I just finished the book Silence by Shusaku Endo. Highly recommend. One of the best books I’ve read. Maybe why I liked it so much was because I related so much to the theme and questions the book raises. Basic plot…

(From when Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt to buy food during the famine – Genesis 42-43) [The brothers] said to one another,”Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with…

I’ve often heard the phrase ‘religion is a crutch for the weak’. Is it? In particular, is the Christian religion a crutch for the weak? In a sense sure. We believe that humans need God; only God can save us.…