In China, pretty much everyone buys pretty much everything from the online site Alibaba. Last week, the company came to the United States, getting listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where it raised over $21 billion, becoming the second-biggest IPO in history. Alibaba has
Congress signed off on President Obama’s plan for an air war against the Islamic State, both in Iraq and in Syria. The war authorization was attached to a budget bill, and it passed both the House and the Senate on a bi-partisan vote with virtually
One of the tenets of the “Revangelical” movement, which seeks to “renew, reform, and rethink” evangelicalism, is that churches today need to be “theologically diverse.” I wonder what that means and if it’s possible. And, according to both my experience and my convictions, I
The United Kingdom remains united, as Scotland voted not to secede. The final vote was pretty decisive, with 55% of Scots voting “no” and 45% voting “yes.” (more…)
Islamic State jihadists planned to kidnap two random people off the street in Australia and then behead them, showing the video online as a way to demonstrate their worldwide reach. But Australian authorities discovered the plot, arresting 15 people in the country’s largest counterterrorism operation.
Last Sunday was Holy Cross Day, an ancient celebration that originally commemorated St. Helena (Constantine’s mother) supposedly finding the “true Cross.” You have got to see what our pastor, Rev. James Douthwaite, does with this, taking the occasion to plunge into some of the deepest
Brandon Robertson is one of the spokesmen for the “Revangelical” movement, the prefix meaning, in his words, the effort to “rethink, reform, and renew my evangelical faith.” He has posted the results of an informal survey he conducted that goes against the grain of conventional
We blogged about the atheist airman who was not allowed to re-enlist unless he could swear the military oath to protect the Constitution “so help me God.” The Air Force has changed its policy to allow that part to be left out, a move being
As we’ve blogged about, Nadia Bolz-Weber has been getting a lot of attention as an ELCA “pastorix” who, for all of her tattoos, ministry to gays, and violation of “culture wars” stereotypes, preaches justification by grace through faith, Christ’s Atonement for sin, and the theology
Belgium has abolished capital punishment, but it has legalized euthanasia, even for small children. Now it will euthanize a sex offender who suffers from guilt for being a serial rapist and murderer. The prisoner had refused a chance at early parole, afraid that he would
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