Back in the 19th century, Lutherans went through a “crypto-Calvinist” controversy. But today, Calvinists are undergoing a “crypto-Lutheran” controversy. It seems a number of Reformed pastors are realizing that the Bible teaches a higher doctrine of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper than is common among
My native Oklahoma is a conservative state, and yet the city manager of Oklahoma City has allowed renting out part of the Civic Center for a Satanic Black Mass. Unlike the kerfluffle at Harvard (see here and here), the group putting on this event has
I just got back from St. Louis, staying just a few blocks from the riots in Ferguson over the police shooting an unarmed teenager. I didn’t see anything and I don’t want to address the incident, as such. But the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson raises
The Prime Minister of Hungary has said what many people around the world have been thinking: That freedom and democracy are obsolete. With today’s complex economic and social problems, the democratic process is always checking and balancing itself, making it just too slow and polarizing,
Another example of sacrificing yourself for your neighbor: When Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Harris and Petty Officer 1st Class James Reyher descended to the murky depths of a pond at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., last year, virtually everything went wrong. Their equipment didn’t
If you are worried that the U.S. is reigniting the war in Iraq, don’t be. Despite the atrocities being committed by ISIS/The Islamic State, our airstrikes are designed simply to protect Americans in threatened cities and to protect those Yazidis besieged on that mountain (that
Jeff Hual brings back from a few years ago a piece by Lillian Daniel, in which she expresses her utter boredom with people who claim to be “spiritual but not religious.” She begins by recalling conversations with people on an airplane who go on and
The Texas Monthly ran a feature entitled “13 Famous Texans’ Favorite Places.” When it was Lyle Lovett’s turn, he said that his favorite place was St. Paul Lutheran Church in Serbin, Texas. (more…)
Robin Williams was beloved, wealthy, and acclaimed, always laughing and making others laugh. And yet he took his own life. I don’t mean to moralize or philosophize over such a sad ending with reflections about what we think to be important might not be important
Sinead O’Connor is a singer perhaps best known for ripping up the pope’s picture on Saturday Night Live, but her latest song shows a realization of what church is for. It’s called “Take Me to Church.” Here is the refrain: Oh, take me to church
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