We are quickly becoming an entitlement culture that increasingly refuses to set self limits and presumes the right to harness technology to get us what we want—no matter how destructive to others and to the overall culture. Nothing epitomizes this anything goes, me-me/I-I mentality than . . . . Continue Reading »
In part 1 we briefly examined the theological persuasion of the dispensational evangelical. Now in part two we look into some of current attitudes that exist in the world outside of dispensational evangelicalism.The tragic history of Luther’s later years has haunted Europe for centuries. Early . . . . Continue Reading »
Correspondence with a writer reminded me of a book on writing I really like, and like to recommend: Mark Turner and Francis-Noel Thomas’s Clear and Simple as the Truth . Here is the book’s website and their on-line course guide . These I had not known about, and commend them to . . . . Continue Reading »
I find this Michael Chabon op-ed , written in the wake of Israel’s interception of the Gaza flotilla, to be remarkable, and not in a good way. A few extremely cleverly oblique references to God, while the figure who identifies that God rather than merely naming him — guess who? — . . . . Continue Reading »
Many people don’t follow the euthanasia controversy closely. (I don’t know why: It’s not as if there is nothing else going on in the world.) But even though the issue isn’t currently on the public policy front burner, I think it is important to understand that . . . . Continue Reading »
So that’s the first of what will probably turn out to be a large number of quotable lines from the very funny GET HIM TO THE GREEK. As far as I know, this is the first really enjoyable movie of the year (CITY ISLAND is a decent but distant second). It would be easy and right to say it’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Belgium has followed the Netherlands in jumping off a vertical moral cliff by embracing legalized euthanasia. The awful consequences that I predicted are now coming to pass; a steady increase in the number of cases, inadequate reporting, and a large percentage of non voluntary euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »
We are in the midst of a destabilizing societal crisis of confidence—and for good reason. In government, politics, law, diplomacy, media, science, religion, business, athletics, the academy—you name it—we have witnessed incompetence, mendacity, politicization masking for . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a Friday-evening post to start your weekend off right. This eight-month-old baby is deaf, but, with the help of a Cochlear implant, he can hear his mother’s voice for the first time. Amazing. . . . . Continue Reading »
We have been told repeatedly by global warming hysterics that humans are causing the glaciers to melt at unprecedented rates. We were even told that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035—until that nonsense had to be taken back. Now, we find out that at least some of the glacial . . . . Continue Reading »
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