That’s the title of a piece I just published over at Catholic World Report. Here’s how it begins: Several months ago I was invited to contribute to a festschrift in honor of a dear friend of mine, a well-known Christian philosopher who is a professor at a well-known Evangelical university. I was, of course, eager to contribute to this volume, to honor a man who I have known, as both friend and collaborator, for over a quarter of a century.... Read more
That’s the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: “We are committed to an ecumenism of conviction, not an ecumenism of accommodation.” Those are the words of my friend, Timothy George, a Baptist theologian who serves as Dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. He was referring to the signatories of “The Gift of Salvation,” one of the many statements issued by Evangelicals and Catholics Together, a group that was formed through the initiative of... Read more
Tomorrow I am flying to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend and participate in the 64th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). Held at what was once called the Frontier Airlines Center (now the Delta Center) , it will last from Wednesday, November 14 until Friday, November 16. I will be delivering three papers at the meeting, all of which were invited: (1) In the Bioethics Section I will be delivering a paper that critiques the argument for “After Birth Abortion” recently... Read more
Tomorrow, October 31, is Reformation Day, the 495th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to that door in Wittenberg. Over the years, since returning to the Catholic Church, I have authored a few essays to commemorate Reformation Day. Here are links to them: “Reformation Day – and What Led Me Back to Catholicism.” The Catholic Thing (28 October 2011) “Reformation Day and Schism.” The Catholic Thing (29 October 2010) Read more
That’s the title of an essay I published in the latest issue of The City, a publication of Houston Baptist University. It is a review of Religious Liberty, Why Now?: Defending an Embattled Human Right, by The Task Force on International Religious Freedom of the Witherspoon Institute (Princeton, NJ: The Witherspoon Institute 2012). Here’s how my essay begins: In a class I teach at Baylor University, “Law and Religion in the United States,” I begin the semester by asking my students this... Read more
Steve Hayward reports at Powerline: I spoke with a well-placed journalist last night whose sources describe the situation at the State Department in one word: “Chaos.” The working assumption is that several American embassies may have been penetrated, or are vulnerable to attack, because so many of them rely on local residents for staff needs at the embassy, and as such may be in a position to breach security if they have been recruited by Al Qaida. Moreover, the full... Read more
That’s the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: The recent scuffle over God’s temporary absence from the Democrat Party’s 2012 platform is a reminder of how the understanding of “God” in certain enclaves of American life has become diminished. His critics have ceased to comprehend the meaning of His absence – or even to understand the role His presence has played in our understanding of our natural rights. It was in 1954... Read more
Christian music artist, David Crowder (Baylor alum, by the way) and philosopher Cornel West bear a striking resemblance to each other. Read more
“Strengthen the Things That Remain” is the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: “Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in knots When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?” -Bob Dylan (“When You Gonna Wake Up?,” 1979) Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee dubbed... Read more
I came cross this blog post last night via the Facebook wall of Hunter Baker. On that blog, called “The American Jesus,” a young Christian man named Zack Hunt explains why he did not participate in “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.” (For some reason, “The American Jesus” cannot be accessed right now. Hopefully, it is only a temporary glitch). Although I very much appreciate the thought that went into Zack’s post, I want to focus on one claim he makes: “Regardless, for me,... Read more
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