[caption id=”attachment_4881” align=”alignleft” width=”400” caption=”Mosaic of Chrysostom in the Hagia Sophia. Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey.”][/caption]Given the added name of Chrysostom, which means “golden-mouthed” in Greek, Saint . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s obvious, I hope, that I’m writing here for people who say to themselves, “There is something irresistible about Jesus.” For some of you, that’s a point which you make into an ideological cathedral — a point of doctrine which lines up in an acronym that summarizes the faith, your faith. For others, it’s a nagging thought — as you work out your faith on your own, you keep coming back to this Jesus, and you can’t make sense of him all the way, but you also can’t accept everything he says because it seems somehow too hard to live that way, or too complex, or too simple, or merely out of your grid of experience. Continue Reading »
I’ve long said that the magic number to kill Obamacare was %35. But with the election in Massachusetts, I think %38 will do. From the story:Only three in ten Americans say they want Congress to pass legislation similar to the health care reform bills that have already been approved by . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Flanagan’s Inerrancy and Biblical Authority discussed Glenn Peoples’ Inerrantly Assuming Inerrancy in History. There are so many things I disagree with in the latter post that it was very hard to pull myself away from my desire to write a detailed response, but I . . . . Continue Reading »
The chaos that is California’s medical marijuana “system” took another turn today as Los Angeles is on the verge of closing down most dispensaries. From the story:The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city’s . . . . Continue Reading »
There is no country more in the global warming tank than the UK. Thus, it is notable that the government’s lead adviser on science issues admits that climate scientists have hyped global warming, and further, urges that they open the books and interact with skeptics. From the story:The . . . . Continue Reading »
Creation, a film about Charles Darwin’s personal life, is not a rant against God or even a story of the heroism of one man crusading for science against religion. Surprisingly, the movie is not polemical. It doesn’t bother to argue against religion, nor does it spend time arguing for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Pastor Mason Beecroft, of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, preached this very fine sermon today, for St. Titus Day.“He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to Dr. Gene Edward Veith, for this post:The pro-abortionists are worried. Journalist Robert McCartney, one of their number, explains why:I went to the March for Life rally Friday on the Mall expecting to write about its irrelevance. Isn’t it quaint, I thought, that these abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
The fractured nature of Christianity in America points soberly to the need for Christian unity. Still more difficult to bear is the demise of Christian groups that lose sight of the integrity of the gospel and the tradition that authored it. “ Christianity Lite ,” as Mary Eberstadt coins . . . . Continue Reading »
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