Open Doors has released statistics about the persecution of Christians in 2014: how many Christians were killed because of their faith (double what it was last year, and triple what it was the year before that); the number of attacks on churches; and the different
President Obama wants to provide two free years of community college to all Americans, at the government’s expense. Do you think this would be a good idea or a bad idea? (My view after the jump.) (more…)
Islamic terrorists, having attacked the offices of the humor magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve, struck again in Paris, attacking t a Jewish kosher grocery store, killing four hostages. The French held a huge rally Sunday–the largest in the history of that nation of popular uprisings–in
The Wise Men gave Christ gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. What gift do you think Christ most wants from you? Pastor Douthwaite in his Epiphany sermon said that the offering Christ most wants from us is our sins. (more…)
The always-interesting Greg Forster has written a very perceptive review of the new book I wrote with Matt Ristuccia: Imagination Redeemed. The best reviews not only tell about a book but contribute to the topics it raises, and this one certainly does this, thoughtfully extending
In 2017, two years from now, we will be marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, occasioned by Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses. There will be lots of festivities, especially at the Luther sites in Germany. Those look to include performances of the opera
More from Pastor Douthwaite’s Epiphany Sunday sermon, which pointed out that the Wise Men were not really seeking Christ. He was seeking them. And us. And that we too have a Bethlehem, and we too find Christ in a manger. (more…)
Remember that French magazine that, along with the one from Denmark that started the controversy, published cartoons that depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammed? Terrorists attacked the Paris office of the humor magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which has continued to print satirical cartoons about Islam, killing the
In the course of a discussion on the importance of an armed citizenry, Michael Walsh tells how the citizens of Coffeyville, Kansas, shot up the Dalton gang. The story is similar to what the good folks of Northfield, Minnesota, did to another set of formidable
Like the Wise Men, Pastor Douthwaite last Sunday opened up treasures. Not gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but the treasures of God’s Word. His Epiphany sermon had some gems that I want to contemplate the rest of this week. He pointed out, for example, that the
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