Some Christian artists, of the confessional Lutheran variety, tired of schlocky and doctrinally vapid Christian cards and gifts, have put together a website that offers an alternative: Ad Crucem ☩ Christian Art & Design with Discernment ☩ To The Cross with Art & Word!. (more…)
President Obama, having been unable to get his way in Congress and now faced with a Republican majority in both houses, is reportedly preparing to impose immigration reform by executive fiat. granting amnesty to millions of people who are here illegally. (more…)
President Obama has embraced the principle of “net neutrality,” meaning that internet providers shouldn’t charge some big-content providers more than others. Towards that end, the President wants to regulate the internet like any other utility. As opposed to just tailoring a specific and limited regulation
As we reported, an appeals court upheld the practice of pastors not having to pay taxes on their housing allowance. But, you might ask, why is that? Joe Carter explains the history of that provision, putting it into the context of the laws exempting religious
A mathematician took up the topic of hipsters. Specifically, why different individuals who try not to conform to what is seen as normal end up looking and acting very much like each other. After the jump, read the details, link to the math, and consider
When I heard about the Obama operative who said that the passage of Obamacare was helped by Americans’ “stupidity,” I assumed it was just a gaffe, with which Republicans could play “gotcha.” But it turns out, the comment was in the context of a frank
Pastors have traditionally been allowed to take a large percentage of their salary as a tax-free housing allowance. A lower court last year ruled that the benefit is unconstitutional. But now an appeals court has overturned that decision, meaning that the housing allowance is still
Another Lutheran joins me here at Patheos, Rebecca Florence Miller. She has made a splash already with her post Why Christians Should Stand Up for Atheists, which makes the case that religious liberty is for everyone, including those who reject religion. (Atheists are
A probe from the European Space Agency landed on a comet, an object just two and half miles wide, 300 million miles away. That’s quite a feat of engineering. (more…)
The Islamic State and al-Qaeda have been bitter rivals and have fought each other on the battlefield. But now the two terrorist groups are joining forces. (more…)
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