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How Big Is Religious Liberty?
The Federal District court in the Kim Davis case concluded that requiring her to sign same-sex marriage…
Wilderness Retreat
Many scholars have pointed to the fact that the tabernacle is an architectural representation of Mount Sinai.…
Is Kim Davis Breaking the Law?
From both left and right, critics of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis have criticized her as a…
The Ethical Cleansing of the Medical Profession
Wesley Smith is right: north of the border there is a concerted attempt to erase the conscience…
What We’ve Been Reading—9.4.15
R. R. Reno I just finished Malcolm Muggeridge’s Chronicles of Wasted Time, an autobiographical tour de force. Muggeridge…
Kim Davis: The Guts of a Convert
Kim Davis may not have a legal leg to stand on (see here, and here). But I…
First Links — 9.4.2015
Inside a Cloistered Monastery: Joy and Love David Gonzales, New York Times The Centenary of the Silmarillion: Celebrating…
The Un-Ideal Community
In Life Together, Bonhoeffer explains that “Christian community is not an ideal, but a divine reality” (quoted in…
Brides
At the beginning of Exodus, Pharaoh is spooked by Israel’s teeming growth. To keep them in check,…
Scripture Is Not Tradition
Lesslie Newbigin (Reunion of the Church, 129-131) explains that the Church of South India (CSI) statement regarding…
Inequality Trap
In a forthcoming book on The Inequality Trap, William Watson argues that the contemporary obsession with inequality is…
Time to Take Marriage Seriously?
The controversy surrounding the refusal of a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, to issue marriage licenses so…
First Links — 9.3.15
Donald Trump, Traitor to his Class Ross Douthat, New York Times Oldest Fragment of Koran May Pre-Date Prophet…
Why Convert?
It’s a common complaint that Africans convert to Christianity not for high-minded religious reasons but for self-interested…
Jesus, Paul, and Baptism
In his recent book on Bonhoeffer’s Seminary Vision, Paul House notes that Bonhoeffer insists (in Cost of Discipleship) that…
