America Is A Knowledge-based Society, Where Information

We Need To Understand Enough Of Modern Thought To Identify The Ways It Blocks Us From Living Out The Gospel The Way God Intends, Both In Terms Of Intellectual Roadblocks And In Terms Of Economic And Structural Changes That Make It Harder To Live By Scriptural Principles.

Knowing The Truth Has Meaning Only As A First Step To Living The Truth Day By Day.

Competition Is Always A Good Thing. It Forces Us To Do Our Best. A Monopoly Renders People Complacent And Satisfied With Mediocrity.

When We Encounter The World Of Ideas For The First Time, We Easily Get Overwhelmed. Scripture Is Telling Us, 'don't Be Distracted By The Details. Cut To The Core By Asking, What Is Its Idol?' Whatever Functions As Its God Substitute Will Shape Everything Else.

During The First 13 Centuries After The Birth Of Jesus In Bethlehem, No One Thought Of Setting Up A Creche To Celebrate Christmas. The Pre-eminent Christian Holiday Was Easter, Not Christmas.