Best Evangelical Group Blog

by Justin Taylor

It should go without saying that the other two evangelical group blogs aren’t bad either. . . . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

A New Award

by John Mark Reynolds

I would suggest a “Some Of Our Best Friends” Award for those blogs or political organizations that partly depend on evangelical votes or money, but in fact feature few if any evangelicals.They can be relied on to say, “Some of our best friends are evangelicals. . . ” but can . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

Having Done Almost . . .

by John Mark Reynolds

nothing meriting it . . .  our selection as “best evangelical group blog” (I prefer this one) leads me to suspect that the Nobel in Literature cannot be far . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

It’s Official!

by Frank Turk

We’ve been elected the best group blog in Evangelicalism ... by Justin Taylor.My personal opinion is that it comes in at a very admirable #2.JT’s mom voted, btw, and she said Justin’s post yesterday was the best post on the best group blog in Evangelicalism. I’m just . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

The future of church decline

by David T. Koyzis

There is a once sizeable but now declining protestant denomination here in Canada that is said to be so well-heeled financially that it could keep going for decades after the last member has died.  Presumably this would provide a golden opportunity for market diversification at the corporate . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

Evangelicals and the Local Church

by Gene Fant

Several of my fellow bloggers have alluded to the role of the local church / local ministries in defining evangelicals, which got me to thinking about an experience that I had a few years ago.I heard a leader from a Mainline U.S. denomination speaking his thoughts on the denominational hierarchy. . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

It’s About Imputation

by Anthony Sacramone

What is an evangelical? In a word: imputation. If there is one animating idea that separates evangelicals most precisely from Catholic, Orthodox, and mainline Christians, and from the rest of the world’s religions, needless to say, it’s that Christ’s righteousness is imputed, not . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

None Dare Say Bugs Bunny

by John Mark Reynolds

As an example of the value of pop culture, I nominate Bugs Bunny cartoons. I have gotten more pleasure, and as a young man more education in wit,  than in slogging through Ulysses. . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

In Praise of Fun

by John Mark Reynolds

Matt Anderson suggests that pop culture isn’t that interesting or durable, but these are not the only values a thing can have. Dare I say that a film, book, or project can have value by “merely” being entertaining?It might come as a shock to most Americans, but life  is not . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2009 0

Obamacare: “Harardous Pathway,” The Road to Death Panels

by Wesley J. Smith

I have a piece in today’s NRO about the Liverpool Care Pathway, which we have discussed here previously at SHS. From my column:The United Kingdom continues to provide vivid warnings about the dangers of centralized health-care planning — a real possibility under Obamacare. Within the last . . . . Continue Reading »

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