Michigan congressional Democrat John Conyers is trying to derail the nomination of CNN medical reporter Sanjay Gupta, Barack Obama’s choice for Surgeon General. It turns out, Dr. Gupta confronted filmmaker Michael Moore on the “Larry King Show,” claiming that Moore had fudged the facts in
Our final installment of our consideration of Carl Trueman’s article Luther’s Theology of the Cross: This casts the problem of evil in a somewhat different light for Luther than, say, for Harold Kushner, the rabbi who wrote When Bad Things Happen to Good People. They
Chris Bryans suggests a worthy project and blog topic: I read your article “The Secular Canon” in October’s Tabletalk and was fascinated by your statement “A collection of the Great Christian Books would be worth assembling.” You’ve given me an idea – As a teacher
Carl Trueman, whom we have been blogging about all week, goes on in Luther’s Theology of the Cross: The cross is paradigmatic for how God will deal with believers who are united to Christ by faith. In short, great blessing will come through great suffering.
Oklahoma lost in the national championship game. Alas! Woe! WOE! This makes the third straight bowl game that the Sooners have lost. Coach Bob Stoops has brought the team to the national championship playoff for four of his nine years. But only once has his
Richard John Neuhaus, Lutheran pastor turned Catholic priest, semi-liberal turned conservative culture warrior, founding editor of “First Things” who because a sort of William F. Buckley for Christian intellectuals, died yesterday. See the tributes by Anthony Sacramone , Mollie Hemingway, and Paul McCain. And thanks
At David T.’s request, here is the WORLD column in which I criticize the “Prince Caspian” movie in light of the book. The column is entitled War games, from the June 14, 2008 issue: In a letter to a young girl named Anne, C.S. Lewis
Still more from Carl Trueman’s article Luther’s Theology of the Cross: Luther does not restrict the theology of the cross to an objective revelation of God. He also sees it as the key to understanding Christian ethics and experience. Foundational to both is the role
It looks like the corrupt Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will get his way after all, as Senate democrats have changed their tune and will reportedly accept the appointment of Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
Disney studios has dropped its plans to co-produce the next Narnia movie, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” Walden Media plans to secure another partner, possibly Fox. This article on the subject includes some interesting criticism about how Disney handled the last Narnia movie, “Prince Caspian”:
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