At the AOL-sponsored site Politics Daily , religion columnist David Gibson has a feature on the precautions taken by “religious leaders and congregants alike over the possibility of a swine flu epidemic.” Church services may pose the greatest risks, however. Christians not only gather . . . . Continue Reading »
The great topic of art belongs to us. The great purpose of art is not, as someone once said, to frame a lie which seems pleasant, but to frame truth by analogy — and the greatest truth-by-analogy of all time is the Bible. Continue Reading »
There is a debate among evangelicals as to whether Christians should fast with Muslims during Ramadan. At Christianity Today Ruth Moon asked 10 church leaders to comment on the debate, and their different responses are...not sure what word to use here...unbelievable? I’m still looking for the . . . . Continue Reading »
The answer depends on how much sin you think the sacrifice of Christ can cover and how much faith you think can move . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare and its included hundreds of billions of cuts in Medicare hasn’t even passed yet, and the short shrifting of doctors fees in Medicare is already driving them away from treating seniors. From the story:Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group . . . . Continue Reading »
Rick Brookhiser at NRO chimes into an ongoing discussion of horror fiction : One way to think of Lovecraft is as a demented anticipation of Russell Kirk. Kirk praised the permanent things. The permanent things in Lovecraft are revolting monsters from outer space or undersea who, it turns out, have . . . . Continue Reading »
John Mark Reynolds recently drew this conclusion:Cling to what is permanent, but let go of what is not lastingThere is a corollary from Jim Elliott that I use as my email signature:He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loseIt takes little effort to realize that our . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a powerpoint that I use to bring home to people where we stand in our colleges and universities. We are doing a tremendous job, but we have a long way to go competively and resource-wise.Here’s the link for those who are interested.This is more for people who are into the . . . . Continue Reading »
Exciting news from the Bayside City Council elections : the Queens Tribune reported that a conservative Republican was running a strong race in the 19th district and had a chance to win in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But this was a conservative Republican with a difference: Dan Halloran is . . . . Continue Reading »
I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid. No more. Indeed, the global warming hysteria is being mounted, at least in part, as a pretext to impose the beginning of one world government—which would be rule by bureaucrats. Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »
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