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Pakistan and bin Laden
Gall again, reporting on Pakistan’s cozy relationship with bin Laden: She found evidence of “regular correspondence between Bin Laden…
Morning Star
Every morning Venus lights up in the sky before the sun rises – a speck of light…
Secularization Thesis
With characteristic gleeful verve, Rodney Stark assaults secularization theory in his Triumph of Christianity. Secularization theory revived, he…
Protestant Latin America?
Latin America was supposed to become Protestant by now. In one of the major non-developments of the…
Solomon Northup Objects
It was very late, and I was very tired, when I received a facebook message from one…
First Links — 3.21.14
Exclusion or Saturation?Miroslav Volf, ABC Religion & Ethics Is Empathy Good Enough for Liberalism?Molly Worthen, Democracy Rock…
Structure in Revelation 3
Revelation 3:1-2 is organized in a new chiasm: A. Thus saith He who has seven Spirits, even…
Living Inside-Out
I am growing weary of the continual complaints from traditionalist Christians about current trends in Western culture.…
Food and the Kingdom
Carol Wilson’s For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Foodis a well-researched and illuminating piece of social-scientific…
Shattering Shepherd
Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 10). That means He cares for His flock, leading them to…
Mind, Heart, Works
Jesus searches the entrails and hearts of His people (Revelation 2:23), but then judges everyone “according to…
(Academic) Freedom Is Not Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
An author in the Harvard Crimson has sparked a controversy by arguing that academic freedom should give way…
Art Therapy for the Soul
Art therapy, increasingly popular for treating patients recovering from trauma or facing other challenges, builds upon the…
An Enemy Will Bring Us Together
In song, at least, the ’60s Culture Revolution began rather beautifully, with a call to smile upon your…
First Links — 3.20.14
Christianity and Politics: A History C. C. Pecknold, C-SPAN Beware Responsible DiscourseAri N. Schulman, New Atlantis In…