WORLD Magazine has a cover story on how the case of a small Benedictine college—and federal attempts to pressure it to pay for employees’ contraception—could foretell the loss of religious freedom after Congress overhauls healthcare: For the 18 Benedictine monks living in a . . . . Continue Reading »
One of my esteemed colleagues, whenever he is responsible for leading faculty in prayer, almost invariably goes to the Book of Common Prayer as his primary resource. This is not at all a bad thing to do, as the BCP is filled with the vast liturgical riches of western Christendom, as well as with a . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m reading the brilliant and provocative ATHEISTIC DELUSIONS: THE CHRISTIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS FASHIONABLE ENEMIES by David Bentley Hart. It begins as a criticism of the naive stupidity of the “new atheists” such as Hitchens, Dawkins, and Dennett from the perspective of the . . . . Continue Reading »
File this under “U” for Ugh. John Couretas is drawing attention to statements by Metropolitan Bartholomeis of Chalcedon. And wow, these are some pretty “unorthodox” statements regarding the sanctity of life from a member of the Orthodox clergy. Take it away, John: Here is a . . . . Continue Reading »
The 300th Christian Carnival will be hosted this coming Wednesday at Brain Cramps for God. The Christian Carnival is a weekly collection of some of the best posts of the Christian blogosphere. It’s open to Christians of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic convictions. One . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m a lawyer—thanks for not holding that against me—and my knowledge of law and the U.S. Constitution has me wondering whether the mandatory purchase requirement or pay a fine under all Obamacare plans passes constitutional muster. I haven’t done a study of the matter, but it . . . . Continue Reading »
Consider two facts: God does not make arbitrary decisions and Christianity is a religion whose truths are rooted in and revealed through history. Assuming those claims are both true—and I have no doubts about either—it follows that the Father had a particular reason for sending the Son to . . . . Continue Reading »
Not long ago I was dealing with a particularly thorny issue at work (I’m an academic administrator), one that drained me of much mental and emotional energy. I had to negotiate a conflict between two persons (both of whom are godly) who had hurt each other’s feelings. These situations . . . . Continue Reading »
The hysterics in the global warming crowd want us to give up everything that makes modern life prosperous and worth living. We are to give up having more than one, or at most, two children. We are to give up dogs and cats. We are to give up flying—except Al Gore. We are to give up . . . . Continue Reading »
George Orwell called it, and now Speaker Pelosi rolls out the Newspeak. The public option, is now apparently being rechristened, the “competitive option.” From the story:In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as . . . . Continue Reading »
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