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A bit lengthy, but remarkably good paper on the many ways that the "mind and heart"of C. S. Lewis has influenced John Piper. Worth a thoughtful read!

An excerpt from Tim Keller's new offering, "Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power." Keller in this chapter offers three ways to find the false idols of our lives.

The spiritual journey of British novelist A.N. Wilson back to the fold of Christianity, as reported in The New Statesman. Must reading!

A fascinating review by Jay Tolson of the book by Stephen Miller, which chronicles over the past two millenia how Sunday has been a challenge, to believers and nonbelievers alike.

Allen Barra writes on the enduring legacy of Chesterton, whose classic work, Orthodoxy, still is influencing thinkers a hundred years after its publication.

A fascinating interview with Michael Lindsay, a professor at Rice University, author of "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite."

This article from The Wall Street Journal, written by Peter Berkowitz, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institute, critiques the new wave of best-selling books on militant atheism, by such writers as Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris.

This article, written by Ken Costa, Vice-Chairman of UBS Investment Bank, is adapted from an address he gave for The Trinity Forum in London in March of 2007.This is one of the best articles I've come across in recent years dealing with the place of faith in the corporate world, providing thoughtful questions rather than the commonly given simplistic answers.

A provocative and rather "chippy" interview/debate between atheist "evangelist" Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," and Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church.

Peter Drucker suggests that in a few hundred years, the most important event that historians will see about our times is not technology, but that growing numbers of people will have to manage themselves.

Ambrose Bierce once observed, "Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows." A few years ago, Peter Gomes of Harvard University sat down with Harvard Business Review's associate editor to explore the sometimes uneasy alliance between business and spirituality.

Peter Drucker, who was educated and worked in Germany as a journalist before ever becoming a business management icon, had a penchant for describing people. He once said that Thomas Watson Sr., who built IBM, was “quite intentionally dignified.”

This rare interview with Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan describes how he seeks to balance the worlds of commerce and faith.

Paul Valery once remarked, “A businessman is a hybrid between a dancer and a calculator.” And if media companies have their way...

We really didn't believe it was Jesus Christ, not at first. True, the Cincinnati Reds said they'd just signed Him to a one-day contract, but who would believe that?...

According to Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly, On Being a Man, men and women fear totally different things...

H. L. Mencken once defined a clergyman as “a ticket speculator outside the gates of heaven.” It’s fair to say that many men feel a “disconnect” with pastors, and can’t really identify with their religious world...

Mark Twain once remarked, “I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.”...

H. L. Mencken once described religious faith as “The illogical belief in the improbable.” Many people today look at religious faith in a similar vein, as though having faith is synonymous with shelving one’s brain!...

While the recent ouster of Carly Fiorina from HP doesn’t quite qualify as meeting the Biblical litmus test of “sins” per se, there is something to be said of the fact that her sense of invincibility...

In his most recent book, Finishing Well, Bob Buford shares a wealth of wisdom for business professionals based on interviews he conducted with over a hundred people...

As we celebrate Christmas, an often overlooked passage in Luke’s Gospel poignantly portrays God’s love for the world. It is the parable of the prodigal son...

While Ted Turner was in college, his father wrote him a letter that concluded: “I think you are quickly becoming a jackass.”...