The old complaint was that big corporate retailers like Wal-Mart and Borders were putting the local mom ‘n’ pop stores out of business. But now buying on the internet is making even the big box stores obsolete, as people from every corner of the nation
Muslims are radical iconoclasts, and the current Islamist revival has been accompanied by the destruction of many ancient monuments, from the statues of Buddha in Afghanistan to, most recently in Mali, the tombs of Timbuktu. Now that the Islamists have taken over the government in
Exodus International has been the preeminent Christian ministry to gays. A major emphasis of that group has been that homosexuals, through prayer and therapy, can lose their same-sex attraction and become heterosexual. Now the president of that organization is saying something different: The ex-gay movement
President Obama is asking Congress to extend the Bush tax cuts, except for taxpayers who make over $250,000. So will Democrats now admit that President Bush had a good idea? Should Republicans oppose the proposal because it will raise taxes on wealthier Americans? Or will
I was driving down Main Street and saw a tent pitched outside of a residence that was next to the downtown business district. A bunch of teenagers were milling about. There was a podium, and it looked like someone was reading from it. A sign
We’ve blogged about those translations of the Bible for Muslims that avoid little terms like “Son of God” in order, supposedly, to attract followers of Islam. It turns out that such Bible translations are only one strategy in a whole new approach to mission work,
Here is a fascinating essay by Ed Driscoll on different theories about why the modern/postmodern world has gone wrong. Is the culprit moral relativism? the omniscient state? Or the assumption that we can reinvent everything from ground zero? Or all of the above? That “begin
More counter-intuitive mysterious health findings: A new study says that parents are less apt to the common cold than those without children. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that those with kids were half as likely to develop colds with that number increasing with each
Useful and broadly applicable paradigms from Pastor Matt Richard: During the time of Martin Luther there were theological presuppositions that had been ingrained in the lives, thoughts and actions of the people. For the sake of simplicity, two things summarized the theological culture and attitudes
The cover of Books & Culture, the Christian culture journal, features Lucas Cranach, and the cover story by Daniel Siedell is a review of a new book on the artist and patron of this blog. The book is called The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach,
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