Saint Paul chose Silas, a leader in the church at Jerusalem, to accompany him on his second missionary journey from Antioch to Asia Minor and Macedonia (Acts 15:40). Silas, also known as Silvanus, was imprisoned with Paul in Philippi (Acts 16:16-40) and experienced the riots in Thessalonica (Acts . . . . Continue Reading »
I will be on Larry Kudlow’s CNBC show tonight circa 7:00 . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things senior editor David Goldman will be on CNBC’s Larry Kudlow show tonight around 7 p.m. EST. . . . . Continue Reading »
A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that 40% of diagnoses of brain disorders are misdiagnoses. These are people diagnosed with conditions such as being in a persistent vegetative state, which is often taken as sufficient for removal of life support . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Lady of Pompeii could pass for City Hall if it weren’t for its adjoining tower, raising a cross for all to see over Sixth Avenue and Father Demo Square in the West Village. Even then, there’s hardly an outward sign that this is a Catholic Church—that is, until one opens the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Russian journalist set off a firestorm in calling for infanticide of developmentally disabled babies, using extremely crass and dehumanizing language. From the story:The author, Aleksandr Nikonov, used the word “debil” — a deeply offensive term in Russian — to characterize . . . . Continue Reading »
After examining the data on 210 million public profiles on Facebook, Pete Warden discovered some fascinating clusters of connections . His visualization of the information, which tracks connections between places that share friends, reveals that groups form strong online bonds locally but have few . . . . Continue Reading »
The concept of self-denial is foreign to most American Christians who, in our consumer culture, as as well conditioned as the rest to indulge and spend, to consume, consume, consume. We consume food to the point that most of us are overweight. We consume so much food that many chronic illnesses are . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently made a post about reading 1984 and suggested watching the 1984 adaptation starring John Hurt. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the full release (i.e., unedited), having seen it recently on a cable network that edits for content; this means that I forgot . . . . Continue Reading »
Do introverts fit in at church? That’s the intriguing question Richard Beck, an associate professor and experimental psychologist at Abilene Christian University, asks in an important post on introverts and the Imago Dei : The answer, obviously, is that it depends upon what kind of church we . . . . Continue Reading »
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