This is actually a post about the Gospel, but it may do one of these things to you:— it may offend you (it ought to offend you a little at least)— it may confuse you— it may cause you to take the rest of the day off because you are utterly bewilderedI’m almost too squeemish . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip—let disturbed teens have access to suicide pills—Nitschke constantly reveals the death cult obsession that permeates the suicide/euthanasia movement. In the current episode, he warns his cult followers that helium as a death agent may no longer be undetectable . . . . Continue Reading »
While the top 20 for each list is pending to post sometime on Friday, The Telegraph UK is publishing its Top 100 list of US Conservatives, and also of Liberals.The list is interesting as it is an outsider’s perspective on the state of US politics — and I’m a fan of people who try . . . . Continue Reading »
To be human is to be a lover. That is the starting point for Jamie Smith’s latest work, Desiring the Kingdom, in which he presents an important challenge to the dominant paradigm in Christian education. While I do not agree with all of Smith’s conclusions, Desiring the Kingdom is one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
A month ago, when I debated Deutsche Bank’s chief economist on Larry Kudlow’s CNBC show, the consensus held that a rapid recovery in employment would ensue during 2010. This expectation crashed and burned with last Friday’s employment report for December, showing that more than . . . . Continue Reading »
You may not immediately recognize the name, but you will likely recall the famous experiments he conducted at Yale half a century ago. In 1961, a junior professor in psychology, Stanley Milgram, placed an advertisement in a local New Haven newspaper soliciting participants in what was claimed to be . . . . Continue Reading »
As Christians called to be agents of good news in a fallen world, we find our method and our message within the text of scripture. By method, I don’t refer to the exact way we accomplish ministry in various contexts, but who we are and what we portray of Christianity in the process—our . . . . Continue Reading »
Eleven American daily newspapers have shut down since 2007, according to the website devoted to chronicling the demise of the industry, newspaperdeathwatch.com. And with each round of declining circulation and advertising revenue figures, journalists lament that democratic society is in jeopardy. . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re knowledge of Egyptian history is limited to repeated viewings of Cecil B. De Mille’s Ten Commandments , you’re probably under the impression that Moses and his Hebrew brethren provided the slave labor that built the pyramids. But new archaeological findings reveal the . . . . Continue Reading »
Economics blogger Mike Mandel finds that 35 percent of college graduates have a degree beyond the B.A., up from 32.7 percent in 1999. Yet the growth, he finds, is at the masters and professional level: the proportion of workers with Ph.D’s has been declining since 2004 and is now under 4.5 . . . . Continue Reading »
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