I referred to Rev. Cwirla’s blog post on Charlotte Allen’s takedown of the new atheists in the LA Times. Her article is worth blogging about in its own right. It’s entitled Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining : I can’t stand atheists — but
I referred to Rev. Cwirla’s blog post on Charlotte Allen’s takedown of the new atheists in the LA Times. Her article is worth blogging about in its own right. It’s entitled Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining : I can’t stand atheists — but
President Obama will nominate U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. She would be the first Hispanic justice.
Thanks for last week’s discussion of “Christendom.” I agree that the church must not get caught up in wielding power. The church is all about the Gospel of Christ. There is another piece of the puzzle, though: Vocation. “God does not need our good works,
Rev. William Cwirla comments on another scathing critique of the new atheists, this time from Charlotte Allen, writing in the LA Times, no less. In the course of his discussion, Rev. Cwirla lists the five basic arguments against the existence of God, which, when you
North Korea exploded a Hiroshima-size nuclear bomb in an underground test. The Stalinist state’s first bomb seemed not to amount to much, but this one is the real deal. A few weeks ago, North Korea also successfully tested a long-range ballistic missile. Meanwhile, Iran has
Today is Memorial Day, a holiday that goes back to the custom of decorating the graves of Civil War veterans. From that, it became the day to honor those who gave their lives fighting for their country. It then became for many families, like mine,
The veterans who fought World War II are passing away and will not be with us very much longer. Those old men at the VFW hall or who sit at the back in church or who shuffle along in walkers at the nursing homes–many of
We and the whole world should be thankful in Sri Lanka that the ultra-bloody separatist group the Tamil Tigers–inventors of the suicide belt, recruiters of child warriors, murderers of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as well as thousands and thousands more–have accepted defeat, their leader
A Cranach summit meeting took place in Seattle, as regular commenters tODD and Bror got together. They normally argue with each other, but here we see them celebrating their unity in faith with a Lutheran beverage. (tODD, is uncharacteristically on the right, and Bror is
Watch closely the debate in New Hampshire over gay marriage. Though passage is likely, a recent vote on the measure failed in the House. Not because the state congressmen opposed gay marriage, but because the bill included a conscience clause that would have allowed clergy
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