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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The Blur of Gender — Is The New York Times Trying to Tell Us Something?

Is The New York Times trying to tell us something? Just eleven days after running a story on gender-bending teenagers on the front page of its "Style" section, the paper is back with yet another front page story in the same section, this time on gend ...

November 20, 2009

When Morality Collapses — The Therapeutic Evasion

Any civilization requires a stable, rational, and consensual moral framework in order to survive. Western civilization has been built on a framework of Christian morality, with the so-called "Judeo-Christian ethic" providing the moral principles that ...

November 19, 2009

NewsNote: Cartooning the Word — R. Crumb’s “The Book of Genesis”

In all likelihood, most people would never even imagine a cartoon version of Genesis. Nevertheless, the cartoon version has arrived, and it is attracting no small amount of attention. The Book of Genesis Illustrated is by famed cartoonist R. Crumb. ...

November 17, 2009

Atheism Remix Event at University of Louisville

I was honored to speak at a special event on the campus of the University of Louisville last night, sponsored by The Campus Church. I spoke on my book, Atheism Remix, in an author forum that brought a capacity crowd to the Red Barn on the UofL campus ...

November 16, 2009

NewsNote: Woof ‘n Worship? Seriously?

Just for the sake of adequate seriousness, I will resist all temptations to pun. That is no easy resistance in light of the report from the Associated Press about American churches developing special services for congregants and their dogs. The st ...

November 13, 2009

Conventional Thinking: Younger Pastors and the Hope of a Future

I posted a new article at Conventional Thinking on younger pastors and the future of the Southern Baptist Convention. Tonight I spent a really encouraging few hours with a group of younger pastors — men who are being greatly used of God to reach t ...

November 13, 2009

NewsNote: Boys Wearing Skirts to School? What’s Going On?

"Clothes are never a frivolity -- they always mean something." Thus spoke James Laver, a famous costume designer and interpreter of fashion. He is right, of course. Clothes always mean something, which is why The New York Times gave major attention t ...

November 12, 2009

On Faith: Religious Belief and the Military

This week's question at "On Faith," the religion project of The Washington Post and Newsweek was posed against the tragic backdrop of the shootings at Fort Hood. The question comes down to this: "How far should the military go to accommodate personal ...

November 11, 2009

NewsNote: Falling Fertility Makes for Happy Economists?

Is the fact that fertility is falling around the world good news? You would certainly think so if you agree with the analysis cheerily offered by The Economist. That very respected journal of economic analysis recently offered a cover story that cele ...

November 10, 2009

NewsNote: Moral Clarity and the Fall of the Wall

The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is an important landmark in human history. That wall, one of history's most heinous symbols of oppression, stood as a physical reminder of Communism's essence. The Wall was not built to keep in ...

November 9, 2009