I read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy between Christmas and New Year’s Day, 1966, when I was a senior in high school. My best friend Malcolm gave me the books for Christmas. When the “black riders” first appeared, I was utterly transported to a different . . . . Continue Reading »
Those of us who have grown up knowing and loving God’s word in its plethora of English translations cannot but be moved by the following video. Praise God that the Kimyal people of West Papua at last have the complete New Testament in their own language. We share in their joy.Kimyal New . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Maureen Mullarkey offers a review of an exhibit titled “Objects of Devotion and Desire: Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art” that seems, as the cartoon strip puts it “unclear on the concept.” (The exhibit, I mean, not Maureen’s review). For example: . . . . Continue Reading »
Judge Vinson ruled a month ago that Obamacare is unconstitutional. He refused to issue an injunction at the time, presuming naively that the administration would respect his opinion and act accordingly. But as the judge has learned, this is not an administration that respects the rule of . . . . Continue Reading »
From the birth of Christianity until circa 1980, no one in their right mind disputed the fact that the Bible condemns homosexual behavior. But then a handful of scholars and journalists realized that Biblical literacy had declined to the point where they could write a book or article about . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Secondhand Smoke , I posted a small comment about a controversy in the UK involving a restaurant that is going to serve ice cream made from human milk. I worried that this was a telling incident about the hedonistic and vulgar times in which we live, writing: Hedonism is not just . . . . Continue Reading »
The medical marijuana movement, to a large degree, was used by activists—whose real goal was recreational license—as the proverbial foot in the door. They hid behind sick people, used them, really, and began calling cannabis “medicine.” But then they lit up for . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square today, Samantha Ranieri reviews Abby Johnson’s Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line . Comparing Johnson’s experience to her own experience as a crisis pregnancy counselor, . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony Bradley asks if some evangelicals are ” too missional for abortion “: The number one social justice issue for African-Americans in New York City is abortion. Period. The city’s abortion rate is twice the nation average, with 41 percent of all pregnancies ending in abortion. . . . . Continue Reading »
In his On the Square column this morning, Russell Saltzman reflects on the myriad ways death drifts into our lives, imposed on us like ashes: Death intrusively imposes itself upon us, sometimes in the oddest ways, with aged gerbils and sheep disappearing down the road and boats a man will never . . . . Continue Reading »
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