Recently I was in a meeting on the top floor of one of Nashville’s tallest buildings. The view was marvelous and, honestly, quite a distraction from the day’s agenda. As the landscape rolled toward the suburbs, I became struck by how many steeples I could see poking out like . . . . Continue Reading »
No “medical treatment” could be less expensive than assisted suicide. The drugs cost about $100. But treating patients properly so that they don’t want assisted suicide can take $100,000 or more. And that is why it is always alarming when people grappling with medical . . . . Continue Reading »
And in a not too distant future...When a climate hysteric and a climate realist . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square essay today, Dale Coulter of Regent University identifies the cluster of ideas that help to define Pentecostal spirituality and have made it “a religion made to travel, cosmopolitan both in its scope and outlook.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s ME talking at length and very rapidly about my book (which is still available!). It’s rare that an interviewer actually read the book AND liked it for good reasons. She was great. It’s not that rare that I’m high on caffeine when giving an interview (or lecture or . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s ME appreciating Susan McWilliams’ insight into what the Lady’s words are all about. . . . . Continue Reading »
Last November I pointed out that a significant faction of the Tea Party is a subset of the religious right and that, despite the perception of the movement being comprised of economically-oriented libertarians, the majority held social conservative views. Although the evidence for these assertions . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning On the Square Russell Saltzman reflects fondly on the time he spent at his first parish where he learned when it is and when it most certainly is not appropriate to where Bermuda shorts, the length of a country mile, and much more: I think of my first call—Shangri-La Lutheran, . . . . Continue Reading »
Legal scholar Orin Kerr notes that Obama’s decision to not defend DOMA may lead to unintended consequences : If the Obama Administration won’t defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act , what are the chances that a future Republican administration would defend the . . . . Continue Reading »
James Poulos (founding editor of First Things’ Postmodern Conservative blog) recently interviewed our own Matthew Anderson about his new book Earthen Vessels. They discuss how evangelical Christians relate to their bodies and whether the Evangelical tradition is failing to give young people a . . . . Continue Reading »
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