July 24, 2019
by Regis Nicoll
Dear Swillpit, The sure way to Hell is by a series of incremental adjustments so small, and seemingly innocuous, that earthlings never notice they are woefully off course until they find themselves aboard Charon’s skiff heading for the opposite shore. A believer who turns against our Adversary in a moment of anger or doubt is [...]
May 31, 2013
by Dr. William Oddie
Bethany Blankley writes in the Christian Post Opinion website that "The mainstream media is at it again": “‘The Pope And The Devil: Is Francis an Exorcist?’ an Associated Press (AP) headline reads. The AP reporter writes that ‘Francis’ obsession with Satan’ is because he has mentioned the devil ‘on a handful of occasions’ within a [...]
January 21, 2011
by Anthony Esolen
In his autobiographical account of his youth and his conversion to the faith, Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis relates the almost inexplicable mingling of joy and sorrow he felt when he first read of the Norse myth of Balder, the handsome and large-hearted god who was slain by a trick practiced upon him by [...]
October 28, 2010
by Cord Hamrick
A tip-of-the-hat to The Anchoress, who linked to this piece in which various experts with Divinity-School letters appended to their names convey their opinions about whether demons exist. The expert consensus is that they don't. (No reasons for thinking this are given, naturally, because reason is irrelevant to expert consensus.) In reading some of these [...]
June 23, 2009
by Benjamin D. Wiker
In this Crisis Magazine classic, Benjamin Wiker says that the single greatest moral crisis we've ever faced is upon us now. It is difficult to gain attention in an era that uses superlatives to describe dishwashing liquid and mayonnaise. Perhaps speaking simply and directly might prove such an oddity that words may again [...]
February 14, 2009
by Tom Hoopes
"The lunatic is on the grass." It was an hour before midnight. Ten-year-old James was in his bedroom, alone, when he was suddenly gripped by terror. A Pink Floyd song rang out through the empty room. The radio turned on by itself. "The lunatic is on the grass. The lunatic is in the [...]