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The Reason for God
Dec 28, 2021 · Timothy Keller
Why would God allow suffering? If he is loving, how could he send people to hell? Why does Christianity have to be so exclusive? In The Reason for God...
Philosophy Religion and Theology -
Mere Christianity
Dec 23, 2021 · C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis was one of the most beloved Christian authors of the twentieth century. In this best-selling classic, Lewis's aim was to articulate and...
Religion and Theology -
Outliers
Dec 21, 2021 · Malcolm Gladwell
What does Bill Gates’ story hold in common with the Beatles’? Why are so many professional hockey players born between January and March? ...
Business Psychology Society and Culture -
Dedicated
Dec 16, 2021 · Pete Davis
Writer and civic advocate Pete Davis has expanded his viral Harvard commencement address about the power of commitment into a critically-acclaimed boo...
Current Affairs Politics Society and Culture -
Rust
Dec 14, 2021 · Jonathan Waldman
It comes as no surprise that the first words we have on record about rust are tinged with annoyance. The first known recorded reference to corrosion c...
History Science and Technology -
Traffic
Dec 9, 2021 · Tom Vanderbilt
Driving is a common activity throughout the world, but it also reveals a whole host of quirks and tics of human nature. In this exploratory sociology ...
Psychology Science and Technology Society and Culture -
Can't Hurt Me
Dec 7, 2021 · David Goggins
If you are like most people, you sell yourself short. It’s safer that way, but according to former Navy SEAL and sought-after public speaker Dav...
Self-Help Sports and the Outdoors -
The Tech-Wise Family
Dec 2, 2021 · Andy Crouch
Many parents believe raising a family is harder now than it was when they were growing up. Most attribute the growing difficulty to the encroachment o...
Health and Wellness Relationships and Parenting Society and Culture -
The Master and His Emissary
Dec 2, 2021 · Iain McGilchrist
We are all familiar with the pop psychology mainstay of left-brained and right-brained thinking. The conventional breakdown posed the left side as rat...
Philosophy Psychology Society and Culture -
Rationality
Nov 30, 2021 · Steven Pinker
Harvard psychologist and public intellectual Steven Pinker offers us his case for rationality and attempts to answer the question we often ask: &ldquo...
Philosophy Society and Culture
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