Joe Carter

Backers rally for tough ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill Washington Times , Cheryl Wetzstein Report: Internet giants shun ads of faiths Washington Times , Jordan E. Otero A rough decade for American congregations CNN Belief Blog, Eric Marrapodi France Bans Street Prayers Reuters , Nicholas . . . . Continue Reading »

My manly bona fides: I’ve spent sixteen years in the Marine Corps and sixteen seconds (cumulatively) riding bulls. I’ve spent my summers in 104-degree weather baling hay, shoeing horses, castrating hogs, and running laps for sadistic football coaches. I’ve fixed pump jacks in Texas oil fields and made auto parts in a Missouri factory. I’ve changed avionics on F-18s, tires on Humvees, and a carburetor on a ‘76 Gremlin… . Continue Reading »

We need robust religious pluralism, says Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, to counter our current climate of liberal whateverism : There was a time in American culture, only a few generations ago, when religious differences were major. Baptists were not Methodists, and both were definitely . . . . Continue Reading »

Locke, Metaphysics, and the Challenge of America Public Discourse , Greg Forster Evangelicals learn to (heart) New York Terry Mattingly A Knack for Bashing Orthodoxy New York Times , Michael Powell France’s Burqa Ban: Women Are Effectively Under House Arrest The Guardian , Angelique Chrisafis . . . . Continue Reading »

Matt Emerson argues that rationalizing away the repugnance of abortion hastens society’s decline : In high school, I had to read Brave New World and other literature that portrayed a future filled with the results of fundamentalist science. Whether Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark or . . . . Continue Reading »

David Berlinski has some useful advice for college students : I would suggest to any student . . do what I’m sure he hasn’t done: Go read the Old Testament. That should be your first challenge . . . .The Old Testament is the greatest repository of human knowledge and wisdom in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Liechtenstein rejects plan to legalize abortion Associated Press Mark Noll on the Foundation of the Evangelical Mind Christianity Today , Interview by David Neff If There Must Be Trouble, Let it Be in My Day DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed , Kevin DeYoung Keynesianism, Social Services, and Solvency . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Every crazy CIA plot you’ve heard of originated with one man Sidney Gottlieb proved to the world that there are few things more dangerous than a chemist with a metaphysical streak - especially if he collects a few thwarted ambitions. Born in 1918, he was deemed physically unfit for duty in . . . . Continue Reading »

Eight members of an Amish community went to jail after they refused to pay fines for failing to affix orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies . The men refused to pay the fines on grounds that their religion bars them from wearing or displaying bright colors because they are considered . . . . Continue Reading »

Matthew Lee Anderson explains why Pat Robertson’s recent comments about marriage and Alzheimer’s reveals a deeper problem with the Christian understanding of the body : The tragedy of Alzheimer’s is very real, but the fragmentation of the self that the inability to remember . . . . Continue Reading »