Derek at Stand to Reason brought to his reader’s attention this jaw-dropping 2005 New York TImes article, “When Christmas Falls on Sunday, Megachurches Take the Day Off.” Reminded me of that line in an old Keith Green song, “Jesus rose from the grave. And you, you can’t even get out of bed.” Read more
His work had a big impact on my life. Here is an excerpt from my book, Return to Rome, in which I discuss Bill Buckley’s influence: Probably my most memorable encounter at UNLV occurred in 1996 and involved another Roman Catholic intellectual. The conservative writer and thinker, William F. Buckley Jr., was at UNLV for a debate with John Kenneth Galbraith, the economist with whom he debated numerous times. Mr. Buckley was the founder of the magazine National Review, to which I had subscribed during my years at... Read more
You can listen to her story here at Called to Communion. She is interviewed by Tom Riello. Annie is a Catholic convert from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Her father is on the board of Westminster Theological Seminary. Read more
That’s according to the Daily Beast. Regardless, the request takes gargantuan…. Read more
George Weigel provides us with yet another example of why most “sophisticated” secularists are theological illiterates. Read it here. Read more
I’m writing from the 62nd annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Atlanta, Georgia. This morning I presented one of the two papers I am slated to deliver at the meeting. The paper, “Doting Thomists: Evangelicals, Thomas Aquinas, and Justification,” was well-received. The room, which fit about 100, was standing room only. I brought 50 copies of the paper, and they were snapped up quickly. What a delight it is to be here with so many of my Evangelical... Read more
I’m preparing to fly out to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the 62nd annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (17-19 November). You can find the program for the meeting here. I will be delivering two papers at the conference. I will also be participating in a lay conference sponsored by the Evangelical Philosophical Society on November 18-20, 2010 at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia. You can find about that here. Here’s a little something about the two... Read more
St. Joseph’s Communications has just released the CD, “Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic.” It is an interview of me conducted by Terry Barber and Joshua Betancourt. Joshua is the co-author with Norman L. Geisler of Is Rome the True Church?, a book in which he and Geisler critique a variety of Catholic beliefs about ecclesiology and papal authority. Several months after the release of the book, Joshua announced his intention to seek full communion with the Catholic Church. You can... Read more
That is the title of my most recent column at The Catholic Thing. Here’s how it begins: Things are going to slide, slide in all directions Won’t be nothing Nothing you can measure anymore The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it has overturned the order of the soul…. – Leonard Cohen (“The Future,” 1992) These amazing lyrics by Leonard Cohen came to mind after my friend, Lydia McGrew, brought to my attention a court... Read more
I am honored to be delivering the 2010 annual faith and culture lecture tomorrow night at The Cambridge School in Dallas, Texas. You can read more about it here. My lecture is entitled “Faith, Reason and the Christian Citizen.” If you are in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, please consider attending. There will be Q & A session and reception following the lecture. Read more
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