There’s little less fashionable today than praising the Puritans, especially for their egalitarian political idealism, their promotion of genuinely humane and liberating learning, and their capacity for enjoyment and human happiness. Praising the Puritans is especially difficult for us because . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a followup to my recent post about Peter Singer denying equal moral status to children until after two years of age.Defenders of Peter Singer like to say that we critics are just too dull to really understand what the great man is saying. And hence, we distort his thinking on issues . . . . Continue Reading »
Like the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, the Free Church of Scotland has historically allowed only unaccompanied singing of Psalms in the liturgy. However, its synodical assembly has now decided, by a narrow majority, to permit extrabiblical hymns and instruments in worship for those . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian women don’t need any new sources for inspiration or therapy, and while the gender discussions are important to have, there’s a lot more to discuss—a lot more Bible, a lot more theology, and what seems to be a never-ending need to make disciples. Since that day at TEDS . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview on politics and theology , Peter Leithart comments on the role of worship in the political lives of Christians: Christians are engaged in political action just by being part of the church. Worship is the leading political activity of Christians. In worship, we sing Psalms that call . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s first “On the Square” article, Joe Carter writes In defense of the TSA , on a day when annoyed Americans are planning to protest the security measures now being taken at airports. “You might assume,” he writes, that preventing a similar type of attack . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a poll, middle-aged Americans are unhappy about their sexual lives . “Some 24 percent of middle-aged group say they are dissatisfied, compared with only 12 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds, 20 percent of those 30-44 and 17 percent of those over 65.” Increasing numbers of . . . . Continue Reading »
By Charles A. Donovan President Obama apparently has a soft spot in his heart for religious liberty. And the New York Times editorial board is not pleased . The president last week issued a much-awaited executive order setting government-wide policy on community-based and religious nonprofits that . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Singer claimed at a Princeton symposium about abortion that public policy might not be able to reflect it, but in his view, children don’t achieve full moral status until after two years, which is how long it takes to develop into full personhood. From my transcription of Panel II . . . . Continue Reading »
Oops. Someone went off his talking points! An IPCC official named Ottmar Edenhofer admitted to a German publication that the intent of Cancun—Copenhagen’s next step—is really about redistributing wealth. From the interview:Basically it’s a big mistake to discuss climate . . . . Continue Reading »
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