The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and it didn’t take the papal conclave long to make it happen. On the fourth ballot, taken in the grandeur of...
In normal times, an institution like Harvard University thrives on publicity. Then again, these are not normal times. Harvard may be the most elite br...
Can a revolution come down to a pill? Over the past century, tidal waves of moral revolution have transformed society and reshaped our moral landscape...
Pope Francis, considered by Roman Catholic dogma to be Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome...
The anguish of orthodox Anglicans and evangelical Episcopalians intensified Sunday as the ECUSA elected the Right Reverend Katharine Schori, Bishop of Nevada, as the denomination's first woman to serve as Presiding Bishop. The move is being hailed as ...
The transcript for last night's edition of CNN's "Larry King Live" is available here. I will comment about the show, and be back to the regular blogging program starting Sunday night. Thank you for your prayer and concern as I recovered this week f ...
I am scheduled to discuss the issue of homosexuals and the Christian ministry on tonight's "Larry King Live" show, on CNN at 9:00 e.d.t. Other guests are to include Andrew Sullivan, Bishop Frank Griswold, Bishop Gene Robinson (the first openly-homos ...
Thanks for checking back for new content. I regret that my recent and quite unexpected corneal surgery has interrupted postings of new material for a couple of days, but we will be back to the full schedule right away, Lord willing. Thank you also ...
What is the big deal about the World Cup soccer games? In the event you have missed all the excitement, be aware that these games are the biggest sporting event in the world. My crack research staff, ever aware of my abysmal level of sports knowledge ...
The biblical vision of marriage is astoundingly rich and important. God established marriage as the life-long union of a man and a woman in covenantal faithfulness, integrity, and monogamy. As the Scripture makes clear, marriage is a deeply moral i ...
Jamie Dean of WORLD magazine makes an important point in a powerful way in "Putting Asunder," published in the June 10, 2006 edition. Protecting marriage means confronting the evil of divorce. Consider this: But as the gay-marriage crisis looms lar ...
Is same-sex marriage inevitable? That question takes on a new urgency in the wake of the U.S. Senate's shameful failure to affirm the Marriage Protection Act. Some observers see the normalization of same-sex marriage as inevitable. They may be rig ...
"After a quarter century, the devastating outbreak of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is still surging, a savage wonderment of microbiology." So writes Loretta McLaughlin in The Boston Globe. Further ...
Roger Kimball of The New Criterion argues that John Witherspoon should be rediscovered as "The Forgotten Founder." As he explains, "This Scotch Presbyterian divine came to America to preside over a distressed college in Princeton, New Jersey, and wo ...