Apr 5, 2017 | Canvas, Features, Views
How to recover reality in an age of attractive illusions So, here we are, occupying our little place in space, our short moment in time. What do we know? More to the point, how do we know what we know is true? If we are gods, we can decide what is true and what isn’t....
Apr 5, 2017 | Canvas, Views
How to leverage finite knowledge in a world of clickbait and deadlines I received a call at the end of a busy day while stuck in traffic, so I was probably in a bad mood. However the caller proceeded to explain a scenario that would make most journalists sit up. They...
Apr 5, 2017 | Canvas, Editorial
Even in a place and time where “post-truth” nabs Word of the Year, people still insist on making truth claims. We’re wired to know. So one of the biggest challenges we face as truth-believing Christians isn’t actually convincing people that truth exists. It is to...
Apr 4, 2017 | Canvas, Reviews
By D. A. Carson This is one of Carson’s most important books – a mix of razor-sharp cultural analysis and penetrating theological reflection. Carson exposes the vacuous and self-contradictory nature of so much modern secular thinking, reminding us that Christians need...
Apr 4, 2017 | Canvas, Reviews
By John Stackhouse Jr. In an age of post-truth and “alternative facts,” what does it look like for Christians to love the Lord with all our minds? Stackhouse explores this question. As Christians, he says, it is part of our calling and vocation to think and pursue...