The contours of a new liberal theology, one in accord with the new ideology of sex and gender, are starting to come together. (Liberal theologians have never found a new leftist ideology that they don’t like and won’t refashion theology around.) A rabbi has written an
The Pew Research Center has conducted a study finding that 64% of church goers heard political issues being preached from the pulpit. Those “political issues” included abortion, homosexuality, religious liberty, the environment, and economic inequality. Now those are mostly moral–not political–issues. Churches have always taught
Vermont has a law allowing for physician-assisted suicide. State agencies are interpreting the law so as to require doctors to tell their patients about this option. Also, doctors who don’t want to kill their patients must refer them to another doctor who will. A number of
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (the theologically liberal Lutheran denomination) has arrived at a new accord with the Roman Catholic Church, focusing on church, ministry, and eucharist. Read the document here. After giving all of the agreements that were found, the document gives the
In a major speech on immigration and fighting ISIS, Donald Trump said that he would set up a system of “extreme vetting” for immigrants who wish to enter the United States. This would include an ideological test to measure the extent to which the immigrant
Some women who get Zika have babies with severe birth defects, but some don’t. In Brazil, some regions plagued with Zika have a huge percentage of babies with microencephaly. But adjoining regions also plagued with Zika don’t. Also, young, black, and poor women are being hit especially
A rabbi writing in the Wall Street Journal offers reflections on Chariots of Fire, the 1981 movie about Olympic runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. The movie, of course, is about athletics as VOCATION. Read an excerpt from the column after the jump, whereupon I offer some
NeverTrump conservatives thought they might have a candidate they could vote for when ex-CIA agent and ex-Republican Congressional staffer Evan McMullin threw his hat into the ring. But inconsistencies and questions have arisen about his resume (HT: Carl Vehse). Also, Maggie Gallagher has pointed out his weakness on issues
A police officer shot and killed an armed black man in Milwaukee, sparking a riot in which police were stoned with bricks, journalists were assaulted, several businesses were set on fire, and white drivers were pulled out of their cars and beaten. It turns out,
In a play to capitalize on Mormon’s dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed piece in the LDS-owned Deseret News in which she emphasizes her commitment to religious liberty. But notice what she thinks religious liberty is. Read what she says and my analysis
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