FT Erasmus Lecture: March 7, 2010
by Mary Rose SomarribaYou are cordially invited to the twenty-third annual Erasmus Lecture presented by J.H.H. Weiler Joseph Straus Professor of Law and European Union Jean Monnet Chair New York University School of Law on The Trial of Jesus 6:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7, 2010 The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East . . . . Continue Reading »
Pat Robertson on Disasters: Consistently Wrong
by John Mark ReynoldsAs an Evangelical blog of record, I suppose someone must say it here:Pat Robertson’s statements on Haiti are bad theology, bad philosophy, bad history, and bad pastorally.It is tempting not to pile on in the case of a fellow believer who is older, does a great deal of good through charity, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Life-like
by Frank TurkThis is actually a post about the Gospel, but it may do one of these things to you:— it may offend you (it ought to offend you a little at least)— it may confuse you— it may cause you to take the rest of the day off because you are utterly bewilderedI’m almost too squeemish . . . . Continue Reading »
When Suicide Becomes a Verb
by Wesley J. SmithPhilip—let disturbed teens have access to suicide pills—Nitschke constantly reveals the death cult obsession that permeates the suicide/euthanasia movement. In the current episode, he warns his cult followers that helium as a death agent may no longer be undetectable . . . . Continue Reading »
An interesting summary
by Frank TurkWhile the top 20 for each list is pending to post sometime on Friday, The Telegraph UK is publishing its Top 100 list of US Conservatives, and also of Liberals.The list is interesting as it is an outsider’s perspective on the state of US politics — and I’m a fan of people who try . . . . Continue Reading »
Desiring the Kingdom: Why Worldview is Not Enough
by Matthew Lee AndersonTo be human is to be a lover. That is the starting point for Jamie Smith’s latest work, Desiring the Kingdom, in which he presents an important challenge to the dominant paradigm in Christian education. While I do not agree with all of Smith’s conclusions, Desiring the Kingdom is one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Unemployment Disaster and the 2010 Elections
by David P. GoldmanA month ago, when I debated Deutsche Bank’s chief economist on Larry Kudlow’s CNBC show, the consensus held that a rapid recovery in employment would ensue during 2010. This expectation crashed and burned with last Friday’s employment report for December, showing that more than . . . . Continue Reading »
Authority and the pretence of autonomy
by David T. KoyzisYou may not immediately recognize the name, but you will likely recall the famous experiments he conducted at Yale half a century ago. In 1961, a junior professor in psychology, Stanley Milgram, placed an advertisement in a local New Haven newspaper soliciting participants in what was claimed to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Radical Christianity and the Public Square
by Sarah J. FlashingAs Christians called to be agents of good news in a fallen world, we find our method and our message within the text of scripture. By method, I don’t refer to the exact way we accomplish ministry in various contexts, but who we are and what we portray of Christianity in the process—our . . . . Continue Reading »
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