I spent the past weekend at Together for Adoption, which was a strong and refreshing dose of teaching and instruction on gospel-centered adoption.It’s been a while (too long, too long!) since I’ve posted over here at Evangel, having been busy slavishly beating the publicity drums for my . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes my friends think I wish to go back to the days when people with a homosexual orientation were in a “closet.”I am glad those days are over. I have no wish to return to them.Closets are for clothes and not for people. Nobody should be forced to hide their nature and no Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
Yeah, she was the cute-as-can-be gal in the one great Will Farrell movie, Elf . Also in Almost Famous , early on as the hip sister who becomes a stewardess. The commenters at Big Hollywood are happy about Zooey’s rendition of national anthem at the World Series—not her first time at . . . . Continue Reading »
Sounds of Silence, as few other songs can, gives one a genuine scare regarding modern life. It is like pages out of Spengler, or Rousseau, condensed to a poetic moment. How does it do this? I’m sure much could be explained by the ominous melody, and the way the cherubic voices are contrasted . . . . Continue Reading »
Everybody knows that men want to sleep around more than women do, right? What everybody “knows” is wrong, according to a new study on gender differences in sexuality: Pedersen, Miller, Putcha-Bhagavatula, and Yang (2002) questioned that common wisdom and more closely examined the gender . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago George Weigel wrote that the Denver Bronco’s third-string quarterback Tim Tebow “draws hatred because he is an unabashed Christian, whose calmness and decency in the face of his Christophobic detractors drives them crazy.” Many sports analysts are starting to draw . . . . Continue Reading »
The Euthyphro dilemma is found in Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro , in which Socrates asks the titular character, “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” This type of pseudo-problem often arises in theological debates . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square Column , R.R. Reno considers whether it might be time to abandon the tenure system in higher education: What is the real significance of tenure? We are often told that free-thinking academics need the security of tenure to preserve academic freedom and open debate. . . . . Continue Reading »
Across the nation, the growth in the percent of Muslim freshman students at Catholic colleges and universities is significantly outpacing that of enrollment at secular schools. The result, as Asma Uddin and Ashley McGuire note , is a new alliance of Catholic and Muslim women who are opting out of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Atlantic Wire reports on Steve Jobs’ belief in an afterlife: I remember sitting in his back yard in his garden one day, and he started talking about God. He said, “Sometimes I don’t. It’s 50-50. But ever since I’ve had cancer I’ve been thinking about it more, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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