2009-03-20T05:00:34-04:00

My colleague Les Sillars has written a fascinating article on the history of organ donation and how different definitions of death and kinds of ethical reasoning developed to accomodate the practice. He combines the humorous with the grotesque with the thoughtful. A sample: It is

2009-03-19T06:15:39-04:00

Michael Spencer’s predictions in The Coming Evangelical Collapse: What will be left? •Expect evangelicalism to look more like the pragmatic, therapeutic, church-growth oriented megachurches that have defined success. Emphasis will shift from doctrine to relevance, motivation, and personal success – resulting in churches further compromised

2009-03-19T06:10:57-04:00

Logan Delany reminds us that free markets must both build and destroy, and that thwarting the “creative destruction” of failed businesses does not help the economy. Emphasizing that our economy is going through a transition into a global, “digital” economy, Delany applies the insights of

2009-03-19T06:05:26-04:00

Adam Mazmanian’s review of Kelly Clarkson’s new album describes well the distinct vocal style that “American Idol” promotes: “American Idol” judges value raw power and commitment to selling a song as well as vocal talent. Winning performances tend to be intense and powerful, with contestants

2009-03-19T05:00:22-04:00

The last of “The Table of Duties” from Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM:   THE YOUNG You younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to

2009-03-18T05:15:54-04:00

More reasons why Michael Spencer thinks <a href="evangelical Christianity is about to collapse in this country: 3. There are three kinds of evangelical churches today: consumer-driven megachurches, dying churches, and new churches whose future is fragile. Denominations will shrink, even vanish, while fewer and fewer

2009-03-18T05:05:55-04:00

Protesting President Obama’s decision to allow federal funding to destroy human embryos for their stem cells were parents of “snowflake babies.” These are children who were once frozen embryos generated at fertility clinics–the sort of “extra,” unwanted embryos that the stem cell merchants want to

2009-03-18T05:00:31-04:00

In Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM, the next “holy orders” in “The Table of Duties” are those of employees and employers. EMPLOYEES Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

2009-03-17T05:15:11-04:00

More from Michael Spencer’s piece in the Christian Science Monitor, The Coming Evangelical Collapse. (He discusses these issues further in his blog Internet Monk): Why is this [coming cultural hostility to evangelicalism] going to happen? 1. Evangelicals have identified their movement with the culture war

2009-03-17T05:05:17-04:00

The Obama administration was supposed to make the world like us again, but so far it has proven embarrassingly inept in the art and the niceties of diplomacy. Great Britain is our closest and most important ally, but when Prime Minister Gordon Brown came for

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