If a Protestant Christians gets into a discussion with a Roman Catholic and brings up the authority of the Bible, the Catholic will often come back with a riposte like this: “What Bible? You Protestants don’t follow the Bible. You threw out seven of the
Michael Gerson, an evangelical Christian who was formerly George W. Bush’s speechwriter, has written a searing article published in The Atlantic. He asks the question, why is it that so many white evangelical Christians–4 out of 5, far more than voted for Ronald Reagan–support Donald Trump,
Buddhist monks believe that the self is an illusion. Though the unenlightened become reincarnated into new selves, the goal of monasticism is to transcend the self with its attachments to merge into the oneness of all things. So it would follow that Buddhist monks and
Celebrity business titans! Immigration controversy! Booming cities and dying rural areas! Yellow journalism! Political chaos! Scandals! Populist demagogues! That describes the “Gilded Age” of the late 19th century, with its “robber barons” like Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Rockefeller. And it describes the economic, political, and social
Our daughter here in Australia had her baby! In the photo you can see John, in his cricket uniform, holding Hannah, happy to have another sister. She was born on Saturday afternoon at 2:20 p.m., and at 7:30 p.m. of that same day–a mere 5
Politics has become self-expression. Concepts are not either true or false, but pure or impure. People want to transform society into an extension of the self. Everything has become political. Universities have become sanctuaries of archaic religion. So says political scientist Mark Lilla in The Once
The Gospel reading for last Sunday was about Jesus cleansing the Temple. The sermon we heard here in Australia reminded us that Jesus continues to cleanse temples, overturning the tables and driving out the money changers in the Temple that is the church and the
A major study of how information spreads online has found that information that is false is shared more often than information that is true. It also found that the strongest emotion attached to the false news being shared was “surprise.” These findings tie in to
Christianity Today’s online Christian History feature has a special section on Martin Luther this month. It includes articles on Luther’s specific contributions to music by Concordia Theological Seminary professor Paul Grime and Loyola musicologist Colin Holman. In his article Luther: The Musician, Holman gives this great
Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that the government could not force company owners with a religious objection to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. Since then, liberals have spun the narrative that Christians are using religious liberty lawsuits to
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