The most breathtakingly presumptuous opinion poll of all time: More than half of U.S. voters approve of God’s job performance, according to a new poll, making God more popular than all members of Congress. The poll — which was conducted by the Democratic research firm
Democratic and Republican leaders came to an agreement on raising the debt limit, looking to forestall the government from going into default on Tuesday. But first both sides have to sell the agreement to their Congressmen and to their base. Basically, the Republicans gave in
The weirdest idea for solving the debt crisis comes from Ezra Klein of the Washington Post: Obama could always just solve the crisis with a pair of magical platinum coins. Sure, that sounds preposterous, but Yale’s Jack Balkin argues that this is actually a perfectly
This weekend we head up to Alaska. Anywhere to get away from this heat! No, I have always loved sagas of the high seas, and had always wanted to go for a ride on a big ship. My wife not so much, but she has
Archeologists may have discovered the tomb of one of Christ’s Twelve Disciples. Tradition says that St. Philip was martyred in the Hierapolis in present day Turkey and that’s where they found what appears to be his tomb in the ruins of an ancient church. From
The evangelical Anglican John Stott, a pastor and influential author died. I remember reading Stott at a crucial time in my own spiritual pilgrimage. Lutheran Anthony Sacramone offers a good tribute: If you entered the evangelical world when I did, in the 1980s, you were
As the real estate market for adults is in shambles, the market for playhouses is booming. Some of them cost as much as a real house: APART from the open bar by the swimming pool, the main attraction at parties held at the Houston home
Our pastor, Rev. James Douthwaite, is on vacation, so my son-in-law from Australia, Rev. Adam Hensley, preached the sermon last Sunday. It was an amazing exposition of the Gospel. His text was Romans 8:28–39, focusing on verse 3: God for us. It is no overstatement
So House Majority Leader John Boehner has a debt reduction plan on the table. It is competing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan. (Notice how both sides are cutting President Obama out of the discussion.) Both plans cut spending by $1.2 trillion. Neither plan
Atheists are seemingly doing everything they can to organize themselves into a religion. Apparently they just don’t believe in the content of religion but are fine with the rituals, culture, and institutions of religion and want versions for themselves. Remember church camp, where children
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