ABP (Associated Baptist Press) published a web story here about some Baptists advocating for a return to wine (instead of grape juice) when celebrating the Lord’s Supper. The article quotes Pastor Troy Dixon noting that he abstains from alcohol to keep from scandalizing other . . . . Continue Reading »
What makes a man a man or a woman or a woman? For a long time—forever to be exact—it was nature and its serendipitous allocations of chromosomes. A tiny, tiny, tiny number of newborns emerged with scrambled codes, but the rest of us fall to one side or the other: “Male and female . . . . Continue Reading »
FT readers might be interested to know that the St. John’s Center for Law and Religion and Villanova Law School will host a joint colloquium in law and religion during the Spring 2014 semester. Leading law and religion scholars will make presentations to an . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Mark Tooley discusses an Anglican priest who has decided that it’s perfectly appropriate to compare environmental issues to the Holocaust: The priest recalls the Garden of Righteous Gentiles in Israel that honors ten Boom, Schindler, and others who risked . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , William Doino wants to remind the press that Francis’ focus on mercy requires a theology of sin: Francis’ teaching on mercy is beautiful and inspiring, but clearly takes place within his full theology of sin, from which it can never be isolated. It . . . . Continue Reading »
Those are our two choices for a ruling class these days. The trouble is, according to James Kalb , the choices aren’t really much different. The two classes are interdependent, interlocking, and all that. So non-productive and non-therapeutic concerns that make lives virtuous atrophy, having . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s Life in Those Bones Jason Byasee, Books & Culture Russell Moore: From Moral Majority to ‘Prophetic Minority’ Naomi Schaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal You Only Live Twice Michel Gurfinkiel, Mosaic Responsible Prison Reform Eli Lehrer, National Affairs The Church is a . . . . Continue Reading »
Carly Fiorina is making headlines for her claim on ABC that, “There are only four countries in the world that have, that legalize abortion after five months: China, North Korea, Canada and the U.S.” This isn’t quite right. In fact, there are nine nations that permit abortion after . . . . Continue Reading »
In his piece for today’s On the Square , “Freeing Protestantism from Liberalism,” Peter J. Leithart would like to tell you a fairy tale: Once upon a time, everyone followed a simple, relaxed, guilt-free religion, uncluttered by rites and dogmas. Along came the greedy priests, who . . . . Continue Reading »
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