Probe Ministries

Category: Society

  • The Psychology of Prisoner Abuse

    Those Awful Pictures Do you remember how you felt as the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal began to unfold in spring 2004? Maybe you saw the disturbing pictures when they were first aired on CBS television’s 60 Minutes II. Soon they were transmitted around the globe. They greeted you on the front page of your morning…

  • Feminism: A Christian Perspective

    Sue Bohlin provides a Christian view on feminism.  How does this prevalent view of women measure up from a biblical perspective? This article is also available in Spanish. The worldview of feminism has permeated just about every aspect of American life, education and culture. We see it in the way men are portrayed as lovable…

  • When Nations Die

    One of the more popular Probe radio programs has been “Decline of a Nation.” Kerby Anderson returns to this important theme by summarizing the significant work by Jim Nelson Black in his book When Nations Die. When we look at three thousand years of history, we observe that civilizations rise but eventually fall and die.…

  • Why Dr. Laura is (Usually) Right

    Why Dr. Laura Is Popular Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s call-in radio show is wildly popular in North America. According to her web site, Dr.Laura.com, the purpose of her program is to dispense morals, values, principles and ethics. Her refusal to coddle people’s self-centered behavior and immoral or stupid choices is either highly entertaining or absolutely infuriating,…

  • The Value of the Internet for Christians

    Sue Bohlin’s article, originally written in 1995, asks, How should Christians deal with this new culture force? There are many worthwhile places on the Internet for believers, and this essay is heavily documented with the electronic addresses. The dangers of pornography and unwise intimacy with computer-mediated relationships are also discussed. An Exciting Technology The internet…

  • Terrorism in America

    Many are calling it one of the bloodiest days in American history. And now we face the prospect that terrorism has become a part of modern life. Crashing planes into buildings, hijackings, bombings, and assassinations on different continents of the world may seem like isolated attacks, but they reflect an easy reliance on violence as…

  • Looking for God

    Looking for God If God had a name, what would it be? And would you call it to His face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory, What would you ask if you had just one question? Yeah, yeah, God is great. Yeah, yeah, God is good. God has made a comeback…

  • A Biblical View of Economics – A Christian Life Perspective

    Kerby Anderson shows that economics is an important part of one’s Christian worldview.  Our view of economics is where many of Christ’s teachings find their daily application. In this article we are going to be developing a Christian view of economics. Although most of us do not think of economics in moral terms, there has…

  • A Return to Modesty

    The Loss of the Virtue of Modesty This article is an examination of Wendy Shalit’s book A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue. The book was written in 1999 and addressed to her “parents, and anyone who has ever been ashamed of anything.” A Return to Modesty is an examination of public and personal…

  • The Social and Historical Impact of Christianity

    The Social and Historical Impact of Christianity

    Probe founder Jimmy Williams examines the charge that Christianity has been detrimental to society, providing evidence for the contrary–that it has been a force for good. Introduction W.E.H. Lecky has commented on the Enlightenment that “The greatest religious change in the history of mankind” took place “under the eyes of a brilliant galaxy of philosophers and…