So Joe posted a link to the new Manhattan Declaration which came out late last week, and in the comments it came out that I agree with the morals of the document but think this documents and others like it obscure the Gospel. Collin, my co-blogger here at Evangel, didn’t see what I meant . . . . Continue Reading »
Back to the rationing drawing board:Obamacare rationing panels will be less direct than the crocs’ approach, but often with the same anticipated outcome:A picture really is worth a thousand . . . . Continue Reading »
The current system of medical marijuana distribution is a form of anarchy that is quickly becoming a cover for recreational abuse. Now, to add to the growing disaster, some doctors are writing letters for teenagers to get marijuana for regular consumption as a “treatment” for ADHD. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has made its understandings of the law clear — that somehow homosexual marriage is required by law. You can read the whole document here. The board finds its motivation in the modern feminist movement. In evaluating two . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m now getting around to writing an essay on Locke and Darwin. Here’s a taste pretty relevant to various recent POSTMODERN and CONSERVATIVE posts: Darwin himself had a naïve faith in the almost inevitable natural evolution of the “moral sense” of members of our . . . . Continue Reading »
For years we have been nagged into getting screened for colon cancer, screened for breast cancer, screened for prostate cancer, screened, screened, screened. It made sense. Catch cancer early, and your chances of survival dramatically improve.Funny, how things change—or perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been thinking a lot about the way we sell church-related goods and services.I have been thinking about that and about Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers and sacrificial animal sellers in the temple.The marketing inside the church has probably never been more feverish than it . . . . Continue Reading »
The best way to get web hits is to say something loudly.Our discourse is often as subtle as a teenager with a stuck caps key. We don’t just oppose the President’s agenda, but WE STAND AT ARMAGEDDON AND WE BATTLE FOR THE LORD.While that last line got Teddy Roosevelt some cheers, and T.R. . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama is just returning from China having gently mentioned to the butchers of Beijing that human rights are important. The witness for human dignity will continue in China, but it will not be the soft approach of kowtowing to dictators while speaking softly to them.How do we know?The . . . . Continue Reading »
I never believed the Chinese Government’s assurances that they were going to dismantle the organ trade in their country. And now, it seems that the supposed effort has predictably failed. From the story:Organ trafficking in China is more active than ever despite efforts to crack down on . . . . Continue Reading »
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