African-Americans sparked the struggle for civil rights. Other ethnic minorities have followed suit. Women are not a minority but they have been fighting to assure their civil rights. Gays have been demanding their civil rights, and they have won significant victories. Can you think of
Like a lot of people in this economy, my former student Stephen Williams is “underemployed” right now. But he understands the doctrine of vocation. Read his account of how working in a fast food joint is charged with spiritual significance and gives him occasion to
The Republican Party is trying to stop Donald Trump from getting its nomination, but every effort so far has self-destructed. The other candidates are refusing to bow out to consolidate behind one contender. Public criticism of Trump seems to have started too late. Donors and
Mark Hemingway excoriates the left’s denigration of work and says that the lack of respect for the working class is what drives Donald Trump’s popularity. And then he offers his proposal for making America great again: Recover Luther’s doctrine of vocation! Read what he says after
Southern Baptist spokesman Russell Moore said that he is no longer referring to himself as an “evangelical.” He says that today’s political opportunism and theological heresies have made the term meaningless, though he hopes it might come back. Back in the Reformation times and still
In Thursday’s debate, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich all ripped into Donald Trump. But then, in response to a question, they all agreed that if he gets the Republican nomination, they would support him. That made me lose respect for all of these candidates.
Last Fall, as some of you will remember, I spent a couple of weeks on a speaking tour of Scandinavia. (See the series of posts including this one and this one and this one and this one and this one and this one.) I was invited back. Tomorrow
Aubrey McClendon, founder of Chesapeake Energy, was one of Oklahoma City’s most prominent citizens. So it was a juicy story when a federal grand jury indicted him for conspiring with another oil company to not bid against each other on oil leases. So on Wednesday the
Nearly all evangelical leaders are opposing Donald Trump. And yet evangelicals are voting for him in droves. Jonathan Merritt of the Atlantic is hailing this phenomenon as the end of the religious right. Read what he says after the jump, read my response, and offer your opinion.
Mitt Romney is emerging as the point man in the Republican party’s effort to stop Donald Trump. He gave a blistering speech attacking the front runner for his character, his honesty, his policies, his intelligence, and his business prowess. And he is putting forward a
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