At NRO , George Weigel has a brief but enlightening article on the just war tradition : The classic just-war tradition did not begin with a “presumption against war.” Augustine didn’t begin there; Aquinas didn’t begin there. And indeed, no one in the tradition began there until . . . . Continue Reading »
Last summer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to accept actively homosexual persons as members of their clergy and to condone gays and lesbians living in “lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships.” This has caused a firestorm of controversy in that church . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday in a comment here I asked for prayer for Michael Spencer, the ubiquitous Internet Monk, for his on-going health issues. I did so in a rather off-handed way which came across as less than sincere, and for that I apologize: he’s a husband and a father, and a friend to many people, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Dan at City of God has is weary of evangelicalism’s newest buzz phrase: Can we just stop people in the church from using terms like “gospel-focused” or “gospel-centered” for the next couple of years? It seems this has been the terminology du jour much in the same way . . . . Continue Reading »
Frank Turk, cf this post, is down on wiggly ecumenism. And in this he is right. But it also seems out that he’s throwing the baby out with the bathwater. For there’s an important, and very difficult, first step toward ecumenism that he is not doing very well, especially regarding the . . . . Continue Reading »
Each time I read a golden nugget like this from St. Augustine, I’m once more reminded that, when you are reading St. Augustine, you realize you are in the presence of a great and profound mind. Thanks to Pastor Alms for this gem. Augustine said:My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, of . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest New York Times column , Ross Douthat explains the lesson politicians can take from the tragic shooting of four police officers in Washington State: If you’re a governor with presidential aspirations, you should never, under any circumstances, pardon a convict or reduce a . . . . Continue Reading »
Hunter Baker has criticized John Stackhouse’s recent post defending his decision not to sign the Manhattan Declaration. However, I would like to make a qualified defence of Stackhouse, who is correct in his assessment of the document in so far as the section on religious liberty is not . . . . Continue Reading »
The Germans may have buried their sense of humor, but humor cries out from the grave and will be avenged. A recent release from the Evangelical Press Service was intended to be serious, but it follows the classic three-part form of a joke, and has a wicked punch line. I translate:Christians and . . . . Continue Reading »
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