Dr. Laura Schlessinger is retiring from radio after a flap over her use of the N-word on her radio program. Schlessinger says she didn’t mean it in a hurtful manner—but was trying to point out that African-Americans use the word, which (I guess she meant) should be just as wrong as . . . . Continue Reading »
In a lecture on Introductory Theology, Kevin Vanhoozer describes how ministers were once considered Masters of theology, but now are considered Managers of programs for whom theology is only peripheral. He explains:The pastor is the Manager of resources, financial and personal – no wonder the . . . . Continue Reading »
A pro-choice group runs ads with women dressed as bears , in a reference to Sarah Palin’s “momma grizzlies.” One woman says “Want to know what threatens me? My daughter not having the right to choose” and another that they want to “protect our right to . . . . Continue Reading »
My cheap jab at Joel Osteen in a previous post has led some commenters wondering why I’m taking shots at the Word of Faith movement and/or the “prosperity gospel.” I admit that it was a bit naive and foolish to assume that readers of Evangel would even know why I was critical of . . . . Continue Reading »
Longtime readers of SHS and those who have read my books and other writings, know I oppose legalizing futile care theory. Futile care theory would permit bioethics committees or doctors to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on quality of life and/or resource husbanding purposes (as . . . . Continue Reading »
“I’m walking from Erfurt, Germany, where an earnest young Augustinian friar named Martin Luther tried to get right with God, to Rome—500 years after said friar made the same journey himself,” writes the Lutheran scholar and pastor, and former First Things fellow, Sarah . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So there were some fine comments in response to my course summary below. 2. First off, why not Nietzsche first? 3. To take Nietzsche seriously at all, we have to consider various respected descriptions about who we are these days. Bloom and Rorty don’t disagree on the facts—on . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s Google News leads with a new poll showing that 18% of Americans think that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. Only 34% of Americans think he is a Christian, down from 48% a year ago. And 43% gave the correct answer: they don’t know what he is.The great physicist Wolfgang Pauli . . . . Continue Reading »
After the accountants tallied up their figures, Chinese GDP surpassed Japan’s in the second quarter of this year. No surprises there. The torrid growth of the Chinese economy over the last two decades has made this milestone inevitable. The population of China is ten times greater than that . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: This is a companion post to yesterday's “The Probability of God.”] Life is a gamble. Every day we are forced to make decisions based on imperfect knowledge, unsure of the outcomes of our choices. We do the best we can with what we have available, developing strategies based on . . . . Continue Reading »
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