The Chronicle of Higher Education has a remarkably sympathetic article on William Lane Craig, the Christian philosopher and apologist. The article discusses his background and achievements (including his debates with “the new atheists”), the new impact of Christian philosophy, and Biola’s programs in philosophy and
Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson argues that the internet is not worth it. Yes, it’s nice to get e-mail, watch YouTube, and have access to all this information. But, he maintains, the internet has made our infrastructure more fragile and our dependence on the internet
The overthrow of the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, by the military after popular protests demanding his ouster, is being described as a setback for Islamic radicalism. Morsi is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a party that has done much to popularize political Islam throughout
Due to a stalemate between Congress and the Obama administration, automatic spending cuts went into effect to the tune of $85 billion. This so-called “sequester” of funds was predicted to have dire effects, curbing important government services such as air traffic control and devastating our
Part of the genius of the Declaration of Independence, whose passage we celebrate today, is that it lays out in very explicit terms the assumptions–the “self-evident” truths–upon which the new nation and its government would be founded: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been stuck in the transit zone of a Russian airport for a week. The U.S. government cancelled his passport, so he can’t get on another airplane. He has reportedly applied to 21 countries for asylum, all to no avail. (Some
Tom Hering, in saying kind things about my post on the Lutheran Theology of Culture, commended this piece by Joel J. Miller, What is Christian literature? God’s truth, wherever you find it. : In a 1997 interview with Books and Culture, William F. Buckley Jr.
Under Obamacare, businesses that employ more than 50 people will have to provide them health insurance, causing many companies to curtail their hiring. That requirement, though, slated to go into effect in 2014, is being delayed until 2015. Small business insurance marketplaces are also being
Islamists among the Syrian rebels–whom the United States is supporting–are engaged in “religious cleansing” against that country’s 2 million Christians. Many are being murdered, dying for their faith. Details after the jump. (more…)
Lectio continua is the ancient practice of reading the Bible from beginning to end. Quite a few people do that on their own, but sometimes it has been read aloud. The 17th century Protestant community Little Gidding was built around Bible reading, and a Psalm
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