What’s with President Obama’s reliance on teleprompters–not only for formal speeches but for brief announcements, introductions of appointees, and informal remarks? It is reportedly getting embarrassing, as technicians have to do all of this setup in front of a waiting press corps and invited guests
My colleague Les Sillars has written a fascinating article on the history of organ donation and how different definitions of death and kinds of ethical reasoning developed to accomodate the practice. He combines the humorous with the grotesque with the thoughtful. A sample: It is
Michael Spencer’s predictions in The Coming Evangelical Collapse: What will be left? •Expect evangelicalism to look more like the pragmatic, therapeutic, church-growth oriented megachurches that have defined success. Emphasis will shift from doctrine to relevance, motivation, and personal success – resulting in churches further compromised
Logan Delany reminds us that free markets must both build and destroy, and that thwarting the “creative destruction” of failed businesses does not help the economy. Emphasizing that our economy is going through a transition into a global, “digital” economy, Delany applies the insights of
Adam Mazmanian’s review of Kelly Clarkson’s new album describes well the distinct vocal style that “American Idol” promotes: “American Idol” judges value raw power and commitment to selling a song as well as vocal talent. Winning performances tend to be intense and powerful, with contestants
The last of “The Table of Duties” from Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM: THE YOUNG You younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to
More reasons why Michael Spencer thinks <a href="evangelical Christianity is about to collapse in this country: 3. There are three kinds of evangelical churches today: consumer-driven megachurches, dying churches, and new churches whose future is fragile. Denominations will shrink, even vanish, while fewer and fewer
Protesting President Obama’s decision to allow federal funding to destroy human embryos for their stem cells were parents of “snowflake babies.” These are children who were once frozen embryos generated at fertility clinics–the sort of “extra,” unwanted embryos that the stem cell merchants want to
In Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM, the next “holy orders” in “The Table of Duties” are those of employees and employers. EMPLOYEES Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;
More from Michael Spencer’s piece in the Christian Science Monitor, The Coming Evangelical Collapse. (He discusses these issues further in his blog Internet Monk): Why is this [coming cultural hostility to evangelicalism] going to happen? 1. Evangelicals have identified their movement with the culture war
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