body
Michael Spielman
Education
March 1997
This essay examines the growing trend in comtemporary art towards sexual perversion, paying particular attention to the controversial and often grotesque work of Robert Maplethorpe and Joel Peter Witkin.

Thomas Jefferson: A Confused "Christian"
Michael Spielman
The States
February 1997
This essay explores the religious legacy of Thomas Jefferson, specifically his attempts to remove all reference to the deity of Christ from the Bible in pursuit of a more palatable gospel.

The Television Experience
Michael Spielman
Entertainment
March 1996
This piece is the product of an "Electronic Imaging" intro course in which the author was assigned to endure 12 straight hours of television so as to report on the psychological effects of such an experience.