David T. Koyzis

Michael Gerson has published an astute analysis of the current controversy south of the border over religious freedom: Catholics, contraceptives and John Locke. An excerpt:One tradition of religious liberty contends that freedom of conscience is protected and advanced by the autonomy of religious . . . . Continue Reading »

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza writes in Canada’s National Post: Bringing soft totalitarianism into the classroom. An excerpt:Ill winds are blowing across the land when it comes to parental rights, religious liberty and education policy.Quebec’s new “ethics and religious culture” . . . . Continue Reading »

This past weekend my wife and I were privileged to attend a banquet near Toronto to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister of minorities and the only Christian in that country’s government. A number of dignitaries were present at this . . . . Continue Reading »

This morning we observed Holy Communion for the first time since late last year. How I wish Reformed churches would celebrate the Lord’s Supper whenever they meet for worship. When will we finally follow Calvin’s wishes rather than the defective practice of Geneva’s city fathers? . . . . Continue Reading »

The welfare state consists of a network of public, financial benefits originally established to even out the boom and bust extremes of the business cycle. In the United States, the welfare state got its start with President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and continued with President Lyndon . . . . Continue Reading »

Calvin College’s prolific James K. A. Smith has published an open letter to praise bands that is worth reading and pondering. Writes Smith:In particular, my concern is that we, the church, have unwittingly encouraged you to simply import musical practices into Christian worship . . . . Continue Reading »

After some days of conspicuous silence on the controversy, Sojouners’ God’s Politics blog has finally published this statement by Alec Hill, President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA: At Stake: Religious Liberty.Last month, the Federal government mandated that Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

Controversy continues: Religious Liberty and Civil Society. Yuval Levin plausibly explains the origin of the current confusion over the definition of religious freedom in English-speaking democracies:The English common law tradition of religious toleration, which we inherited, has always had a . . . . Continue Reading »

Writing for The New York Times, Ross Douthat’s mention of “liberal communitarians” sounds a little odd to my ears, but he is dead on in his analysis of the current situation in the US: Government and its Rivals. An excerpt:Liberals know that it takes a village; conservatives . . . . Continue Reading »

In þe bigynnyng was þe word, and þe word was at God, and God was þe word.Þis was in þe bigynnyng at God.Alle þingis weren maad bi hym, and wiþouten hym was maad no þing, þat þing þat was maad.In hym was lijf, and þe lijf was þe . . . . Continue Reading »