What is the eternal destiny of children who die in the womb or who are aborted? Some have said that their original sin merits eternal condemnation. Most such a horrible conclusion hasn’t rung true for most Christians. Roman Catholics have posited the existence of “Limbo,”
Remember Darryl Strawberry, the baseball superstar whose life came apart because of alcohol and drugs? Well, he turned to Christianity, which really did put his life back together, and now he is a pastor, with a special outreach to alcohol and drug addicts. And for
According to British journalist John Naughton, the consequences of the NSA surveillance scheme, as revealed by Edward Snowden, go far beyond questions of terrorism, espionage, or individual privacy. They impact the nature and governance of the internet and spell the end of the “world-wide” part
The convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is over. There were no big controversies. Virtually all of the resolutions passed, overwhelmingly, and those that didn’t were defeated overwhelmingly. No challenges to Lutheran orthodoxy even came up. The delegates were pretty much all on the
The Washington Post is publishing excerpts from its reporter Dan Balz’s book on the last presidential election: Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America. Monday’s installment was about how the Democrats’ sophisticated use of technology to target their message and
Al-Qaeda has an image problem. So to improve its PR in its campaign to take over Syria, the terrorist organization has started holding church-social type events, including picnics for families, tug-of-war games, and ice cream eating contests. Al-Qaeda is circulating videos of these family-friendly activities,
Pope Francis, responding to reporters’ questions, said, “Who am I to judge gay people?” Though what he said about homosexuality and gay priests is being hailed as a revolutionary change, he really didn’t alter church teaching. He just spun it differently. After the jump, an
Detroit has filed for bankruptcy. Charles Krauthammer explains why, going on to show why the “reactionary liberalism” that keeps adding entitlements without being able to pay for them cannot work for long, whether for a city or for a country. (more…)
Two different federal appeals courts have issued opposite rulings on whether Obamacare can force company owners to violate their religious beliefs by providing contraception and Morning After Pills to their employees. One court has ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit, but another has ruled
J. J. Cale died, the musician and songwriter responsible with Leon Russell for developing the so-called “Tulsa Sound.” This was a bluesy, rock ‘n’ roll shuffle, often adorned with a honky tonk piano. The most notable exemplar of the Tulsa sound was the non-Okie Eric
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