Yesterday was Trinity Sunday, the traditional festival–now that Ascension and Pentecost are over–to honor and contemplate the one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As we confess in the Athanasian Creed that is customarily confessed on that Sunday, God Himself is a unity of distinct
A withering piece from Charles Krauthhammer on the way President Obama wages the Drone War: A very strange story, that 6,000-word front-page New York Times piece on how, every Tuesday, Barack Obama shuffles “baseball cards” with the pictures and bios of suspected terrorists from around
Dissident Yu Jie on what is going on in China: Contrary to myths and assumptions, economic liberalization and development will not inevitably lead to corresponding political liberalization and development. Economic power has only reinforced an increasingly absurd state power in China. Rapid growth has transformed
We earlier posted about Daniel Siedell’s contention that the late Thomas Kinkade was a “dangerous” artist because his work purposefully evades the Fall. But in this followup piece, Siedell, drawing on Luther and Lutheran theologian Oswald Beyer, brings Christ and the freedom of the Gospel
The Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, was declared unconstitutional by an appeals court in Boston because it discriminates against legally-married gay couples. This will likely go the Supreme Court. This means that gay
The bill to ban abortion for the purpose of sex-selection was defeated in the House of Representatives. Because of a procedural move by Republicans (which tells me they weren’t serious about trying to pass it) the bill had to get 2/3 of the votes. So
So are feminists and pro-choicers so committed to abortion that they oppose restrictions on sex-selective abortions, which nearly always target female babies? Groups opposed to abortion rights are turning charges of a GOP “war on women” against Democrats who are opposed to legislation meant to
E. J. Dionne is a liberal whose beliefs are somewhat chastened by his Catholicism. He argues in a recent column that conservatives used to be the champions of “community,” but that today’s conservatism has completely thrown off its own traditions in championing unbridled individualism. I
The great guitarist Doc Watson, who pioneered flat-picking and who was the master of finger-picking, died at age 89. I also love his singing. By the way, he was blind.
Who says Missouri Synod Lutherans can’t agree with anybody? High level talks between the LCMS and Anglicans who broke away from the Episcopal Church have found some common ground (though, of course, not full doctrinal agreement). ST. LOUIS, May 25, 2012—After four meetings over the
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