The British biologist J. S. B. Haldane used to say that if biology had taught him anything about the nature of the Creator, it was that he had “an inordinate fondness for beetles.” If we can learn a similar lesson from astronomy it might be that God has has an inordinate fondness for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Did Benedict Arnold sell out the Revolution, because the strain of fighting a difficult cause?Evidently on MSNBC the first reaction to a gunman killing troops is to blame the fact that troops have to be troops. The strain of deployment, the job these men and women signed on to do, has pushed them . . . . Continue Reading »
“Every anti-choice group in the country is pulling out all the stops to derail health care reform,” Planned Parenthood announced this week. “For example, right now, Catholics are being asked to contact their legislators, telling them to alter current health care legislation to . . . . Continue Reading »
Much discussion has been had by Christians today (and in past ages I’d imagine) of the role of the Christian should take in the public square, especially in a modern multicultural democracy. People speak derisively of a Christian ghetto and/or the consequences of withdrawal. Others promote . . . . Continue Reading »
The differences between the United States and Canada are not always easy to discern on the surface, but they’re there. One of these concerns post-secondary education. Here in Ontario this field is dominated by a very few provincial universities, some of which may have had Christian origins but . . . . Continue Reading »
Those who want to use this creed as the basis for their concession speech have to grasp first that the creed was not the means by which the universal and apostolic church all held hands and sang the Greek version of “Kumbaya”. It was the means by which the church was separating itself from egregious error. Continue Reading »
Okay, so I’m willing to listen and think about it, when the CEO of Barclays, John Varley, gets up at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and says “Is Christianity and fair reward compatible? Yes.” I’m even willing to listen and think about it when Lord Griffiths, of Goldman . . . . Continue Reading »
Descendre dans la rue et tirer au hasard dans la foule —a beautiful language, French is, though the line, from Jean-Paul Sartre, means “going down to the street and shooting at random in the crowd.” It’s from Sartre’s short story, “Erostratus,” titled after . . . . Continue Reading »
During times of tragedy, it is often easier to talk about praying than to take time out to pray. But I hope that all of us truly will take the time to pray for those involved in the recent massacre at Fort Hood.We should pray for the dead, pray for the wounded, pray for the victim’s families . . . . . Continue Reading »
Socrates leaned forward and said, “You enquire for yourself.” My mentor looked at me and said nothing, but the message was clear and I have never forgotten it.*It is my duty as a man to inquire for myself.That is a lesson I still think is true, but I am sometimes asked how this is . . . . Continue Reading »
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