The empire strikes back

The empire strikes back: An attack on a prominent classical Christian school shows the movement has the liberal establishment running scared A majo...

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Stop Texting and Read This — The Thumb You Save May Be Your Own

Statistics can be used to inform or to mislead, and sometimes they can shock.  See if this statistic isn't shocking:  In the fourth quarter of 2008 American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month.  That, dear friends, ...

May 29, 2009

When Medicine and Faith Collide — What About the Child?

Recent cases involving parents who claim a religious reason to refuse medical treatment for children have cast this issue back into the Public Square -- and right into the headlines. The cases draw immediate attention for good reason.  Each case inv ...

May 26, 2009

Waving God Goodbye — The Tale of the Unbelieving Bishop

Richard Holloway is a Bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. There seems to be on obvious problem -- he doesn't believe in God.  In the Scottish Episcopal Church, that must not be a problem. Bishop Holloway served for years as Bishop of Edinburgh ...

May 22, 2009

America’s Unsettled Conscience on Abortion

Here is an amazing fact -- over 35 years after the legalization of abortion this nation is still deeply divided over the issue.  America has an unsettled conscience on abortion, and this most contentious of moral issues may be further from resolution ...

May 20, 2009

Talking About Talking About Abortion

President Barack Obama delivered his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, and he appeared to dive right into the very issue that made his visit to the Catholic university so controversial -- abortion. The President's appea ...

May 19, 2009

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

Graduation from a medical school implies a competency in medical practice.  Newly minted physicians are now ready for deployment as doctors and practitioners of the healing arts.  Law schools spew out freshly degreed lawyers, ready to pass the bar ex ...

May 15, 2009

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Should Christians “Respect” Other Religions?

The world we now know is marked by religious pluralism and the clash of worldviews.  The modern world brings individuals and groups of different belief systems into both proximity and potential conflict.  How should Christians respond when asked abou ...

May 14, 2009

Worldview Test: Can We Do Without “Male” and “Female?”

Controversies and debates about gender define much of today's cultural landscape.  In reality, if you take away all debates about gender, gender roles, and sexuality, our world would be a much quieter place.  Nevertheless, the world we know is a worl ...

May 13, 2009

On Second Thought — Why Mother’s Day is a Bad Idea

Now that Mother's Day for 2009 is over, perhaps a bit of second-guessing is in order.  Americans have celebrated Mother's Day for over a century, and the observance has grown to become one of the nation's most popular annual events.  But is it good f ...

May 11, 2009

The Parable of the Unwilling Physician

Stephen Wallace had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, and he wanted his doctor and the local hospital to help him commit suicide, but they would not.  Now, his children are speaking out, and this opens a new angle on the issue of assist ...

May 7, 2009