Rev. Jordan Cooper’s blog, Just and Sinner, has moved to Patheos. An AALC pastor (a confessional body in fellowship with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod), he is a fixture at Pirate Christian Radio and Issues, Etc. He is a convert to Lutheranism and tells his
What would Jesus do? Take your punishment to free you from condemnation. A Saudi blogger has been sentenced to 1000 lashes for criticizing Islamic clerics. So seven religious freedom advocates, including the well-known conservative scholar Robert P. George, are offering to take the floggings in
Bob Dylan gives his first interview in three years to the AARP magazine, in which he talks about virtue, God’s leading, and his new album of Frank Sinatra standards. As a teenager, I could never, in my most fevered adolescent imaginations, conceive of that sentence
The United States lost another ally in the war against Islamic terrorism. The pro-American government in Yemen–which helped us fight the ruthless Yemeni al-Qaida and allowed our drone attacks–was overthrown by Houthi rebels. The Houthi are Shi’ites, meaning they oppose the Sunni al-Qaida and ISIS,
Whether or not Selma is fair to LBJ, it’s supposed to be a powerful movie. (I haven’t seen it yet. Can anyone comment on that?) And I’m told that the actor playing Dr. King, the Nigerian/British actor David Oyelowo turns in an amazingly good performance.
The writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans helped form our civilization, and their rediscovery sparked the Renaissance. But many of the writings of the formative thinkers of the classical age have been lost. We only have one-third of the writings of Aristotle, and they
The Republicans now control both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The pro-lifers who helped win them their majorities were promised a vote on a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, when the unborn child is capable of feeling pain, as well as
Saudi Arabia is trying to hurt the American domestic oil industry by pumping so much oil that it drives down prices so as to make fracking unprofitable. And yet, that helps Americans with low gasoline prices. Saudi Arabia is the center of arch-conservative Sunni Islam,
Today is the March for Life, a day to protest the Roe v. Wade decision, which opened the door to the abortion of untold millions of children. Last Sunday was designated as “Life Sunday.” One of the readings was about the calling of Nathanael (John
Under monarchies, the throne is kept in the family, with subsidiary power passed on through powerful aristocratic families. Under our democratic republic, a good many of our presidential contenders so far are the scions of political families: Clinton, Bush, Romney, Paul. Columnist Dana Milbank has
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