The story of everything

by David T. Koyzis

The Bible is not just a collection of ancient texts; it’s a single, unified story of creation, fall and redemption. Here is a wonderfully clever and winsome way of getting this . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

The Great Defender Dinner

by David Mills

Supporters of human dignity as Christians and others understand it will know about the irreplaceable Human Life Review , and (I hope) subscribe. It is edited by our friend Maria McFadden Mafucci, who was working for this magazine at its beginning. You may want to know about the Review ‘s . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

Transhumanists Find Key to Living 200 Years!

by Wesley J. Smith

Well, they won’t be “post human” exactly.  More current tortoise.   From theTelegraph story:Jonathan, the tortoise, is believed to be 178-years-old and was about 70 at the time the black and white picture was taken. He was photographed during the Boer War around . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

First Links — 08.04.11

by Joe Carter

Money Cometh to Me Now! The New York Times Magazine , Michael Brendan Dougherty Politicians Open Front on Abortion in Bay Area The New York Times , Jesse McKinley Tribe’s New Law Recognizes Gay Marriage The Washington Times , Manuel Valdez New Orleans Reveals Fresh Model For Housing The Poor . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

New HIV Cases Remain Steady—Behavior, Not Healthcare the Key

by Wesley J. Smith

I am sorry, but there is no excuse in an advanced and educated country like the USA, which has been grappling at great cost in human suffering and financial output with AIDS for three decades: Last year, 50,000 new cases of HIV were reported.  From the NYT story:Despite years of great progress . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

Another Baseball Item

by David Mills

This one from the New York Times : A Career Sustained by Unwavering Faith , about Florida Marlins’ manager Jack McKeon. He goes to daily Mass, whether he’s home or away. Mornings at church “give me energy,” he said. “You’re free. You feel good.” His daily ritual . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

In Defense of a NASCAR Prayer

by Matthew Milliner

Everyone is loving to hate Pastor Joe Nelms’ oft-viewed prayer to open a recent NASCAR event.  I couldn’t even find an articulate condemnation—something with conviction like, “High priest of consumerism breathes oil-addicted Empire’s last pious gasp.”  . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

Whom Would Jesus Indebt?

by Joe Carter

Putting ourselves an our children further in debt, notes Timothy Dalrymple, is not the way to help the poor : One of the great difficulties of this issue, for Christians, is that the morality of spending and debt has been so thoroughly demagogued that it’s impossible to advocate cuts in . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2011 0

Now Everyone Can Pay for Moneyball

by David Mills

While we’re talking about baseball ( A Word for Roger Maris, and About Baseball ), here is something on the subject of the fascinating book Moneyball , Billy Beane, the manager of the Oakland A’s who used sabremetric insights to win World Series though he didn’t have nearly as . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2011 0

How Pedophilia Might Regain its Cool

by Matthew Schmitz

In her December 2009 essay ” How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool ,” Mary Eberstadt explained how the sometimes gleeful attacks on the Catholic Church during the sexual abuse crisis had made it more difficult for the Church’s critics to wink at pederasty and pedophilia: After all, one . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2011 0