Here are two different framings of the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC case that was just heard before the Supreme Court. The first shows why so many religious groups are backing the LCMS school: Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister–Wall Street
Rich Shipe, longtime reader and commenter on this blog, referred to this video in a chapel message that he gave, making the point that our perceptions often fall far short of the truth. I had to show it to all of you. (As you watch,
Science Daily reports on a Canadian study of homeschooling, one that comes across as objective and unbiased, finding that kids homeschooled with a structured curriculum really do perform better than their public school peers. “Unschooling,” though, the approach to homeschooling that is even more progressive
Yet another potential Republican candidate that some people were hoping might enter the fray has said, “no.” Sarah Palin has announced that she will not run. On top of that, Florida governor Marco Rubio has he won’t even accept a nomination for Vice-President. Over 300
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
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