Iranian officials say that the execution of the Iranian pastor who has refused to recant his faith in Christ is not imminent. But now that they are accusing him of other heinous crimes–ones never mentioned in his actual trial and that are not even consistent
The recent post on “The Pope on Luther” led to a discussion of Luther’s views of Mary, in which noted Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong weighed in. (I am continually amazed at who all reads this blog.) He cited evidence that Luther had a relatively “Catholic”
Chris Christie announced that he will not run for president. Meanwhile, Rick Perry is fading fast, and Herman Cain has caught up with him, moving into a tie for second place. In first place by a lot: Mitt Romney. Here are details from the latest
Now that we can remake humanity’s most basic institution at will, or so we think, we can come up with all kinds of improvements. Mexico City is considering marriage licenses that have an expiration date. Leftists in the city’s assembly – who have already riled
Jurgen Habermas is a prominent European intellectual–an influential neo-Marxist, a postmodernist critic, and more recently a neo-Enlightenment philosopher. But now, surprisingly, he is singing the praises of Christianity. Lutheran sociologist Peter Berger tells the tale, drawing on some recent scholarship about Habermas: [Philipe] Portier distinguishes
Michael Baruzzini at First Things has a thoughtful discussion of novelist Walker Percy, bourbon, and existentialism. But it all comes down to vocation: Will Barrett, the protagonist of Walker Percy’s novel The Last Gentleman, complains that he cannot figure out “how to live from one
Ralph Peters writes that the world has only one towering figure in the halls of power, one ruler of genius: Vladimir Putin. There is one incontestably great actor on the world stage today, and he has no interest in following our script. Russian Prime Minister
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from former employees of the Christian relief organization World Vision who lost their jobs because they no longer believed in the organization’s statement of faith. This means that Christian organizations are not violating discrimination laws when they
Since the middle of September, some 1000 protesters have been demonstrating on Wall Street, denouncing big business and high finance, calling for more regulations on banks and corporations, an end to housing foreclosures, and more taxes on the rich. The protest movement is called Occupy
A predator drone killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaida leader, propagandist, and recruiter. Complicating the matter is that he and one of his minions also killed in the Yemen attack were American citizens. Some are concerned that executing an American like this is a violation of
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In