Psalm 119 is a lengthy paean to God’s law, which the author goes so far as to claim to love, as strange as that may sound to contemporary ears. Indeed the notion of loving a law is very far from most people’s thoughts. Why do we ourselves not love this law? William G. Witt, Professor of . . . . Continue Reading »
Wow. This is what happens when you tell insurance companies they can’t engage in underwriting. In Connecticut, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield has been given permission by state regulators to raise premiums by as much as 47%! Why? Obamacare. From the story:The state has given . . . . Continue Reading »
1. A Promiscuously Permissive, User-Friendly Jesus It is odd that we have made even Jesus into such a quivering mass of affirmation and oozing graciousness, considering how frequently, unguardedly, and gleefully Jesus told us that we were sinners. Anyone who thinks that Jesus was into . . . . Continue Reading »
In the history of the church, one of the most famous conflicts was between St. Bernard (d.1153), the charismatic abbot of Clairvaux, and Peter Abelard (d.1143), the brilliant medieval logician and theologian. St. Bernard thought that Abelard’s new approach to theology, an approach that . . . . Continue Reading »
E. Christian Brugger reports on the dark side of the infertility industry . The woman whose body is over-stimulated to produce eggs “might suffer excruciating abdominal pain, blood clots, infections, kidney failure, loss of her ovaries, shock, and, in rare cases, death.” And “if . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama has been tireless in speaking about and promoting religious tolerance. Our religious diversity, he contends, is a source of our strength, so long as we act in accordance with our heritage of religious toleration. Here’s how he put it in his Inaugural Address : . . . . Continue Reading »
It amazes me how media so often can’t—or won’t—connect the dots. In the Australian state of Queensland, the government is being accused of scandalously underfunding palliative care. From the story:TERMINALLY ill patients are being left to die in Queensland . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of months ago I asked whether William Wilberforce, the eighteenth century abolitionist and hero to modern evanglecals, was complicit in the practice of slavery in Africa. Today, Ted Olsen at Christianity Today follows up on the story and provides more details: Every successful . . . . Continue Reading »
After Washington voters unwisely legalized assisted suicide, I said the battle wasn’t over. I reported that many hospitals and doctors had decided to refuse all participation in doctor prescribed death, and encouraged them to do so. That made assisted suicide advocates angry, but . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN’s Belief blog has some good quotes from the co-authors of the book Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture . Carson Mencken says conservative Christians tend not to think too much about UFOs and Bigfoot: The people . . . . Continue Reading »
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