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
I had assumed this was just a wild rumor, but Pepsi really is using the bodies of aborted children to make its products–not for cannibalism but in product testing. And the Obama administration has given its approval. From Lifesite: PepsiCo has come under fire from
The Supreme Court heard a case (Astrue v. Capato) on Monday that hinged on determining the inheritance rights of children conceived by artificial insemination after their father’s death. Robert and Karen Capato’s twins were born in 2003 — 18 months after Robert Capato’s death. And
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is often assumed by the media, the general public, his supporters, his opponents, and evangelicals to be an evangelical. He isn’t. He is a Roman Catholic. In fact, he is really, really Catholic, a fellow-traveller with Opus Dei, an organization
Rick Santorum has just lost the porn-lovers’ vote, probably dooming his candidacy: Rick Santorum has a message for America’s smut merchants: Prepare for battle. If elected, the GOP presidential candidate writes in a position paper widely circulated this week, he would order his attorney general
Zondervan has published a study Bible based on former president Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school notes: : Jimmy Carter, peanut farmer turned president turned globe-trotting humanitarian, now has another line to add to his business card: Bible commentator. Last week Carter published a Lessons from
Sweden was the first country to introduce paper banknotes, back in 1661. And now it is on the verge of being the first country to eliminate cash altogether: In most Swedish cities, public buses don’t accept cash; tickets are prepaid or purchased with a cell
David Brooks argues that the nature of competitive sports is in conflict with Christianity and, indeed, all religions. Not just that sports can be rough–not all of them are–but that sports require pride, whereas faith requires humility. Here is part of what he says: We’ve
We’ve posted about various kinds of condescension to Southerners and Oklahomans (not exactly the same). Here is another kind, one seemingly more friendly and yet just as ignorant and ridiculous. Whenever politicians of both parties visit a Southern state to which they are not native
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