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Go to Jail and Get a Seminary Education? Public Discourse , Byron Johnson Church produced film ‘Courageous’ lights up box office on opening weekend CNN , Gabe LaMonica High court struggles with church-state case L.A. Times , David G. Savage Tea Party Envy: Careful what you wish for, . . . . Continue Reading »

Three items on the agenda this morning: First, we need your help. During the month of October First Things is attempting to enroll 500 readers as web donors. Because the website receives no subscription income, we rely on our generous readership to help us underwrite the expense. If you . . . . Continue Reading »

In a wonderful article that I wish I had read when my daughter was younger, Graham Scharf explains the importance of the vocation of parenting a young child : For the past four years, I have taken my now-seven-year-old daughter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a weekly class called Start with . . . . Continue Reading »

Lawsuit in N.C. seeks to undo abortion law requiring ultrasound Washington Times, Cheryl Wetzstein Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V. New York Times , Pam Belluck Bishops’ Group: Religious Freedom Under Siege Roll Call , Ambreen Ali Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister . . . . Continue Reading »

“When I hear the word ‘culture’ I reach for my pistol,” said the Nazi playwright Hans Johst. I suspect that if our paths had ever crossed, Johst would have shot me on sight. For I am what he would have despised most: a culturist. I love culture. I love high culture, low culture, and middlebrow culture. I love pop culture, folk culture, and church culture. I love Texas culture, American culture, and the culture of Western civilization. I worry about culture wars and wars on culture. I despise cultural relativism and fret about the decline of culture. I read about the theology of culture and how to transform, redeem, and restore culture. I think about culture. A lot… . Continue Reading »

In the summer of 1993 I was in the library of a Marine Corps base in Okinawa when I stumbled across a new journal of “religion and public life.” Although I didn’t know what I had been missing, I knew that this was exactly what I had been looking for. Since an officer had recently . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friends at the Acton Institute have begun leading a worthwhile new initiative to take on the challenge of global poverty: PovertyCure is an international network of organizations and individuals seeking to ground our common battle against global poverty in a proper understanding of the human . . . . Continue Reading »

Structured Homeschooling Gets an A+ ScienceDaily Homeschool Blindspots JoshHarris.com , Reb Bradley What is Jesus doing now? The Briefing , Peter Orr The Political Pulpit New York Times , Stephanie Strom Study: Modern economies ‘rise and fall’ with nuclear families Washington Times , . . . . Continue Reading »

What was the nineteenth century’s worst invention? Choosing just one isn’t an easy task, but one that should be near the top of the list is . . . sexual identity. Few modern creations have wreaked as much havoc on individuals and culture as this medical concept. In a fascinating . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study finds that people who respond like utilitarians to the ” Trolley Problem ” have a strong link to “personality styles that were psychopathic, Machiavellian or tended to view life as meaningless.” Although that probably doesn’t surprise those of us who are . . . . Continue Reading »