In A Theology for Christian Education, James Estep and Michael Anthony provide a core understanding of education in the church. Their point is summarized by a quote from the classic Creative Bible Teaching by Larry Richards:Education is based upon an assumption that what is learned in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Inauguration Day 2009 was not only a historic day for our nation, it was also a turning point for the antiwar movement: It was the day Democrats stopped opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least that’s the conclusion that can be drawn from a new a sociology paper on the partisan . . . . Continue Reading »
The show that made fun of Sarah Palin’s child with Down syndrome has sunk even lower—mocking the disability and death of Terri Schiavo. The episode– which I embedded over at Secondhand Smoke only after much thought , opens with a fictional school play, Terri Schiavo: The . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve begun reading Terry Eagleton’s new book, On Evil (Yale University Press, 2010). Eagleton is Professor of English Literature at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Theory at Lancaster University, and Professor of English Literature at Notre . . . . Continue Reading »
In the five years since Terri Schiavo was slowly dehydrated to death, her loving family has been subjected to repeated callousness and intentional cruelties—canards about their motives, personal vituperation, etc.. That’s life in the public eye. But now a new line of . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the respondents to yesterday’s There May be a Reason for Atheist Pastors quoted the Dennett report’s conclusion. Part of it says that: Perhaps the best thing their congregations can do to help them is to respect their unspoken vows of secrecy, and allow them to carry on . . . . Continue Reading »
So, like many in the Christian blogosphere, I’ve been a regular reader of Michael Spencer’s Internet Monk and Boar’s Head Tavern blogs for years, my clicking those links with an obsessive-compulsive fury. And although BHT is a group blog, it was inevitably Michael’s . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Cross-posted from First Thoughts.]So, like many in the Christian blogosphere, I’ve been a regular reader of Michael Spencer’s Internet Monk and Boar’s Head Tavern blogs for years, my clicking those links with an obsessive-compulsive fury. And although BHT is a group blog, it . . . . Continue Reading »
The American people may not have liked it, but forcing Obamacare on us was necessary for our own good. After all, our liberal technocratic overlords know best—or at least better than we individuals—what is necessary for the pursuit of our happiness. Sure, the measure was unpopular and . . . . Continue Reading »
Ralph Peters’ op-ed in today’s New York Post shows that our putative allies in Afghanistan as well as Iraq are in bed with Iran. He argues that it’s a blunder. It will be a blunder, but it’s actually Obama’s policy, and it was spelled out by now Defense Secretary . . . . Continue Reading »
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