Regarding “gay marriage” the brilliant New York Times social commentator, Ross Douthat, is batting .500. He is right that present society will not be able to refuse it. He is wrong that it will help salvage our morally challenged world. It is surely true that the Sixties’ “liberation” of sex from marriage and gender (by […]
Ephesians 6: Spirit Wars
On September 30, 1938, Chamberlain [that’s Neville not Wilt] returned from Munich having granted Hitler virtually all his demands including the right to annex the Sudetenland, a large chunk of Czechoslovakia. As he walked on the tarmac he waved the agreement in the air and proclaimed “peace with honour,” and spoke of “peace in our […]
Evangelizing Pagans?
This is perhaps the most important question we could ask today. In the “Christian” West believers are back to square one. In many ways, we are out of gas, and going nowhere. Our old methods do not seem to be working, and no valid new ones are on the horizon. At the beginning the Christian […]
06: Christian Yoga, Another Theological Oxymoron
Twenty million Americans practice Yoga–including Madonna, Oprah, Gwyneth Paltrow, Monica Lewinski, Hillary Clinton, Phil Jackson (and many L.A. Lakers) and the Gores. “We both believe in regular prayer,” explains Al. “We often pray together. But meditation–as distinguished from prayer–I highly recommend it,” says the Southern Baptist Buddhist who nearly became President. Sandra Day O’Connor, called […]
04: Beyond Belief: A “Pagan” Read of Early Church History
Influential Bible scholars pour a lot of their intelelectual gifts into tearing up the roots of biblical Christianity. This is not new, but in our culture, the effect of “critical” biblical studies is multiplied. A general suspicion of “organized religion” finds confirmation from “the experts.” Such an expert is Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at […]
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Impeachment: Quid Pro-Choice
by Dr. Peter Jones | December 24, 2019This is the essence of “identity politics”— the naked declaration of independence from our Creator. We cannot create a sense of human dignity without appealing to the Creator of human life.
The Mind of Christ
by Joshua Gielow | October 18, 2019We are living in a time of fake news, where people seem to have lost their ability to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. You could describe this as a time of monist confusion, where there are no real distinctions because the general worldview is now that everything is one, so good […]