1. Is our view of Satan too small? Peter Mead, “For many Christians, the devil appears to be a very limited antagonist.  He might get some vague credit (for want of a better term) for any temptation we consciously notice. Still, he gets specific credit for very little activity.”

2. Aging peacefully: Melissa Edgington reflects, “As I age I feel the constraints of a culture that equates youth and beauty with value. For women, an essential quality, desirability, is always at the forefront of our training as humans. It isn’t explicitly spelled out in most cases, but is more of an underlying current of subconscious understanding: to be admired and desired is one of the ultimate purposes of a woman’s life.”

3. Cremation or burial: Justin Dillehay argues that burial is a more appropriate choice for the Christian, “Belief in the human body’s essential goodness and future resurrection is a fundamental part of the Christian faith and worldview. So if it has shaped cultural practices about how to treat the body after death, this should hardly surprise us.”

4. Cremation or burial: Steve Kneale counters that the Christian has freedom to do either. “My case here is not that cremation is a preferred or better means. I am simply arguing that I see no biblical reason that bears scrutiny – there is neither command nor instruction and the examples we have are all clearly linked to a place rather than the means – to insist burial is the biblically demanded, preferred or even appropriate means of bodily disposal.”

5. 20 of the world’s most beautiful beaches: Road trip, anyone?

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