"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire." (Oh, and plenty of links.) Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Slaughtering heirs of the previous dynasty. Read more
Silent movie actor Louis Bennison met an unhappy, violent end, while some of his happier memories took place at the site of what is now Eastern University. Those seem to me like the raw materials for a new campus legend involving the ghost of the Smilin' Cowboy. Work with me here, people. Read more
A great many white evangelicals have a delusional persecution complex. That delusion is an expression of a desire to dominate others. Thanks to Barna's survey, we know that's not just a theory or just an argument, it's a fact. Read more
People in Knoxville, Tenn., are more likely to tell a pollster that they read the Bible regularly. That might possibly correlate to higher levels of actual, regular Bible-reading, or it might just indicate that living in Knoxville carries a higher level of the sense that regular Bible-reading is a commendable activity that one ought to report to pollsters. I would guess that the latter is more likely. Read more
Some Monday morning links, and I think there may be a pattern here. Featuring: Community ownership of other people's bodies; appallingly necessary advice; why considering consent threatens The Rules; "they didn't trust us;" and more. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Unclean women. Read more
An apologetic or defensive culture primarily concerned with preserving "certain theological distinctives" will not just defend its boundaries against anything that might violate them. It will defend those boundaries against anything that might transcend them. The transcendent -- the good, the beautiful, the true -- becomes the forbidden. Read more
The separation of church and state is necessary to protect the state and to protect the church. The "Bible" classes in Texas public schools seem to be doing grave harm to both. Read more
"They hoped to see him fail and so they played dirty — spiking, beaning, tripping, spitting — what would once have been unthinkable became routine. And like the mob in the stands, they took pride in what was shameful, congratulating one another on their despicable achievements." Read more
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