A principle of the evangelical church growth movement is that worship should change to reflect the culture–right? So some Baptists in Russia have adopted Eastern-Orthodox style liturgy, complete with incense and icons. Also a church government with bishops and archbishops. (So if the culture likes
Wesley Hill is a gay Christian who agrees with the Biblical teachings on homosexuality and is celibate. He writes for First Things, among other places, and provides a useful perspective on the current controversies about gays and the church. In a response to the shutting
Who says the new information technology is messing up human life? A new study has found that couples who first met online have happier marriages and fewer divorces than those who first met in the real world. (more…)
The director of engineering at Google, Ray Kurzweil–who has written a couple of books on these subjects– told a conference that in about 30 years, we will be able to download our minds into the internet to achieve “digital immortality.” We will also be able
We posted about Glenn Stanton’s “Fact Checker” post at Gospel Coalition challenging the notion that college tends to undermine the faith of its students. Here are some other topics he takes up: Does ‘Abba’ Mean ‘Daddy’? C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton Quotes Burning Your Ships
Exodus International, the evangelical ministry to gays that sought to help them change their orientation, has announced that it is going out of business. The group publicly repented of its advocacy of “reparative therapy” (behavioral conditioning techniques) and of being judgmental against homosexuals. See this.
Glenn T. Stanton, in a useful feature at Gospel Coalition called “FactChecker,” cites research overturning the conventional wisdom that going to college undermines a young person’s faith. Actually, NOT going to college is much more strongly associated with losing faith. And 2.7 times more graduates
Back in 2007, about three different servers ago when this blog was with World, I wrote a post entitled The Rapture of the Bees. Honeybees were disappearing, which is a major concern, since they are so important in the pollination of crops. Since then, I’ve
The House of Representatives voted to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the point at which fetuses can reportedly feel pain. It won’t survive the Senate or a presidential veto threat, but it’s the biggest restriction on abortion that ever passed Congress since Roe
Summertime, and the living is easy. A perfect time for reading. It’s about time for me to reload my Kindle. I have Lars Walker’s new novel, Hailstone Mountain, which I’m looking forward to reading, but that won’t get me through the summer. What books would
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