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Politics and the Pulpit — Some Helpful Words

Richard W. Garnett, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, offers some wise counsel on the issue of the pulpit and politics, noting that all true preaching has some political dimension to it. This is simply inevitable, given the fact tha ...

April 18, 2006

Evangelical — What’s in the Name?

I have written a great deal on the issue of evangelical definition -- an issue that will not go away any time soon. Michael Luo of The New York Times offered an overview of the question in Sunday's edition of the paper. I was glad to talk to Mr. Luo ...

April 18, 2006

Theories of the Atonement — Dever Defends Substitution

Writing in Christianity Today, Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, offers an important defense of the substitutionary nature of Christ's atonement. His article is convictionally clear, balanced in tone, and very helpf ...

April 17, 2006

Marriage on the Rocks in Europe

The Christian Science Monitor offers a report that confirms once again what many observers have noted -- that marriage is fast disappearing as a normative social institution, especially among the young in Europe. According to reporter Peter Ford, "A ...

April 17, 2006

Not All Christians Believe in the Resurrection of Christ?

"I have friends who I am quite sure are Christians who do not believe in the bodily resurrection," says the Right Reverend N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham. This is a truly dangerous and unbiblical assertion, made all the more shocking when it is offe ...

April 16, 2006

Flogging the Easter Bunny? Resurrection Day Nonsense

While there are very real concerns about what unbelievers do with the celebration of Christ's resurrection, commonly (and regrettably) known as Easter, the more pressing concern is what Christians often do with the celebration. David Nelson, Senior ...

April 15, 2006

The Gospel of Judas — New Concerns

The media frenzy about the manuscript now known as the "Gospel of Judas" has taken a strange and interesting turn. It seems that the patrons of the project, including the National Geographic Society, may not have told the whole story about how the m ...

April 13, 2006

The Conspiracy Fixation

As I argued in my commentary published yesterday, "Deciphering The Da Vinci Code," much of the appeal of the book has to do with the conspiracy theory that lies at its heart. Conspiracy fiction sells, as do efforts to prove great conspiracies behind ...

April 13, 2006

The Contemporary Myth Gets It Exactly Wrong — N. T. Wright on The Da Vinci Code and Its Popularity

I disagree with Bishop N. T. Wright on a number of issues, ranging from the so-called "New Perspective" on Paul to the role of women in the church. Nevertheless, when he is right (and in defending such doctrines as the resurrection of Christ, he oft ...

April 12, 2006

The Family That Eats Together . . . Talks to Each Other

The New York Times picks up on the resurgence of concern that families should -- get this -- eat a daily meal together. "People are really starting to understand that this is an important thing," said Richard D. Mulieri, a spokesman for the National ...

April 12, 2006