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Keith D. Stanglin The Center for Christian Studies has released a new video series on the book of Ecclesiastes. The words of the “Preacher” (Hebrew, “Qoheleth”; Greek, “Ecclesiastes”) are at times clearly wise and good, but at other times challenging and puzzling. How do his words strike you? Here’s a random sample: “Vanity of vanities!” says Qoheleth. “What gain has the worker from his toil?” “Let your words be few.” “Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of

Keith D. Stanglin As I reflect on the nearly five years of the Center for Christian Studies, the Journal of Christian Studies has been, from our very beginning, such a prominent aspect of our ministry to Christian leaders. When the idea for CCS was still taking shape, it was clear that publishing a journal was near the top of the wish list for some potential supporters. What many readers wanted was something like the voice of the old Christian Studies, the journal that was p

M. Todd Hall "Meaning" in a world without God Some years ago, I read an article about a monument erected on a public space in Florida, countering a Ten Commandments monument, celebrating “atheism.” It was billed as an expression of free speech, and I suppose it was. But thinking about it further stirred a question within me. Beyond the pettiness of it (framed within the context of “protecting atheist rights”), why would an atheist erect such a monument? If one truly rejects t