We discussed David Brooks’s column wondering if Christians should ever be professional athletes as did a number of other bloggers. The debate gave Collin Hansen of Gospel Coalition the idea of asking me how the doctrine of vocation addresses the question of whether some occupations
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether or not Obamacare is constitutional. The issue hinges on whether or not Congress can force citizens to buy a product, as the healthcare law requires of health insurance. (George Will noted a killer argument filed by
I mentioned to our daughter that we were going to the movies this weekend. “What are you going to see,” she asked, “Hunger Games?” No, I told her, we are going to see a movie of an equivalent wildly popular young adult book from back
In our nation’s capital on Saturday, some 20,000 atheists demonstrated on the national mall for the “Reason Rally” protesting religion. Here is an account: A full pantheon of demigods of unbelief — British scientists and full-time atheism rabble-rouser Richard Dawkins was the headliner — kept
British evangelist J. John has re-formulated the Ten Commandments in an effort to make them more relevant for today. His effort is getting some good press, and some 600 churches in England have bought into the program. This article tells all about it. You do
The Supreme Court just rocked our criminal justice system: A divided Supreme Court ruled for the first time Wednesday that the guarantee of effective legal representation applies to plea bargain agreements, significantly expanding the constitutional rights of defendants as they move through the criminal justice
Bible scholars, including those of the conservative variety, often talk about an oral tradition and its role in the composition of the Gospels. But we now know that in the ancient world disciples recorded their teacher’s words in notebooks. So says Michael F. Bird. (You
A Danish scholar looks at the influence of Protestantism–specifically, Lutheranism–on modern Scandinavian culture. Some of her conclusions: Lutheran Protestants are free from religiosity For centuries, Lutheran Protestant Christianity in Northern Europe and the US taught our ancestors that there was nothing they could do to
We have blogged about universities banning Christian groups unless they are willing to accept non-Christian members and leaders. The Supreme Court has just refused to hear a case questioning this practice. See Supreme Court declines religious liberty case. Meanwhile, Michael Stokes Paulsen, while blasting Vanderbilt
You probably missed the comment on the Islamic-friendly Bibles post last week by David Harriman, who worked for the missionary agency that put out the translation in question. (I continue to be amazed at who all reads this blog.) He offered an insider’s perspective that
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