By: Akos BaloghTeenagers are massive users of digital technology. The current generation of teenagers – known as ‘iGen’ – have grown up in the age of the iPhone and social media. Most of them can’t remember a time without a smartphone in their home, which they...
By: Akos BaloghIn April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking...
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By: Akos BaloghStaff and Students from University Christian groups across Australia joined together in a virtual choir to sing the uplifting song, ‘Behold Our God’. The staff and students are all affiliated with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES), which had its...
By: Akos BaloghA fascinating article appeared in the Wall Street Journal late last year. Erica Komisar, a well known and respected author and Psychoanalyst wrote a piece entitled ‘Don’t believe in God? Lie to your children’.In her article she writes:I am often asked by parents,...
By: Akos BaloghPresident Donald Trump is, how shall we say, controversial.As Theologian Wayne Grudem puts it:[Trump] is egotistical, bombastic, and brash. He often lacks nuance in his statements. Sometimes he blurts out mistaken ideas … that he later must abandon. He insults people. He can...
By: Akos BaloghDave Rubin is a rising star in the online world.He regularly sits down with various public intellectuals to debate culture, politics and – with increasing frequency – religion. His YouTube channel The Rubin Report has more than 1 million subscribers.A gay man...
By: Akos BaloghOur society is increasingly polarised.We’re less likely to hold favourable opinions of those who disagree with our political views. We’re less likely to develop deep friendships with people who vote the other way.Instead, we’re more likely to avoid people with...
By: Akos BaloghI grew up with a victim mentality.Nobody called it that at the time. But as I look back, that’s what it was.You see, I was a refugee from communist Eastern Europe – from Hungary. I grew up among other refugees, among victims. Victims of an oppressive totalitarian regime....
By: Akos BaloghGeorge Floyd is now a household name across the globe. An African American man who was killed while being arrested by a white police officer, Floyd’s death has sent shockwaves throughout the US (and much of the world). As I write, protests are still continuing in many American...
By: Akos BaloghAccording to one of my favourite talk show hosts, Dave Rubin, there’s a bravery deficit across the western world.In a recent video, Rubin argues:There’s a mass affliction spreading throughout the Western world. It’s called… the Bravery Deficit....
By: Akos BaloghThere’s a key insight that will help you thrive in the COVID-19 age. It’s an insight found all throughout the Bible. And it’s an insight confirmed by modern psychology.[1] As you know, our world can be a challenging place. Adversity of all kinds (and now COVID-19)...
By: Akos BaloghNo discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11The COVID-19 Pandemic is wreaking havoc across our world. It’s an uncertain time.And yet for...
