As the world focuses on ISIS, we are reminded that we also have to contend with our old terrorist foe al-Qaeda. In the African nation of Mali, an al-Qaeda affiliated group attacked a luxury hotel, taking 170 people, many of them foreign tourists, hostage. Commandos
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The Obama administration has indignantly rejected suggestions that the United States favor Christians and other persecuted religious minorities among the Syrian refugees. But think tanker Kyle Shideler gives evidence that there is already a religious test, one that is stacked against Christians. He documents systematic
For Halloween, the administration at Yale issued dictates about Halloween costumes, lest anyone be offended. A lecturer, who along with her professor husband, is “master” of a residential college, responded with a learned e-mail pointing out that it might not be so bad for a
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave his much-anticipated speech in which he explained his ideology of “democratic socialism.” He said that he doesn’t want the state to own the means of production (the classic definition of socialism). Rather, he wants to emulate Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sanders
The United States has committed to accepting 10,000 immigrants from Syria. That’s far less than the European nations are faced with, but the attack on Paris has many Americans calling for a halt to that program. To be sure, most of the immigrants are fleeing
Democrats accuse Republicans of waging a war on women. Republicans could come back with the charge that Democrats are waging a war on youth. So argues W. James Antle in the Washington Examiner. Not only are the Democratic party’s leadership and presidential candidates much older
Pope Francis met with a congregation of Lutherans in Rome, giving them a chalice and kind words. Then a woman asked when she might be able to share Holy Communion with her Catholic husband. Read what the Pope said after the jump. (more…)
French president Francois Hollande called for “a union of all who can fight” to destroy ISIS. He called on the United States and Russia to set aside their differences and to join together in an international coalition to battle jihadist terrorism. But President Obama appeared
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The 1st use of the Law and the new commenting system
We theology nerds talk quite a bit about the Second Use of the Law (the theological use, the “mirror,” which convicts us of sin and drives us to the Gospel), and we argue about the Third Use of the Law (the didactic use, the “guide,”