Karl Barth (not to be confused with the good Karl Barth of the LCMS) was a neo-orthodox theologian, which isn’t as good as being an orthodox theologian, but it was arguably better than being a liberal. Which he was when he first got out of
Karl Barth (not to be confused with the good Karl Barth of the LCMS) was a neo-orthodox theologian, which isn’t as good as being an orthodox theologian, but it was arguably better than being a liberal. Which he was when he first got out of
In the course of an article about the Roman Catholic organization Communion and Liberation, a group with which the current Pope Francis was affiliated, one that offered a more orthodox alternative to Liberation Theology, Tracey Rowland describes two Marxist strategies for dealing with Christianity and
Interesting story in the BBC on how American beer, once derided in the world’s cultures that take beer seriously, has suddenly become fashionable. America’s craft breweries have spawned international fans and imitators, though also new controversies among the purists. (more…)
Letters laced with the deadly poison ricin were sent to President Obama and a Republican senator. The letters were intercepted and an arrest has been made (one Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Mississippi, someone who doesn’t sound Muslim). Authorities don’t think these terrorist attacks are
In the sermon for the third Sunday of Easter, based on John 21:1-19, in which the disciples saw Jesus while they were fishing, Pastor Douthwaite related Easter to vocation: Jesus has not changed, and Easter does not mean that He is now done all His
You may be all macho, sophisticated, cynical, and Stoic, but I have found a sequence of words that I predict will cause liquid to well up in your eyes. It’s a dog story, from that Michael Dirda review of Mr. and Mrs. Dog by Donald
Betsy VanDenBerghe on a conceptual shift in the way young adults are viewing marriage: The National Marriage Project’s recent report “Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America” examines the alarming tendency to delay marriage among our country’s twentysomethings, who “have now
Comedian Jonathan Winters died. When I was a kid and heard he was appearing on the Tonight Show, back in the Jack Parr and then Johnny Carson days, I would stay up late to watch him. The schtick was to hand him an object–a stick,
It looks like a terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon, killing two and injuring 100. A Saudi national has been arrested. [I posted an update this morning, but it didn’t go through, for some reason! Yes, the last I saw, the casualty count is now
Last Sunday, Easter 3, our pastor preached on the appearance of the resurrected Jesus to His disciples by the shore of the lake, as recorded in John 21:1-19. Rev. Douthwaite showed how our being “children” of God is an image of our status in the
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