While I appreciate the pronouncements from those who mean well and are saying the right thing, I think what I prefer the most are the deeply pastoral remarks I’m hearing from active parish pastors. Let me share but one from a colleague in the ministry who shared these remarks with his . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”attachment_5012” align=”alignleft” width=”250” caption=”Praying Hands, by Albrecht Dürer. Public domain.”][/caption]Martin Luther offers some excellent advice for what to do when you just don’t feel like praying, when you think . . . . Continue Reading »
You are cordially invited to the twenty-third annual Erasmus Lecture presented by J.H.H. Weiler Joseph Straus Professor of Law and European Union Jean Monnet Chair New York University School of Law on The Trial of Jesus 6:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7, 2010 The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East . . . . Continue Reading »
As an Evangelical blog of record, I suppose someone must say it here:Pat Robertson’s statements on Haiti are bad theology, bad philosophy, bad history, and bad pastorally.It is tempting not to pile on in the case of a fellow believer who is older, does a great deal of good through charity, and . . . . Continue Reading »
This is actually a post about the Gospel, but it may do one of these things to you:— it may offend you (it ought to offend you a little at least)— it may confuse you— it may cause you to take the rest of the day off because you are utterly bewilderedI’m almost too squeemish . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip—let disturbed teens have access to suicide pills—Nitschke constantly reveals the death cult obsession that permeates the suicide/euthanasia movement. In the current episode, he warns his cult followers that helium as a death agent may no longer be undetectable . . . . Continue Reading »
While the top 20 for each list is pending to post sometime on Friday, The Telegraph UK is publishing its Top 100 list of US Conservatives, and also of Liberals.The list is interesting as it is an outsider’s perspective on the state of US politics — and I’m a fan of people who try . . . . Continue Reading »
To be human is to be a lover. That is the starting point for Jamie Smith’s latest work, Desiring the Kingdom, in which he presents an important challenge to the dominant paradigm in Christian education. While I do not agree with all of Smith’s conclusions, Desiring the Kingdom is one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
A month ago, when I debated Deutsche Bank’s chief economist on Larry Kudlow’s CNBC show, the consensus held that a rapid recovery in employment would ensue during 2010. This expectation crashed and burned with last Friday’s employment report for December, showing that more than . . . . Continue Reading »
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