At Philanthropy Roundtable , Christopher Levenick profiles non-Catholic benefactors of inner-city Catholic schools. The schools’ long record of success among low-income and minority populations has not gone unnoticed by such non-Catholic philanthropists as Peter T. Grauer: “I’m not . . . . Continue Reading »
There is an interesting column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle about how many parents still resist inoculating their children for fear of autism—even though there are apparently no scientific bases for the purported connection. From the column:On April 7, hearings began to decide . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of Timothy Reichert’s Bitter Pill , just published in the May issue, may also be interested in The Pill’s Deadly Affair with HIV/AIDS by Joan Claire Robinson of the Population Research Institute. In it she argues that “Hormonal contraceptives increase almost . . . . Continue Reading »
In Kennedy Case. The Bishop Flunks the Professor , the Italian journalist Sandro Magister traces the debate between Charles Chaput, the Archbishop of Denver, and an Italian sociologist and advisor to the Italian bishops, over the incoherence of President Kennedy’s famous and very damaging, . . . . Continue Reading »
Overnight the Republicans have discovered that the Goldman Sachs fraud case is not only a club that Obama can use to beat them into submission over regulatory reform, but also a club that the Republicans can use to beat Obama for turning his administration over to the Giant Vampire . . . . Continue Reading »
If you asked St. Augustine why he believed in an immortal soul, I suspect he’d look at you quizzically, raise an eyebrow, and utter a dismissive, “Because St. Paul did!” Of course, there are large groups of Christians who might accept the rationale for Augustine’s answer while . . . . Continue Reading »
I taped an interview for CNN about the Connecticut lawsuit by two would-be death doctors, seeking to legalize assisted suicide—a crime in CT—by having a court redefine assisted suicide by doctors of the terminally ill into “aid in dying.” Once so . . . . Continue Reading »
Since we’re discussing evangelicalism, it might be useful to answer the question, “What does it mean to be evangelical ?” While the term has a limited range of application, referring to specific traits, churches, convictions, and practices within Christianity, its denotation is so . . . . Continue Reading »
David : I’m a big fan of Collin Hansen, but his article that you refer to in Christianity Today contains some unintentionally misleading points—and misses the true change that is taking place within evangelicalism. For example, he quotes Michael Horton saying that, “Warren’s . . . . Continue Reading »
With the ongoing discussions about Bruce Waltke’s video at the BioLogos website and his subsequent resignation from RTS, as well as the long comment thread here at Evangel about events in Genesis, I thought I would post some thoughts about the relationship between science and religion that . . . . Continue Reading »
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