On the recommendation of Peter Hastie, I obtained a copy of Kurt E Marquardt’s Anatomy of an Explosion: Missouri in Lutheran Perspective, an account of the amazing confessional resurgence in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church in the 1960s and 70s. …
Sometimes Scripture uses faith and hope as synonyms, joining them closely together. They have the same foundation and the same goal – to rest in the mercy of God, abandoning ourselves to him. But faith has another companion also –…
Russ Douthat has written an excellent piece for the New York Tmes entitled “Dan Brown’s America.” In the Brownian worldview, all religions — even Roman Catholicism — have the potential to be wonderful, so long as we can get over…
Does anyone think any members of congress are going to be driving one of these?
“I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.” – D.A. CarsonFrom an interview in…
Ray Ortlund has an excellent (and convicting) post on gossip. Gossip leaves a wide trail of devastation wherever and however it goes – word of mouth, email, blogging, YouTube. It erodes trust and destroys morale. It creates a social environment…
Finally! Definitive proof that humans evolved from lower speceis. You know that I would never question the words of scientists. The fossil of the lemur is proof positive of Darwinian evolution. How do we know? Because some scientists say so.…
Hmmm. The usually sane Spectator has clearly lost the plot here. A sad day in the history of journalism when such a misleading and inaccurate report is published in such a prestigious organ. Ref21 readers need not worry: Trotter Minor…
Commenting in the New York Times on the controversy surrounding President Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame University Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes: In nearly four months in office, President Obama has pursued a careful two-pronged strategy on abortion, enacting policies that…
Further to Phil’s recent comment regarding A. N. Wilson’s “slow return to faith,” a reader has suggested that we point you to the full article in the New Statesman, here.
