In the current edition of my podcast What It Means to be Human, I discuss Martin Amis’s call for “suicide booths on every corner,” and note the tragic self loathing caused by a terror of losing his talent to old age that seems to have inspired his call for a radical euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the main themes of the early days of First Things ’ Evangel blog was evangelicals’ complex relationship to culture. I recently came across Evangel contributor Russell Moore’s astute analysis on the question from 2007 in the pages of Touchstone , the other ecumenical magazine . . . . Continue Reading »
What comes to mind when you hear the word “professor?” A bookish scholar? A instructor from your college days? The smart dude from Gilligan’s Island ? The real answer is “none-of-the-above.” I don’t who you’re trying to kid, you implicit racist, but we all . . . . Continue Reading »
Every day on their web journal First Principles , the Intercollegiate Studies Institute posts an entry from their indispensable American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia. Today’s feature is Russell Hittinger on ” Natural Law “: At least in the English-speaking world, modern . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you know that our Lord Jesus Christ assumed that His disciples would fast, just as He assumed they would pray? Jesus commended fasting as a private act of humility and devotion to God (see Matthew 6:16-18). Note particularly that he says, “When you fast...” not “If you . . . . Continue Reading »
Senator Jim Inhofe’s (R-OK) family builds Al Gore his fifth house in Washington . . . . Continue Reading »
During Georgetown’s game against Providence this week, at 7:24 in the second half, Austin Freeman was called for a foul, leaping out against a three-point shot by Vincent Council. And, on the television broadcast, the announcer Len Elmore—normally very good—did a little of sports . . . . Continue Reading »
Houston Baptist University has an institutional “preamble” which sets the tone for everything we do. I think it is quite good and has served us well. We do have a variety of Christians working at the university (including Catholics). All must affirm the preamble. . . . . Continue Reading »
To The Source asked me to expand my critique of the article in Bioethics urging that the field drop its (very tenuous) embrace of human dignity. I was happy to do so, never wanting to miss an opportunity to defend human exceptionalism. Here is the conclusion. From my piece:But . . . . Continue Reading »
The Song of Songs has a central role in Jewish and Christian self-understanding with respect to God’s relationship to his people. However, the degree to which Christian and Jewish accounts of the Song of Songs coincide and diverge in light of the heightened attention given to this work in the . . . . Continue Reading »
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