“The Washington Post” had a rather remarkable feature, in a special Museums insert, on this painting, the Alba Madonna by Raphael. Painted around 1508 and currently in D.C.’s National Gallery, it’s considered the high point of Renaissance art and one of the greatest paintings ever
Smith college student Maggie Mertens gives her personal testimony in “I Will Follow Him”: Obama As My Personal Jesus. Excerpts: Obama is my Jesus. While you may be overtly religious and find this to be idol-worshipping, or may be overtly politically correct and just know
I enjoy reading scholars defending their theories after they have been proven wrong. In 1989, Francis Fukuyama wrote a provocative essay entitled “The End of History.” Written at a time when communism was collapsing, Fukuyama argued that democracy and free market economics have won. There
On Saturday, I was at Patrick Henry College for homecoming, meeting and greeting alumni. Someone asked me if the readership on my blog dropped during our weekend embargo on political talk. I told him that I hadn’t checked yet (it hadn’t, actually!), but that I
This blog is famed for the cordiality of its discourse, a reputation somewhat marred with some of our heated political discussion. I think our political debates are better than those at most sites, but I recognize the concern. Don’t insult the commentator you are debating.
Well, the Cubs and the Brewers are both one game away from elimination. My team, the Brewers, lost to the Phillies 5-2 after super-pitcher C. C. Sabathia gave up those five runs in the second inning. That was only his third loss in his half-season
The London Telegraph reports that as part of a new crackdown on Christianity, China is banning public performances of classical music that carries a Christian theme: Musicians and tour organisers have told The Daily Telegraph that a series of significant performances have been affected amid
Zondervan is promoting the NIV with a bus that is going around getting people to write out a verse by hand until the whole Bible is written out in the handwriting of ordinary people. Then the result will be published. From Publisher puts ‘NIV’ Bible
Archeologists have discovered two clay seals bearing the names of two courtiers mentioned in the Bible who opposed the prophet Jeremiah. From Clay seal connects to Bible : “It is not very often that archaeologists have surprises that bring them so close to the reality
The legislature of Iran is considering a bill that would the death penalty on Muslims who convert to Christianity or other religions. From EU Pressures Iran to Drop Apostasy Bill: The draft apostasy bill being debated in Iran was initially approved at a first stage
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