Does anybody know where, in the Christian tradition, there’s speculation about what would have happened if Jesus not been crucified—if he had come in the flesh, and the world had known him and embraced him instead of killing him?First Things’ editor, Jody Bottum, asked me for our . . . . Continue Reading »
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House version of Obamacare would come in under $900 billion over ten years. I said, bunk. First, the expenses will only be for seven years since it wouldn’t start until 2013. Moreover, said I, the thing had to be smoke and mirrors and . . . . Continue Reading »
Now, I started reflecting on this because my kids were in the back seat of the car singing that song about Peter and John and the lame man — “Silver and Gold have I none / but such as I have give I thee / in the name of Je-e-sus Chri-i-ist/ of Nazareth rise up and walk! / He was walking and leaping and Praising God! / Walking and leaping and Praising God! / in the name of Je-e-sus Chri-i-ist/ of Nazareth rise up and walk!” Continue Reading »
In one comment thread on this blog, someone asked why I believe. Here is a short answer.It is an odd thing to be called on to defend something you think you know. It is disturbing at first, because it makes you simultaneously wonder about your own mental clarity and that of your questioner. Why . . . . Continue Reading »
“A Christian is an impregnable person. He is a person that never can be conquered. Emmanuel became man to make the church and every Christian to be one with him. Christ’s nature is out of danger of all that is hurtful. The sun shall not shine, the wind shall not blow, to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Somewhat delayed post, but the topic, I think, is plenty fresh. On the Brooks view of individuality (which I discussed on below), Maggie Gallagher at the Corner says: Having psychologized every other aspect of morality, there is no good reason why we shouldn’t also psychologize the idea of . . . . Continue Reading »
A pure bleg , as a beg for information from blog readers seems now to be called: I know there’s a theological tradition of considering what might have been had Adam not fallen. Russell Hittinger has written of it, and it extends in the tradition from the patristical era all the way down to . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama has declared a national health emergency over the H1N1 flu outbreak. From the story:President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a good news story I have been meaning to post for a week. There is an old Jewish saying, “When you save a life, you save the world.” If that is so, my wonderful friend and executive director of the CBC, Jennifer Lahl, has saved the world.Last week, Jennifer and her . . . . Continue Reading »
I reported earlier about the resistance among New York health care workers to taking the mandatory H1N1 vaccine. Well, the state has backed down. From the story:New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials . . . . Continue Reading »
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