2014-11-05T21:28:20-05:00

A study has found that whereas most American evangelicals believe in the Trinity, they often hold views about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit that correspond to ancient heresies. (more…)

2014-11-05T21:29:51-05:00

Some 1,000 American troops have been sent to Africa to help in the fight against Ebola.  Plans are to send as many as 3,900.  As with others who care for Ebola patients, these military men and women risk catching the disease themselves.  And then they

2014-11-05T21:37:33-05:00

Sociologist Peter Berger discusses the Houston mayor subpoening sermons (which have been cancelled, by the way), the progression of punishment for those who do not agree with gay sex, and President Obama as the first president from the “new class”  (the elite social class that

2014-11-04T18:20:52-05:00

If only the Kansas City Royals would have hit it out of the park as often as our pastor does in his sermons, week after week.  On All Saints’ Sunday, with the text of the Beatitudes, he talked about how we confuse being “blessed” with

2014-11-04T22:39:23-05:00

I now know a Senator–Ben Sasse won in Nebraska!  The biggest surprise so far is in my home state of Virginia, where Republican Ed Gillespie–who no one thought had a chance–is leading incumbent Democrat Mark Warner, though the election is too close to call as

2014-11-04T19:42:34-05:00

The Washington Post has a touching and rather humorous piece on the following theme:  “I’m a diehard, bleeding-heart liberal. And it’s ruining my parenting.” (more…)

2014-11-04T18:41:42-05:00

I have a thesis that anything can be made interesting, if it is just presented in the right way.  I’m not all that interested in cars, but I love Car Talk, NPR’s auto repair call in show, in which “Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers”

2014-11-03T18:54:18-05:00

Today we Americans are privileged to participate in what has been called the “civic sacrament” of voting. Elections for public office are not new, of course.  They were staples of the Greek democracy and the Roman republic.  The papacy has always been an elected position. 

2014-11-03T18:36:53-05:00

More and more pastors are endorsing particular candidates from the pulpit, purposefully defying the IRS law for non-profit tax-exempt organizations.  So far the IRS is ignoring the violations, but the pastors are goading the agency by sending it tapes of their sermons. Is this a

2014-11-03T19:53:54-05:00

The Washington Post had a feature story about the difficulties parents are having in helping their children with their homework, thanks to the new approach to math required by the Common Core educational reforms.  Instead of teaching children to learn to calculate by applying math

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