It is being reported today that Christianity is undergoing yet an assault via loons in the entertainment industry. There’s not much new about that. In an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David urinates on a painting of Jesus, causing a woman to believe the painting depicts him . . . . Continue Reading »
Switzerland, perhaps as much as the Netherlands, illuminates the perils of legalizing and culturally accepting assisted suicide. The Swiss permit lay assisted suicide—proving that causing death is not a medical procedure—so long as the motive is proper. This has led to the . . . . Continue Reading »
There was a post below on whether Christians should fast during Ramadan. The answer is clearly no. We should proclaim the gospel and why we believe it (See Resurrection, The).But the other question comes from Donald Miller’s book Blue Like Jazz (which, as I’ve said before, I . . . . Continue Reading »
This is what I have been saying: Under Obamacare, “wellness” will be pushed to promote cost reduction. It won’t work. After all, that is what HMOs—health maintenance organizations—were supposed to be all about. But HMO wellness programs didn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
In thinking through Jean-Francois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition and my position as a “conservative” Catholic sympathetic to our friends on the Porch, I’d like to throw this out there for some opinion. Lyotard (“Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as . . . . Continue Reading »
At the AOL-sponsored site Politics Daily , religion columnist David Gibson has a feature on the precautions taken by “religious leaders and congregants alike over the possibility of a swine flu epidemic.” Church services may pose the greatest risks, however. Christians not only gather . . . . Continue Reading »
The great topic of art belongs to us. The great purpose of art is not, as someone once said, to frame a lie which seems pleasant, but to frame truth by analogy — and the greatest truth-by-analogy of all time is the Bible. Continue Reading »
There is a debate among evangelicals as to whether Christians should fast with Muslims during Ramadan. At Christianity Today Ruth Moon asked 10 church leaders to comment on the debate, and their different responses are...not sure what word to use here...unbelievable? I’m still looking for the . . . . Continue Reading »
The answer depends on how much sin you think the sacrifice of Christ can cover and how much faith you think can move . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare and its included hundreds of billions of cuts in Medicare hasn’t even passed yet, and the short shrifting of doctors fees in Medicare is already driving them away from treating seniors. From the story:Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group . . . . Continue Reading »
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