Arbery on Flannery

by Peter Lawler

Here’s a fine article on Flannery O’Connor, Hulga, and Joy. . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Setback for Futile Care Theory: Baby Joseph Receives Tracheotomy—Canada Should Pay Medical Costs

by Wesley J. Smith

The futile care movement has been dealt another setback in the Baby Joseph case.  Baby Joseph, who is terminally ill, was to be forced off of life support by a Canadian hospital.  The parents asked for a tracheotomy so they could take him home under care to have extra months of life.  . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Obamacare Repeal: Get Facts Right in Independent Payment Advisory Board Congressional Scrutiny

by Wesley J. Smith

A Congressional hearing is going to be held to highlight the dangers of the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board.  From the story in the Daily Caller:An often-overlooked portion of President Barack Obama’s prized health care law, the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Sharp Dressed Calvinist

by Joe Carter

According to  MSN Lifestyle John Calvin is ranked #52 of the 75 best dressed men of all time: Because the most famous minimalist in world history knew a man didn’t need expensive clothes or bright colors to convey authority. Black and white, worn with the requisite gravity, can be . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Megachurches Becoming Gigachurches

by Joe Carter

Over the last decade, America’s 100 largest churches doubled in size : In 2000, the 100 largest churches in the United States all had average weekly attendance of 4,000 people or more. In 2010, only churches with average weekly attendance of 8,000 or more made the 100 largest churches list, . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

The Tournament of Novels – Round 5

by Joe Carter

[caption id=”attachment_14086” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”Click to Download Round 5 Brackets”] [/caption] The Final Four. Three men and one woman. Three powerhouses and one underdog. Which two will face off in the final round? Your . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Aging Is Not a Disease

by Wesley J. Smith

The Lutheran theologian and bioethicist Gilbert Meilaender—who served on the President’s Council on Bioethics—has a long and provocative article out in the current First Things.  Contrary to the transhumanists and immortalitists such as Aubrey de Gray, Meilaender says that . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2011 0

Is It Time to Write the Eulogy for Seminary Education?

by Joe Carter

Frederick Schmidt wonders whether seminaries will make the necessary changes to better prepare leaders for the Church : Our seminaries are dying and the Master of Divinity degree has been discredited. Bishops and other church leaders once believed both were essential to effective ministry, but . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2011 0

In American Conservative Politics, What is Authentic?

by Jonathan Jones

The literature of American conservatism is vast and varied, but one missing and vital question is of its authenticity. If, as the evidence strongly suggests, the two most empirically verifiable aspects of our nature are original sin and the world’s oldest belief system of “you shall be as . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2011 0

Human Exceptionalism: It is Wrong to Pose With Dead Humans As If They Were Hunted Animals

by Wesley J. Smith

There is a story in the news about army soldiers on trial for murdering civilians in Afghanistan.  Awful, if true.  But this post focuses on something else.  The soldiers are accused of posing with the cadavers of those they killed—in much the same way that hunters often pose . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2011 0