I have recently posted my freshly composed versification of the ancient Greek hymn, the Phos Hilaron (??? ??????), which is the most ancient Christian hymn outside the Bible itself, dating back at least to the 3rd century AD, if not earlier. It is an evening hymn most appropriately sung at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week a controversial book of theology was condemned by well-established critics who cautioned the public that the book did not present Christian doctrine in an accurate, biblical, or traditional way. As news of the book’s official condemnation spread, book sales spiked.This has nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
Last night Secondhand Smokette called for me to come into the den to look at CNN’s Piers Morgan grilling Bob Parsons, the CEO of something called Go Daddy—which is apparently a Web company of some sort, I’m too into my fogeyhood to know. Morgan was clearly upset that Parsons . . . . Continue Reading »
I was in one of those whimsical moods today, so I made a movie. Most of Marsha’s ideological assertions come right out of the animal rights movement, including Richard Ryder, Gary Francione, and PETA. Enjoy. . . . . Continue Reading »
Natural Family Planning Outreach has announced its National Summer Institute to be held July 11-15 at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. The topic for this years conference is “Catholic Healthcare Identity: Medical and Pastoral Strategies.” NFP Outreach has marshaled an . . . . Continue Reading »
1. What Exactly Made the King James Bible So Good? In both [William Tyndale] time and theirs this was a modern translation, the living language of streets, docks, workshops, fields. Ancient Israel and Jacobean England went easily together. The original writers of the books of the Old Testament knew . . . . Continue Reading »
Today marks the beginning of R.R. Reno’s editorship of First Things . Formerly a senior editor of this magazine, Reno is most recently the author of Fighting the Noonday Devil . David Mills—-once the editor of Touchstone and previously this . . . . Continue Reading »
Information for the 2014 First Things junior fellowship program can be found here. Readers of our website have no doubt taken notice of the ad for our Junior Fellowship program, which for the two new recruits will begin this August. College students graduating this spring and recent collegians . . . . Continue Reading »
Normally when a country decides to intervene in another country’s civil war, they choose a side. The U.S. has decided to take a different approach in Libya: We may soon be bombing both sides. As NATO takes over control of airstrikes in Libya, and the Obama administration considers new steps . . . . Continue Reading »
I eavesdropped and filmed a conversation between a bioethicist and a Hippocratic Oath-taking physician. Very revealing. Tune in over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
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