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”:
Yesterday’s post about celibritocracy, continuing current trends of letting ourselves be governed by celebrities, got me thinking. We will need a new constitution. How about this?: The Executive Branch will be made up of Actors. After all, the Executive is the branch that, well, acts.
More from Carl Trueman’s article Luther’s Theology of the Cross: This insight is one of the factors in Luther’s thinking that gives his theology an inner logic and coherence. Take, for example, his understanding of justification, whereby God declares the believer to be righteous in
Reports are that Barack Obama is appointing as Surgeon General that doctor guy on CNN, Sanjay Gupta. By that logic, Michelle Malkin suggests Judge Judy for the next Supreme Court opening. Comedian Al Franken will likely be the Senator from Minnesota. Kennedy princess Carolyn Kennedy
OK, this is one of those social science research projects that proves the perfectly obvious, but it’s still good to find evidence that children raised by both parents in a family that goes to church have fewer problems. From Kids from Religion, Intact Families Fare
Carl Trueman in his article Luther’s Theology of the Cross we introduced yesterday, on the “revolutionary implications” of this insight, that God is to be known only in Christ crucified: Luther is demanding that the entire theological vocabulary be revised in light of the cross.
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