by David John Seel, Jr., Ph.D. | Jul 22, 2026 | New Adam Project
“I have been in the presence of greatness and I’m not sure what it means.” Great art makes demands on its audience. It doesn’t come with Cliff Notes or cartoon summaries. It shows and doesn’t tell. Such is the case of William...
by David John Seel, Jr., Ph.D. | Jul 13, 2026 | New Adam Project
Several years ago, I found myself sitting next to Stan Lee over lunch on the Santa Monica Pier. At the time, I knew he was someone important, but I did not realize just how influential he had become. Only later did I appreciate that the longtime editor and...
by David John Seel, Jr., Ph.D. | Jun 29, 2026 | New Adam Project
To answer a question well, you must first ask the right one. When Christians speak about training a nation in righteousness, three questions immediately arise. What is the church’s role in society? What kind of culture are we living in? And what sort of...
by David John Seel, Jr., Ph.D. | Jun 22, 2026 | New Adam Project
We live in the age of the anti-hero. Character is often treated with suspicion. Conviction is dismissed as naivete. Leadership itself is frequently viewed as a threat rather than a virtue. Popular culture delights in exposing flaws, uncovering hypocrisy, and...
by David John Seel, Jr., Ph.D. | Jun 4, 2026 | New Adam Project
Just as there is soft pornography, there is also soft nihilism. Sociologist James Davison Hunter once observed that America has become “a nihilist culture without nihilists.” Most Americans could not define nihilism. Few have read Friedrich Nietzsche, its great...