Catholics and evangelicals used to fight over religious liberty. As Chuck Colson and Timothy George note, that’s no longer the case : The most recent meeting of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) witnessed not just another theological discussion, but the birth of an alliance that only . . . . Continue Reading »
Vegans like to say that it is a perfectly healthy diet—more healthy than the biologically natural omnivorous human diet. While it can certainly be indulged healthily—if carefully managed with supplements, etc.—unlike our natural diet, it is potentially hazardous for pregnant . . . . Continue Reading »
If the very things that draw students to biblical scholarship and to the study of politics are excluded from the two disciplines, then something is seriously amiss in the way both are conceptualized by their mainstream practitioners. Continue Reading »
Bolivia is bringing a draft treaty to the U.N. for consideration, granting Mother Earth “the same rights as humans.” It’s modeled on Bolivia’s own recently-enacted domestic law, whichspeaks of the country’s natural resources as “blessings,” and grants the . . . . Continue Reading »
Carrie Lukas makes the case that the male-female wage gap doesn’t exist : Feminist hand-wringing about the wage gap relies on the assumption that the differences in average earnings stem from discrimination. Thus the mantra that women make only 77% of what men earn for equal work. But even a . . . . Continue Reading »
Ravi Zacharias, my favorite apologist-evangelist, provides some perspective: (Via: Justin Taylor ) . . . . Continue Reading »
Did Jesus not realize that Noah was a mythical person? That’s a question I wrestle with over on the Evangel blog . If you’re interested, come over and join the discussion. . . . . Continue Reading »
Did Jesus not realize that Noah was a mythical person?That peculiar question arose last week in the comment thread on David B. Hart’s OTS article where I defended the historicity of Noah. Several readers expressed shock that any purportedly educated Christian could believe that the ark-builder . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Chronicle of Higher Education literary critic Terry Eagleton writes an interesting if confused article in praise (and defense) of Marx (once again for the umpteenth time). It comes across as a précis of his new book outlining Why Marx Was Right , which he says is a timely endeavor in . . . . Continue Reading »
What a disaster. Now patients are denied expensive drugs for treatment of serious conditions. From the story:Family doctors are being prevented from prescribing drugs for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis as NHS managers attempt to make drastic budget cuts, an . . . . Continue Reading »
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