George Weigel says we must ponder the Cross in order to reform the Church : We would have arranged things differently; we would have chosen another kind of Messiahthat theme runs like a bright thread throughout Lent, in the readings from the Old and New Testaments that the Church . . . . Continue Reading »
Ayn Rand was no fan of C.S. Lewis. She called the famous apologist an “abysmal bastard,” a “monstrosity,” a “cheap, awful, miserable, touchy, social-metaphysical mediocrity,” a “pickpocket of concepts,” and a “God-damn, beaten mystic.” (I suspect Lewis would have . . . . Continue Reading »
Our former junior fellow and current editorial advisory council member Ryan T. Anderson appeared on Piers Morgan last night. . . . . Continue Reading »
Muslims at Holy Thursday Mass H. Sergio Mora, Zenit Mere Anarchy James C. Scott, Wilson Quarterly The Old Man and His Big Book David Mathis, Desiring God Chesterton Did Not Use “Paradox” Zac Alstin, Spiked Review of Books Spring Breakers : A Reactionary Film Sonny Bunch, Washington Free . . . . Continue Reading »
During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments yesterday examing Proposition 8, Chief Justice John Roberts entertained an analogy for the move to redefine marriage: If you tell a child that somebody has to be their friend, I suppose you can force the child to say, “this is my friend,” . . . . Continue Reading »
“Maybe God is telling us that the kind of tepid Christianity we find in the northern hemisphere is no longer vigorous enough to face the challenges the Church is faced with,” and so God gave . . . . Continue Reading »
My beloved North Dakota has been in the middle of a national firestorm concerning abortion politics and policy for some weeks, as our legislature has passed three particularly strong pro-life laws with bipartisan backing . (Others are in process, including one which ban tax monies from funding . . . . Continue Reading »
Congratulations to our friend Russell Moore on being named head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). His predecessor Richard Land issued the following statement : I am delighted that the Holy Spirit has led the ERLCs trustees to Dr. . . . . Continue Reading »
Keith Riler argues that population planning won’t balance the government budget : Holding all else constant, a five percent addition to the U.S. population would reduce the national debt by almost seven trillion dollars. This brings to mind James . . . . Continue Reading »
The History Channels hit miniseries The Bible offers us yet another on-screen depiction of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The honor this time goes to Diogo Morgado, whom the New York Post calls a kind of surfer Jesus. The Portuguese actors Jesus . . . . Continue Reading »