It looks like we are approaching the helicopter-on-the-roof phase in Iraq, as Americans are being evacuated as the rebel army moves closer and closer to Baghdad. (To add insult to injury, the rebels are apparently making use of American equipment that was left behind.) But
Judas, according to John 12:6, was a thief, and Jesus knew everything he was up to (John 6:70). So why did Jesus put him in charge of the money? Jon Bloom offers an interesting meditation on this topic. (more…)
The controversial but very influential British theologian N. T. Wright is a liberal fellow on most issues. But he does not believe in same sex marriage, which parliament just approved. See his take on the issue after the jump. (more…)
The defeat of the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor–reportedly the first time someone holding that office has been ousted in a party primary–has Washington, D.C., in a state of shock. (Cantor, who had been projected as a future successor to House Speaker John Boehner, has
Islamic radicals are scoring victory after victory over the Iraqi government left in place by departing American forces. Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, is in rebel hands, as is Mosul, the nation’s second largest city. Now the insurgents are 70 miles away from Baghdad.
Mathew Block concludes his interview by asking me about what Christians can do to cultivate the imaginative life, as I have been describing it. (more…)
Some atheists are getting meaner and more threatening. Trevor Logan tells about a new book, endorsed by the usual celebrity atheists, entitled A Manual for Creating Atheists, calling its author, Peter Boghossian, the “atheist version of a Westboro Baptist Church pastor.” Boghossian calls for treating
Paul McCain tells me that the 2015 Vacation Bible School curriculum from Concordia Publishing House for 2015 will be about Vocation! (more…)
Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, lost his Virginia district’s Republican primary. He was defeated by David Brat, a conservative college professor with hardly any money, who was supported by Tea Party activists. For other national primary results, go here. (more…)
Mathew Block asks me to give an example of imaginative apologetics. So I talk about how this is what C. S. Lewis is doing, in addition to his rational apologetics. (more…)
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