. . . is somewhat inevitable in the customer-driven church. Isn’t it?This was in a recent email newsletter sent by a church from my past:“While you only need to be baptized once, if you’d like to reaffirm your commitment to God we encourage you to participate in baptism . . . . Continue Reading »
Herewith some comparative remarks on Strauss and Oakshott prepared for last week’s meeting at Baylor University of the Michael Oakshott Association. (Later, if you’re interested, I’ll relate how the homosexual “marriage” issue — or, as I like to say, the advocacy . . . . Continue Reading »
The year 2009 amounted to a very good year against assisted suicide in the USA. Despite the Washington initiative and a Montana judge’s activist legalization of assisted suicide, all legislative attempts in several states to legalize assisted suicide were blocked. The latest . . . . Continue Reading »
An interesting essay by the economics writer Meghan McArdle in the Atlantic on the evangelical anti-debt preacher—guru? prophet? it’s hard to know just what to call him—named Dave Ramsey. The essay is surprisingly short: If anything called out for long-form journalism, this seemed . . . . Continue Reading »
A court decision in a case against the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) describes why its members (and, by extension animal liberation criminals such as, ALF, SHAC, etc.) deserve to be called terrorists. From the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision U.S. v Christianson, starting at page 12 . . . . Continue Reading »
I have recently noticed the uncanny physical (though by no means ideological) resemblance between these two Baptist preachers, John Piper, of Desiring God Ministries, and the late Tommy Douglas, the father of Canadian medicare and the first leader of Canada’s socialist New Democratic Party. . . . . Continue Reading »
Enemy soldiers should be held in prisoner of war camps. If they are spies or have done something that merits the death penalty, they should be tried in military courts. They should not be tortured and they should be treated with human dignity.These seem like safe assumptions, but the Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
From Frank Lockwood, religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:“He’s going to exorcise a demon now,” I whispered to the managing editor of the New York Times, adding, “This is somewhat unusual.”Read more . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
From Frank Lockwood , religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette : “He’s going to exorcise a demon now,” I whispered to the managing editor of the New York Times , adding, “This is somewhat unusual.” Read more . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
It should be no surprise that the language of same-sex marriage is just as controversial as the arguments for it. The rhetorical choices of same-sex marriage proponents—especially their use of rights language—have been effective in winning over the minds of many young people. While . . . . Continue Reading »
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