About Ensoulment

by Stephen M. Barr

I think Matt Franck is being too hard on Charles Krauthammer. Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2014 0

First Links — 2.6.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Eamon Duffy on the disciple’s dilemma, why Scandinavia is not utopia, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2014 0

Warfield, Anti-Catholicism, and Exorcising the Past

by Dale M. Coulter

Greg thank you for engaging my original post with such charity. In many ways, you were harsher on your own tribe than I would have been. Moreover, although I invoked Warfield my primary target was not the Reformed tradition per se, which I agree is broad and deep and has much to commend it. Instead, . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2014 0

Some are born to blog, and some have blogging thrust upon them.

by Forfare Davis

The inaugural post of Pseudoplotinus, aka Forfare Davis Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2014 0

Also, They Will Need to Use Electric Typewriters

by Mark Movsesian

This is rather silly. Inside Higher Ed reports that the International Studies Associationu2014according to its website, “the most respected and widely known scholarly association dedicated to international studies”—has proposed a ban on personal blogging by editors of its journals. The proposal would allow editors to blog only at official sites affiliated with their journals. The ISA’s President says the association is concerned about the lack of professionalism at many academic blogs and that it doesn’t want readers to confuse editors’ personal posts with the association’s official products. Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2014 0

Christians and Circumcision

by Mark Movsesian

My post last week about a movement in Scandinavia to ban the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys drew many comments. I’d like to respond to one of them. At Patheos, Joel Willitts criticizes Christians, like me, who oppose such bans. Willitts suggests that we are being inconsistent, perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2014 0

First Links — 2.5.14

by Matthew Cantirino

Nathaniel Peters on Thérèse of Lisieux, atheism as an offshoot of deism, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2014 0

Dr. Krauthammer’s Divided Soul

by Matthew J. Franck

There are few more gifted conservative columnists working in journalism today than Charles Krauthammer. On so many issues, from executive power to foreign policy to limited government, Krauthammer is reliable, insightful, and employs a gleefully sharp pen to eviscerate his adversaries. But every now . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Feb 2014 0

The Dance of Ordinary Time

by Dale M. Coulter

We are currently in the midst of Ordinary Time on the church calendar—the time between the times, or even “off season,” to borrow a sports metaphor. Although not in this year’s cycle, Christians usually encounter a gospel reading from John and the first miracle at the wedding . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Feb 2014 0

First Links — 2.4.14

by Matthew Cantirino

The reading habits of Theodore Roosevelt, George Marsden on pluralism, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »

4 Feb 2014 0