Not the most inspired title I’ve written, but it does capture today’s mood. Monday is free day at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Given the size of Sarasota, it is a fantastic art museum, with over 10,000 objects, wonderful grounds filled with banyan trees, a circus museum, and […]
J. Wesley’s recent post The “Christian Right” and Political Activism: Looking at the Big Picture rings a bell with me–especially right at the end, where he says, “Roe vs. Wade, which in a single day struck down protections for the unborn in all fifty states, was the cultural equivalent of Pearl Harbor. If there truly […]
Recent blogposts by Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost and Phil Johnson of Pyromaniacs have sparked a discussion within the Godblogosphere about Christianity and American politics. I have absolute respect for both men and don’t want my comments to be read as critical of either of them. Rather than summarizing their posts […]
Marxists love the phrase “from the bottom up” - the idea of grassroots reform that overcomes nefarious capitalist overlords. It’s generally just posturing, of course. Marxism is most often an elitist faith imposed from above on unwilling or uncomprehending masses.
Nevertheless, I think the concept has merit, especially for conservative Christians. We’ve devoted […]
I’ve been thinking more about just how “religious” the critique of Intelligent Design seems to be. Reading the critics, I’m struck by their sense of religious purpose. And I say this not in a belittling sense at all. They are responding exactly as religious folk do when core dogmas are challenged.
It makes […]
With Ben Stein’s Expelled coming to town, the subject of Intelligent Design is on my mind. I’m actually agnostic on the scientific merits of ID, having never read any of it. But I am intrigued by the reactionary attitude of its critics. Much of the criticism I’ve seen are old canards about […]
College life is a gauntlet of Leftist professors and radical chic activists who do their best to undermine the faith and values of conservative Christian students. At eighteen, the average Christian conservative has a basic understanding of what he or she believes, but often hasn’t internalized or systematized those beliefs.
If you’re […]