I never pay much attention to the perennial discussion of how to "define" evangelical or evangelicalism. That discussion doesn't matter. There is no definition. There is no rulebook, only umpires. Lots of umpires. There's an ever-changing cast of out-of-shape guys in black pants running out onto the field, calling balls and strikes and expelling players, managers, coaches and other umpires. Read more
These are delusions because Missouri does, in fact, exist, and because its existence is not conditional upon your "belief" in the reality or unreality of that fact. Read more
Nicolae Carpathia is stuck with a prophecy check list that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so it would be unfair to blame him for pursuing the various quirky and irrational goals required by this assigned agenda. But even if we give him the benefit of the doubt on that score, when we hear Nicolae describe his grand schemes, I think we're hearing an Antichrist who's in over his head. He simply hasn't done his homework. Read more
No amount of rhetoric on behalf of freedom and democracy could compete with the message such an outpost would provide. Our ordinary rendition of democracy and freedom is powerful, but this model, this extraordinary rendition, would be even more powerful. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week it's another alphabetical slice of songs named for famous people, letters P through R, for which I've got songs named after four musicians, a president, a first lady, an actress, a doctor and a jockey. 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: True family. Read more
Christian radio host James Dobson is repeating stale death-panels lies from 2010. His massive radio audience deserves better. They deserve to hear new, creative lies told with more flair and ingenuity. How are they supposed to work up any new outrage over the same old lies they've been hearing for three years? Read more
When social conservatives like the head of Chick-fil-A toss around "biblical" as an adjective, speaking of "biblical families" or "biblical values" as though this conveyed a clear, authoritative meaning, it's always appropriate to ask which biblical families? Or to ask which biblical values? Read more
Some science-y notes and links, including: Canadians in space; everybody else still way ahead at off-shore wind; life in unlikely places; very dedicated entomologists; Steven Chu's scandal; myths and presumptions about obesity; "the utterly bizarre penis of the American alligator;" and an arachnophobe's worst nightmare in Brazil. 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: Love your brother. Read more
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