President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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Arrested Development and the Civilizational Crisis

This much is now clear -- Americans are taking a lot longer to grow up. As a matter of fact, this society has developed a period of extended adolescence that is completely without precedent in human history. Diana West traces this development in The ...

September 24, 2007

Ex Libris — An Intelligent Person’s Guide to History

John Vincent takes no prisoners when it comes to battles over history.  Professor of History at the University of Bristol, Vincent is also a former fellow of Peterhouse at Cambridge University.  He is certainly no stranger to controversy, and he reco ...

September 20, 2007

The Sacrifice of Isaac — Was Abraham a Fanatic?

The contested interpretation of Old Testament passages rarely makes the pages of the nation's leading newspapers, but The Chicago Tribune recently looked at the interpretation of Genesis 22 -- the passage about Abraham offering up Isaac. Religion ...

September 19, 2007

Ex Libris — The Preached God

The editors of The Preached God describe Gerhard O. Forde as "one of a small number of American Lutheran theologians who have made an indelible mark in theology in the United States and internationally." Edited by Mark C. Mattes and Steven D. Paulso ...

September 18, 2007

Anglicans on the Brink

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is set to meet with the bishops of the Episcopal Church USA [ECUSA] in a last-ditch effort to avoid a head-on collision between the American church and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Neither side in th ...

September 18, 2007

“Gen-X Humanism for the Passionately Confused?” — A Chaplain for Unbelief at Harvard

Harvard University's humanist chaplain considers himself something of a ministerial vanguard -- a help and inspiration to fellow unbelievers. Furthermore, he is evangelistic in his promotion of unbelief as a foundation for meaning. Preparing to presi ...

September 17, 2007

Some Thoughts on the Reading of Books

I cannot really remember when I did not love to read books. I do know that I was very eager to learn to read, and that I quickly found myself immersed in the world of books and literature. It may have been a seduction of sorts, and the Christian disc ...

September 12, 2007

The Discerning Ear — Handel Arias and Scenes

Most Christians think of George Frideric Handel in terms of his majestic Messiah and other oratorios. But, in addition to his priceless church music, Handel also composed operas and other musical forms. In As Steals the Morn, a new recording offers ...

September 12, 2007

God, Politics, and Politicians

How are we to think about the religious commitments of political candidates? Are their actual beliefs off-limits in terms of public policy? That is the conventional wisdom among many in the media and the political class. As these opinion-shapers see ...

September 11, 2007

Newsweek Celebrates Gay Rights Gains Worldwide

This week's cover story for Newsweek magazine's international editions is an essay by writer Joseph Contreras celebrating gay rights gains worldwide. The article, "Legal in Unlikely Places," provides a glowing report on how homosexuality is becoming ...

September 10, 2007