Two years ago, I did a post on the difference between “merry Christmas” and “happy Christmas.” (It has mainly to do, I argued, with the difference between American English, which tends to retain older constructions, such as “merry,” and British English, which favors “happy,” supposedly
For one millisecond somehow caught on camera, everyone was looking into the camera (except for the shepherd).
St. Nicholas was the bishop of Myra back in the 4th century. He has become one of the most popular saints among Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox, the patron saint of sailors, children, prisoners, pawnbrokers, to name just a few. He also mutated into
A Florida professor is proposing in the name of inclusivity a season’s greeting that will be supremely politically correct and, I would add, a tribute to the new god of our day, from whom many people seek their every good: “Happy Federal Holiday.” (more…)
The latest Christmas offering from Hans Fiene at Lutheran Satire: (more…)
Bible scholar Colin R. Nicholl argues that the Star of Bethlehem was really a comet, a moving celestial object that was considered a type of star in ancient astronomy. (more…)
We Missouri Synod Lutherans went through this controversy some years ago. . . .A professor at Wheaton College, a leading evangelical institution where I was once visiting professor, was suspended for claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. (The media reports say that
The Associated Press released the results of its poll of journalists on the top 10 stories of 2015. Number 1: ISIS. Number 2: Gay marriage ruling by Supreme Court. See the complete list after the jump. Would you change the order of any of these
The discovery of a recording of a lecture by C. S. Lewis has connected him to the British Secret Service during World War II. (more…)
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been praising Donald Trump, who has been returning the favor. When it was brought up that Putin has a habit of killing his critics, Trump said that our country also does a lot of killing. (See details after the jump.)
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