Eric Idle on American politics; "the early marks of religious totalitarianism;" racist judges; Asian-American evangelicals speaking up; Will Campbell on Al Mohler; why ESPN's Rick Reilly is not an honest journalist; "Tea-Party Insult Generator" uses actual insults posted on John Boehner's Facebook page; and more ... Read more
It's very easy to imagine that someone could be an incompetent driver and still become a good governor. It is impossible, for me, to imagine that someone could be a total jerkwad driver and still become a good governor. Read more
Government votes not to destroy government. New Jersey elects its first-ever black senator. Global Slavery Index counts nearly 30 million in bondage around the world. "A Short Guide to Who Is to Blame in Cases of Sexual Assault." Apparently, the only way I'll get to meet Stephen Fry is if I spend decades as a predatory fraud and an academic disgrace. "Why 'First Things' Still Sucks." Plus how opposition to Obamacare involves pretending to ignore $250 billion a year in prior health-insurance subsidies. Read more
I'm not a pastor, so I won't be pastoral here. These books are evil, anti-Christian crap. This weekend, I'm beginning a new series of posts in which I'll go through these books, page by page. Read more
Note that this is affirmative action twice over. First there's the need to correct the neglect of the "Hellenist" Christian widows. Then, second, there's the commissioning of seven deacons, all apparently from among the Hellenist part of the Christian community, to address that neglect. Read more
"For me, it almost entirely boils down to the simple fact that I believe in women. I believe that we are intelligent and capable." Read more
Sarah Pulliam Bailey does a good job reporting the facts for Religion News Service: "Woman sues InterVarsity after firing over her divorce." Let me chip in by reading between the lines a bit, because I'm familiar with this ugly little game, having experienced it firsthand. Read more
Why do we have a debt ceiling in the first place? Nonsense is still nonsense, even when christened as a "Christian worldview." Note to self: Never get on the bad side of Mallory Ortberg. The good people of Nodaway County, Missouri, have let the bad people take over the place. Ta-Nehisi Coates on "patriots" who wave the flag of traitors. What's worse than "Bible prophecy" novels? How about the "book trailers" for "Bible prophecy" novels? Read more
I say "our Bible" because, inspired though it may be, it is a book written by and for humans and as such doesn't address questions that are, as C.S. Lewis put it, none of our business. God's relationship with the beasts is between them and God, so it's presumptuous to speak with certainty on the matter. Read more
Inerrancy, in other words, is said to be the only way to avoid a bewildering diversity of opinions and interpretations and the only way of adjudicating decisively between competing views. That's an excellent argument and it makes biblical inerrancy seem very appealing. The problem is that, in practice, biblical inerrancy itself produces a bewildering diversity of opinions and interpretations while offering now way of adjudicating decisively between competing views. Read more
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