Calvinists sum up their theology, as well as their Dutch connections, with the acronym TULIP. That stands for Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints. Southern Baptists are currently in the midst of a controversy between their Calvinist members
A Kaiser study has found that 57% of the 8 million who have signed up for Obamacare were previously uninsured. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are hyping that number, since other studies found that only 26% to one-third of the enrollees had been uninsured.
Alexandra Petri discusses the decline in people checking their voicemails, the demise of landlines, and how texting is replacing live conversations. Read the whole essay. A sample: A phone is not for making calls. Phones are actually devices that you use to avoid talking to
The doctrine of vocation, in its different versions, seems to have come back to Christendom. In fact, people are now speaking of a Faith and Work movement! Recently, a whole channel on the topic was started here at Patheos. You should check out the blogs
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to revise its Book of Order to redefine marriage as being between “two persons” rather than between a man and a woman, thereby fully sanctioning gay marriages and gay weddings. The revision must be approved by
President Obama has signed an executive order forbidding anyone with a federal contract from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The effect may be to cut off faith-based charities and institutions from participating in government projects or receiving federal funds. After
The militant Hindu political party won big in India’s recent elections. Now the party’s vice chairman is calling for a law in Nepal to ban religious conversions. Hindus would just not be allowed, by law, to become Christians. This is already the case in Muslim
Hillary Clinton has almost been anointed by the media as the next president, and she certainly looks that way in the polls right now. I suspect that the Democratic nomination is hers if she wants it, which she surely will. But I think Mrs. Clinton
British journalist Charles Moore has written a devastating critique of President Obama’s foreign policy. Read it all, but sample the excerpts after the break. (more…)
The Australian theologian and Bible scholar John Kleinig said that women’s ordination used to not be a big deal for him–until he studied 1 Corinthians 14 and realized that it is far more forceful on the issue than most people realize. (more…)
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