I really wish someone would post online Philip Yancey’s most recent Christianity Today column, his last for a long while apparently. It is titled “O Evangelicos” and would serve as a nice companion piece, if not an incidental rejoinder, to this recent Patrol Mag editorial, itself . . . . Continue Reading »
// From my "Spengler" essay this morning at Asia Times Online:// ]]>// Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) wrote tragedies about Europe's wars of religion that serve as Europe's epitaph. "History brought forth a great moment," the German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright wrote of the French . . . . Continue Reading »
Novelist Cormac McCarthy gives a fascinating interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he discusses, among other things, books, movies, God, cultural permanence, and ideas. At one point, the interview turns to the modern attention span, and how novelists must adapt:WSJ: Does this issue of length . . . . Continue Reading »
In my personal library are two privately-printed, soft-bound volumes (booklets, really) devoted to Hancock, Michigan, Remembered, written by Clarence J. Monette. Hancock is located in the beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula that juts out into Lake Superior as the northern-most contiguous point of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The 302nd Christian Carnival is at Who Am I?. For instructions on submitting to the next Christian Carnival, see . . . . Continue Reading »
It has been a very interesting experience to debate assisted suicide here in the UK. I had in-depth exchanges with three different advocates, one a Member of the Scottish Parliament, one a bioethicist from, I believe, the University of Glasgow, and Dr. Libby Wilson, the head of an assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a kid, I used to root for people to pick the next year as the date of Christ’s return. Since I really wanted to get married, I did not want the Day of Doom to come too soon. Using my childish reasoning, I figured that since the Savior had said no man knew the day or hour of His . . . . Continue Reading »
I have no icon of football hero Brett Favre, but if he continues to play well this year, somebody will be tempted to make one. Safe to say veneration heads his way each Sunday from millions over America.Brett Favre makes me feel better about being over forty. Of course at no time in my life did I . . . . Continue Reading »
The subject of God’s love is not an either/or question in the face of orthodoxy. It’s not either you think God loves men or you have the right theology. In fact, I would say that the manner by which you can affirm that God loves men determines whether or not you have the right . . . . Continue Reading »
You have to give the Chinese credit for chutzpah : Not only did they come up a jaw-dropingly bold historical-political metaphor, they had the audacity to direct it to President Obama: The Chinese government had a special message for President Obama on Thursday: He is black, he admires Abraham . . . . Continue Reading »
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