Joe Carter

The latest issue of First Things is now online . Although several articles are available to non-subscribers, the majority of the content will now be accessible only to print or digital subscribers. If you had a login previously, you simply need to enter your information (email address and password) . . . . Continue Reading »

I agree with you, Matt , that there are several questions surrounding this issue that, while disturbing, are disputable. “Should we allow torture?” and “Is torture effective?” are two examples. But the question of whether waterboarding is torture is not one of them. There is . . . . Continue Reading »

Joel Heng Hartse, a frequent music critic for Christianity Today , muses about coming of age in the heyday of Christian pop music: Really, my concept of “Christian music,” which begins in about 1980 and ends in 2000 (around the time I got bored with it), is nothing but a snapshot. It . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, John McCain took to the Senate floor to set the record straight about waterboarding and the intelligence that led us to Osama bin Laden: With so much misinformation being fed into such an essential public debate as this one, I asked the Director of Central Intelligence, Leon Panetta, for . . . . Continue Reading »

The British may not be able to spell words correctly (it’s color , old chap, not colour ) but I think they get it mostly right when it comes to punctuation. For instance, the American style places commas and periods inside quotation marks, except in situations when it could cause confusion . . . . Continue Reading »

Glen Scrivener, a minister in the Church of England, is attempting to raise awareness about the impact of the King James translation on the English speaking world : “Throughout 2011 I will blog on a phrase each day that has passed into common parlance: popular phrases like ‘labour of . . . . Continue Reading »

On Tuesday I reported that the Navy was considering allowing its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages once “Dont ask, Don’t tell” ends. Apparently, no one consulted the JAG lawyers to ask if it conflicted with the Defense of Marriage Act: The Navy confirmed Wednesday that it did . . . . Continue Reading »

Dissatisfied with your current small-group? You might want to check out this one. “We hate bad theology as much as the next guy. And we know the surest way to prevent bad theology is to avoid theology altogether.”(Via: Daniel . . . . Continue Reading »

New legislation in Texas will add requirements before an abortion can be obtained : Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign a law soon requiring a woman seeking an abortion to have a sonogram and hear a description of the fetus, including whether it has developed fingers, toes or internal organs. . . . . Continue Reading »

When Rembrandt looked into the face of his savior, says Dan Neil, he saw his own : Did Christ really have awesome abs? Western art has frequently stumbled over the contradiction between the ascetic figure of Jesus of Nazareth and the iconography of Christ inspired by the heroic, Hellenistic ideal: . . . . Continue Reading »