Perhaps one of you readers is as old as I am–that is to say, really, really old–so that you too could get a nostaligic buzz out of this memory of the Howdy Doody Show, an account of someone who actually got to sit in the
Perhaps one of you readers is as old as I am–that is to say, really, really old–so that you too could get a nostaligic buzz out of this memory of the Howdy Doody Show, an account of someone who actually got to sit in the
Frequent commenter on this blog, Internetmonk, a.k.a. Michael Spencer, has a fascinating discussion of what sounds like a growing phenomenon: Post-evangelicalism. He defines it this way: Post-evangelicalism is a way of relating to the present seriously compromised, perhaps terminal, condition of evangelicalism by accessing the
Thanks to Rev. Joel Brondos, a leading practitioner of Classical Lutheran education, for his comment on the post “Classical Education vs. Traditional Education.” In case you missed it: Not only is “classical education” not to be equated with “traditional education.” It isn’t a repristination of
Rev. Larry Beane, a.k.a. Father Hollywood, has a profound and most encouraging post, The Church: Rent and Distressed. He makes the point that, despite our search for the perfect and unified church, one mark of a true church is Satan’s opposition, and thus to the
Thanks for the discussion on “house churches.” I agree that congregations can meet in homes but still be orthodox, have pastors, and be connected to a larger institution. Indeed, that may be a good way to go. However, I believe most house churches today are
Victor Davis Hanson dissects Barack Obama’s speech in Germany. Hanson’s point is that the “world” doesn’t take actions; nations do. And that nations are not morally equivalent. Excerpts: With all due respect, I also don’t believe the world did anything to save Berlin, just as
A manifestation of the view that community, not doctrine, should be the basis for choosing a church is the phenomenon of the house church. A small group of friends get together in each other’s houses on Sundays for worship and Bible study. There is no
An important distinction noted at the CIRCE conference, from Andrew Kern: Classical education is NOT the same as the traditional education of the 19th century one-room school house. Here is an overview of the history of American Education: Colonial era-1810. Classical Christian Education. 1810-1890. Traditional
More from the CIRCE conference, from a talk by think-tank veteran Barbara Elliott: From 1901-1987, various governments took 207,500,000 lives. The number of people killed by their own governments was approximately 169,000,000. The Soviet Union killed 62,000,000. (Stalin alone: 42,000,000) Communist China: 35,000,000. Nazi Germany:
Something else I learned at the CIRCE conference: In the heyday of Soviet Communism, the penalty for possessing a Bible was 3 years in prison. Think of that the next time you dare to read that dangerous book.
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