Anthony Sacramone

The Seattle Times has this about one Lutheran church in a Nairobi slum attempting to cope with the inter-tribal massacres spawned by the recent presidential election. I couldn’t help but think of this, from Luther’s book of Spiritual Consolations : “If the devil could keep peace, . . . . Continue Reading »

Andy Rau over at ThinkChristian , a smart blog hosted by Gospelcom.net, has a fun post with a serious intention on the Amazing Randi’s evisceration of con artist Peter Popoff. James Randi has also taunted so-called psychics Sylvia Browne and Allison Dubois (the inspiration for the TV show Medium . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . of the Southern Baptist Convention . (Sorry—should I have put that in the headline?) Moderates (presumably those of an Arminian bent) will not be pleased. Mohler is one of a growing number of conservatives within the SBC seeking to bring Baptists back to their Calvinist roots. It was . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s not Ron Paul, it’s not Michael Bloomberg, and it’s not Harold Stassen (who is as dead as Julius Caesar). No, the man who threatens to tear this presidential election apart is none other than Gene Amondson , candidate representing the 139-year-old Prohibition Party . Thought . . . . Continue Reading »

Ya gotta love it. The striking Writers Guild of America is being struck by its own employees . Will the picketers be picketed in ever thickening concentric circles producing a narcotizing effect on passersby? Will this drama become its own reality show, eliminating the need for writers altogether? . . . . Continue Reading »

I am informed by some big-time know-it-alls that the event last night was not, in fact, the election, but that this whole presidential business will continue for quite some time, perhaps even into April. (Whatever happened to good old-fashioned court intrigue, poisoned figs, and jousts . . . ) . . . . Continue Reading »

So says CNN. Or the Knitting Channel. I forget which . . . UPDATE: It’s Obama on the Dem side. This from MSNBC. “A projectile victory,” Chris Matthews calls it. Whatever . . . So is it all over now? Do we have a president? I can never figure out how this works. More important, . . . . Continue Reading »

Why is everyone doing a Kevin Bacon on poor Chuck Norris ? It’s not like Jack Nicholson or Warren Beatty or Bruce Springsteen is about to come out for Huckabee. And Norris is more than just a movie and TV star: The born-again Christian, U.S. Air Force veteran, and Professional Full-Contact . . . . Continue Reading »

Mollie Hemingway has a report from the Christian holiday war front . Ours is a strange culture. Wasn’t it five minutes ago that Wal-Mart and Best Buy were banning “Merry Christmas” for fear of the pitter-patter of little ACLU jack-booties? But give a Christian holiday an ethnic . . . . Continue Reading »

Chris Lehmann over at Slate has a review of Joel Osteen’s Become a Better You . He doesn’t much care for it: “There’s, of course, nothing inherently suspect or dishonorable about seeking uplift and consolation in the Bible. But the point of those ‘deep theological . . . . Continue Reading »