This coming Monday, January 23, 2012 from 8am-11:30am (EST), I’ll be blogging and “live-Tweeting” the ProLifeCon, put on by Family Research Council. I’m very glad that FRC is such an outspoken and courageous defender of the unborn, and I hope that this event advances the cause. Here’s the link to the live webcast, which will [...]
Sarah Palin and the End of Men
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Two major news stories suggest that men–and evangelical men–are in danger of extinction. The first is from Newsweek and is entitled “Saint Sarah: How Sarah Palin is Reshaping the Religious Right.” Here’s a key quotation from Lisa Miller’s essay: [W]hile leftist critics continue to shred Palin as a cynical, shallow, ill-informed opportunist, and new polls [...]
“We’re Conservative Until it Costs Us”: Ross Douthat on Americans and Marriage
August 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
From Ross Douthat’s most recent op-ed in the NYT (HT: Russ Moore): “More than most Westerners, Americans believe — deeply, madly, truly — in the sanctity of marriage. But we also have some of the most liberal divorce laws in the developed world, and one of the highest divorce rates. We sentimentalize the family, but [...]
The Link 6.12.09: NPR on Sex, Inner-City Transformation, and Patrick Henry College
June 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
1. My TEDS buddy Andrew Lisi recently wrote a thoughtful blog on a report by NPR about how sex is, for the younger generation, almost completely separated from any lasting connection or bond. (Photo: H. Armstrong Roberts, NPR) 2. A Wheaton PhD student and friend of mine, Jeremy Treat, shares a stirring story about one [...]
The Link 3.20.09: Abortion Arguments, Troubled Political Families, and Dever on Multi-Site Churches
March 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
1. Vitamin Z has a great interview on a robust pro-life way of thinking and acting with Scott Klusendorf, author of a new and important book called The Case for Life (very highly recommended by Justin Taylor). Here’s a very moving quotation from the interview in which Klusendorf describes how he left malaise on this [...]
Making Men Moral: Robby George’s Chapel Message, the Conference Keynote
February 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
The biography of the conference’s keynote speaker, Robby George, who spoke in Union’s chapel service: Professor George is a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics and formerly served as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He was Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he [...]
Is There a Wilberforce Out There?
November 5, 2008 By 8 Comments
I in no way style myself a political pundit, and for good reason. If you’re interested in coverage of the historic election of Barack Obama as president, check out the New York Times’s front-page article. Justin Taylor is soliciting feedback from some fine Christian thinkers; I would encourage you to read Randy Alcorn’s hope-filled piece, [...]
Are Laws Really That Powerful in Today’s World?
October 30, 2008 By 2 Comments
Have you heard claims from some that abortion rates have recently fallen due to Clinton-administration efforts? And that laws, whether state or federal, have no bearing on abortion rates in America? If you’re like many (most?) Americans, and you’ve heard both claims, here are some stats for you from an article by Michael New on [...]
The Week-est Link, September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
1. Some suggest that having President Bush, a pro-lifer, in the US presidency, has had no discernible positive effect on the pro-life cause in this country. Aside from the breathlessly naive way in which this claim overlooks the appointing of two pro-life Supreme Court justices, and the way in which the court’s makeup could lead [...]
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