The quest to find a unifying principle for the new forms of republicanism that sprouted in the wake of the French and American revolutions preoccupied the nineteenth century. One proposal was for democracies to look to culture as an organizing center for a common life, because culture concerned . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony Murray worries that—shudder—some Supreme Court justices believe in natural law. It’s too bad that he really doesn’t know the first thing about that topic. Continue Reading »
East-West unity, old-school blogging, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »
During the debate over Galileo, some theologians appealed to verses of Scripture to “prove” that Galileo’s sun-centered model of the solar system could not be correct. For example, Psalm 93:1 says, “the world is established; it shall never be moved.” Along with 1 . . . . Continue Reading »
She means it as a compliment. At OnFaith, author Diana Butler Bass writes that President Barack Obama is reinventing American civil religion for the spiritual-but-not-religious age. It is “obvious,” she writes, “that the God of Obama’s public speech is not the God of previous . . . . Continue Reading »
Whether John MacArthur wanted it or not, his Strange Fire conference has re-ignited the long-standing debate about the miraculous within Protestantism. With its penchant to classify everything, contemporary Evangelicalism has labeled this debate as being between cessationists and . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul’s 1st letter to the Corinthians rendered into a new tongue and ready to bring the good news to board rooms, sales presentations, and scientific conferences. Continue Reading »
Kevin Williamson’s cover story in the new National Review, “The End of Sex in an Age of Pornography,” is well worth your time, if you can stomach it. Continue Reading »
What’s wrong with idols, the elasticizing of the “pro-life” label, and more daily articles of interest. Continue Reading »
At the Grammys last night Queen Latifah officiated a mass wedding ceremony—with some couples heterosexual, some gay—followed by a surprise song from Madonna. Was it satire? I am a big fan of satirical mockery, even satirical mockery of important things such as marriage. Such satire . . . . Continue Reading »
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