One of the seven lies that Elizabeth Urbanowicz exposes is „A loving God would not judge“. She recounts how one day she pointed out to a second-grader that she had written her letters J the wrong way round. The girl looked up at her and said sternly „Don’t judge me!“ Having talked with the class before about objective truth and subjective preferences, Elizabeth then asked the girl whether there was an objectively right way to spell the letter “J”…

Some Christians are reluctant about apologetics. They say „No one comes to faith in Christ through apologetics.“ Whether that’s true or not, depends on what you understand by „apologetics“. True is, however, that a shocking number of youths who were raised in Christian families, fall away from their faith during university. They have not learned to cope with the arguments of secular society against the Christian faith…

Jesus constantly warns against the false values of „the world“, and Paul, in one of my favorite verses (Rom 12,2) says plainly: „Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.“…

Our western society has become so drenched with the idea of competition that we don’t notice anymore. We have become used to asking „What did you like best about …?“ or „Which is your favorite …?“ or „Who is the best …?“ These are all questions of competition. But why should I elect one aspect, one asset, one person over all the others…

What do we actually mean when we say „Happy New Year?“ I heard in a podcast that most people in our society say „The meaning of life is to attain happiness.“ And by happiness they understand a feeling. The problem with that is that feelings come and go…