As tomorrow marks the 492nd anniversary of the event that traditionally marks the beginning of the Reformation, I thought it appropriate to post the following choral rendition of Luther’s Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott, sung in its original syncopated rhythm.This hymn is, of course, a . . . . Continue Reading »
When does a cross cease to represent Christianity and become a secular symbol? According to Justice Antonin Scalia, when it’s used for a war memorial. As Susan Jacoby, the Washington Post ’s resident atheist, reports : In oral arguments this month in the case of Salazar v. Buono,, which . . . . Continue Reading »
(For now, anyway.)When evangelicals stop preaching sermons on Gran Torino and dropping iPods from helicopters on Easter, I’ll start caring about Fatima.I mean, do I have a Spiritual aversion to the “ceremonies, vows, works, and merits” of my brothers and sisters across the Tiber? . . . . Continue Reading »
Want this badge?The 300th Christian Carnival is up at Brain Cramps for . . . . Continue Reading »
If the banner ads on this page were promoting this apparition of Mary, would anyone object?And just to play a little more fair today to make my point crystal clear, what if the banner ads were promoting this . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, one benefit of excess time in airports and planes ... is I’m getting some sleeping and a lot of reading done. I’ve finished the new uncensored In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and The Unlearned Lessons Of the Twentieth Century by Chantal Delsol. The latter of . . . . Continue Reading »
It wouldn’t be this way if the Feds had the courage and foresight to change marijuana”s Controlled Substances Act classification so that it could be prescribed like morphine or cocaine. But the way things are, with the president breaking his oath of office to enforce the law, this . . . . Continue Reading »
Pick a word. No, no, not that one. Don’t pick just any word. Stick with the nouns. Then build a picture around that word. Now build several pictures around the word. See how many you can come up with.Now let’s try some of the words that have . . . . Continue Reading »
Given our discussion(s) about this blog (among other things!), Collin Hansen’s article at Christianity Today, posted this morning, caught my attention: “Not All Evangelicals and Catholics Together.” Hansen documents some of the conflicts between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics, . . . . Continue Reading »
Every autumn Christians throughout North America engage in hand-wringing disputes over what to do about Halloween. The discussions tend to reflect in microcosm how we interact with overtly secular aspects on a larger scale. Should we separate and stand apart, becoming a witness by our disengagement, . . . . Continue Reading »
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