Our sermon for last Sunday was based on Mark 7:14-23, in which Jesus says that it isn’t what comes from the outside that makes us unclean but what comes from the inside. Pastor Douthwaite first applied this to the Pharisees who were interrogating Jesus and
The Democratic National Convention got underway and on television yesterday in Charlotte, N.C. I do intend to watch what I can, but I couldn’t tune in last night. Could anyone report on what transpired? What themes do you expect to see? What arguments or what
One argument we are already hearing is that if you are against President Obama you must be racist. That’s a powerful subliminal argument, though when it’s made explicit it can get pretty ridiculous. Thus Democrats are taking umbrage (or pretending to do so) at a
Christianity Today has a forum in which three different Christian thinkers discuss whether or not a Christian should vote for a Mormon. I am happy to say that Lutherans are represented this time. The estimable Mollie Z. Hemingway applies the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms
President Obama dismissed the Republican convention in these terms: “Despite all the challenges that we face … what they offered over those three days was more often than not an agenda that was better suited for the last century. It was a re-run. We’ve seen
Since I’ve moved out here to the D.C. area I’ve been obeying the baseball anthem that one should “root, root, root for the home team” so I’ve been following the Washington Nationals. That has been a grim undertaking for the last few years. But this
Happy Vocation Day! It was formerly known as Labor Day, but this blog has crusaded to take over this national holiday–day off work, last day of summer vacation, cook-out customs and all–and add it to the church year as a commemoration of the doctrine of
To get a sense of what it would be like to be on Mars, turning around and taking in the view, check out this 360 degree click-and-drag zoomable panorama from the Mars lander Curiosity. (For full effect, go to the fullscreen view.) Click on this
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon died at age 92 in Seoul, Korea. He founded the Unification Church, a cult that taught that Jesus Christ did not finish his work, due to his unfortunate crucifixion, but that a new Messiah from Korea would, about this time,
Now that a Mormon is running for president and tends to be favored by Christian conservatives over his Christian liberal opponent, we are hearing more and more that famous quotation from Martin Luther: “I’d rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish
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