For those on the outside, the “culture war” is not understood in the same way, or even as being the same thing, by all evangelicals. The creation mandate and cultural mandate certainly separate dispensational ideas from those of the covenant community. For we . . . . Continue Reading »
A book noted ... (and purchased ... at least by me). It’s the getting from there to here that might be problematic, seeing as we aren’t simply sulphur-based sophonts. Development. Of watching water drip ... and being close to God. Too big to fail ... and some of the complexity involved . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama administration has chosen to fight wars on three fronts: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Fox News. Unlike the other two conflicts, the President seems to think he can win this based solely on his goodwill with the American public. But he and his staff may be overestimating their influence with . . . . Continue Reading »
Most faith healers are frauds. So saith Benny Hinn, faith healer extraordinaire, in an interview with my buddy Frank Lockwood of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:LOCKWOOD: In your ministry, how many people have been healed and what kind of [illnesses] are we talking about?HINN: Well, goodness, . . . . Continue Reading »
OK, so First Things is an ugly magazine. I mean, nobody is going to say, “Wow, that’s a beautiful design!” about the pages we print. Of course, there’s something coolly uncompromising in its ugliness: We’re about text , man, and here’s the text, and if you want pretty pictures, then go . . . . Continue Reading »
Victor Davis Hanson’s confession that he doesn’t even try to keep up with culture anymore (“Confessions of a Cultural Drop Out”) made for a funny column. It’s full of grumpy, old-guy lines like “I was supposed to listen to Dan Rather because Murrow once . . . . Continue Reading »
David Brooks tells us that Where The Wild Things Are accurately shows that, for us, the “philosopher’s” way of thinking about the good life is out and the “psychologist’s” way is in. The wild things, just as the tagline tells us, are inside us all, just one of . . . . Continue Reading »
If you want to get to the root of just about every problem we face in America today, just look to the “experts,” whose advice did much to get us here. Despite this, our bad case of “expertitis” shows no signs of abating. How else explain the drive to take decision . . . . Continue Reading »
Ratted out by the Huffington Post, no less. In her exposé there, Valerie Tarico —- a self-described “former fundie” —- shows politicians the ropes on “speaking evangelicalese.” Tarico urges politicians to do things like:1. Refer to “my . . . . Continue Reading »
Here I was thinking that I’d be able to get through a couple days with the kids home and not much time to blog and then enter into the conversation a few posts in by tonight. Little did I know that over 50 posts would appear on this blog in the meantime!I wrote back in November about the . . . . Continue Reading »
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