The final chapter of James W. Sire’s delightful Naming the Elephant (IVP 2004) surveys the overlapping of worldview analysis and academic disciplines. When he arrives at literature, which is, in many ways, his own first love, Sire observes: “In the past several decades, . . . . Continue Reading »
And so, a new Christian denomination prepares to shed its caul and come wailing into the world—the NALC, which, upon first Google, I took to be the National Association of Letter Carriers . Fair enough; a goodly portion of the New Testament is composed of epistles, and so an . . . . Continue Reading »
A sermon “zinger” used to encourage church plants instead of resuscitating old churches goes like this: “It is easier to have a baby than to raise the dead!” Jesus, however, did only the latter. Evangelism is a bit more complicated than the sound bite conveys, simply because . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Durie, a human rights activist and Anglican pastor, examines the ” problematic mission and track record ” of the Organization of the Islamic Conference: Comprising 57 states, the Organization of the Islamic Conference is the second-largest intergovernmental institution in the world . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written before of the futile care case in Canada involving “Baby Isaiah,” an infant who experienced a severe brain injury during a very long labor process. When the physicians sent a letter stating they would unilaterally cease life support, Isaiah’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Francis Beckwith is back with another book. He has written Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft. I’ve not yet had a chance to read it, but this may be the book people have been asking me for as a follow-up to The End of Secularism. I made the negative case against secularism and . . . . Continue Reading »
The beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes transcended its genre to become one of the most enduring works of pop art of the twentieth century. At The Guardian , Nevin Martell explores how it was able to “be authentic in a way that very few cartoons ever are”: The strip’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t like to praise David Brooks because I’m afraid it makes me look middlebrow. But sometimes he nails it. Today’s column is a tentative, perhaps merely arguendo , defense of the old WASP establishment. Sure, Brooks observes, positions of power in America are more open to . . . . Continue Reading »
Touchstone magazine notes that while overall church membership may be increasing, only five of the top twenty-five churches in the nation are growing . The largest church bodies are: 1. The Catholic Church: 68.1 million, up 1.49 percent. 2. Southern Baptist Convention: 16.2 million, down 0.24 . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of Policy Review , Mary Eberstadt argues that we should reconsider the military policy of sending mothers to combat: In November 2009, one of the uglier fruits of the current practice of seeding mothers into the American military burst briefly onto the national stage. Ordered to . . . . Continue Reading »
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