But don’t worry, LaHaye and Hagee believe they have this covered. They believe that after all the real, true Christians are snatched off the earth — which could happen at any moment — the RTC gospel will then be preached to every tribe and nation by an army of singing Jewish virgins. Read more
It took quite a while for me to realize that queasy feeling in my stomach had nothing to do with nerves or fear or a lack of faith or being "ashamed of the gospel of Christ." That queasy feeling was my conscience reminding me of Rule No. 1 and pleading with me not to be a jerk. That was why I didn't want to knock on doors or walk up to strangers on the sidewalk or distribute tracts to wary passers-by -- because those things made me feel like a jerk. Why? Because acting like a jerk tends to make one feel like a jerk. Read more
Peter Wehner is clearly aware of the discomfort and anxiety that comes from the kind of faith Danny Coleman described and Tim Keller endorsed -- a form of faith in which conscience and obedience are at odds, pulling in opposite directions. It's like being stretched on a rack. And, one way or the other, such faith will always entail being racked with guilt. Read more
And Achan answered Joshua, "It is true; I am the one who sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did: when I saw what it meant to devote to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, my conscience cried out within me. I saw among the spoil the children of Jericho who do not know their right hand from their left, and I hid them. They now wait hidden in a cave outside our camp, and their mothers with them." Read more
But then it hit me. Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins haven't forgotten about their women readers. This passage is intended for those readers. It's directed toward them. This whole survey and summary of Hattie Durham's history is meant to be a lesson for the ladies. Read more
Tony Perkins opposes gender integration and women's empowerment. He opposes protecting the rights of women and he opposes women having any right to reproductive health care. He claims that he opposes all of these things based on his opposition to abortion, but that train won't get him there. He got there all on his own. Concern for the rights of the unborn had nothing to do with it. Read more
Here, roughly, is how it sometimes worked: Everybody meets at the theater on Friday night at 9. Nothing has yet been written, cast or rehearsed, but 24 hours later -- on Saturday night at 9 -- you'll be staging a series of short plays as a full production for a paying audience. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. This week, songs whose titles include names starting with the letter P. Hi there Pam, Pancho, Peggy, Peter, Polly, Porgy and Prudence. Read more
Why are racists — outright, proud, explicit racists — attracted to the Republican Party? These guys sound like President Andrew Johnson, yet they’re not drawn to Johnson’s party, the Democrats. They are, instead, drawn to the part of Lincoln. The Republican Party condemns their views, explicitly and consistently, yet they remain convinced that, despite such official pronouncements, it reciprocates their affection. Why? Read more
"An American expert on exorcism" says the ritual must be memorized and performed verbatim, taking "20 to 30 minutes to complete." Then he tries to support this claim by citing stories from the Gospels in which none of that happens. This ain't a religious ritual. It's just a Latinized variation on a very old con game. Read more
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