Update: Rancho Cucamonga has dropped the action against the Bible Study. Original Post 27 Mar 2010 First it was San Diego, then Gilbert, AZ and now Rancho Cucamonga.
Civil Life
Darryl Hart on the Manhattan Declaration
At the Front Porch Republic. RELATED POST Here’s Mike Horton’s critique.
The Return of Eugenics
In 7 July interview published in the NY Times, Justice Ginsburg makes a stunning admission: JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae — in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid . . . Continue reading →
Civil Liberties Watch: Arab Christians Muzzled in Dearborn?
So Jihad Watch claims.
HR 1913: Problematic for Churches? (Updated)
UPDATE 3 June 2009 Robert Gagnon, NT Prof at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (a PCUSA school!) has published a new essay replying to HR 1913. The bill has been passed by the House and is now in a Senate committee as SB 909. . . . Continue reading →
Pray for Peace in Sri Lanka
I just received a post from some friends in Sri Lanka. As you may know there is a violent struggle between the government and the Tamil Tigers ongoing. The result is a great deal of suffering by civilians trapped by the fighting. The report . . . Continue reading →
When the Process Becomes the Penalty
This is an alarming story by and about a Canadian publisher who was hauled before a human rights commission for daring to reprint the Danish cartoons about Muhammed. It cost Levant $100,000 to defend himself. He also mentions the case of the . . . Continue reading →
Alan Jacobs on Conscience: A Sabbath for an Outfielder?
Alan Jacobs is always interesting and thoughtful and this piece is no exception. Stanley Fish thinks that physicians with a conscience should get out of the biz—so much for the Hippocratic Oath!— and Jacobs replies with an appeal to Sandy Koufax, Hank . . . Continue reading →
Christian Legal Society Loses in 9th Circuit
Unless they win on appeal, this ruling could bode ill for free association on college campuses.
Helm Interacts with Os Guiness on "Civility"
Thought-provoking stuff as always. Os Guiness is the guest on the up-coming White Horse Inn.
The Donatists and Blagojevich
Who says Church History isn’t hip and helpful? Stanley Fish invokes Augustine’s rejection of Donatism in consideration of whether Roland Burris should be seated in the US Senate (HT: Ryan Glomsrud).
What Richard John Neuhaus Means to Me
A number of evangelical and socially conservative blogs and publications are marking the death (not “passing” but that’s another post) yesterday of Richard John Neuhaus at age 72. It is not remarkable that social conservatives are weeping today. After a career as . . . Continue reading →
A Reminder from Mark 12 and Romans 13
I’ve seen a bit of post-election apocalyptic talk. It’s not as if we don’t have NT instruction about the magistrate. It is the Word of God.
It's An Ideological Thing
I’ve been reading Mark Bowden’s (2006) Guests of the Ayatollah. He argues that Iran has been at war with the West since 1979 and this story confirms that nothing has changed.
Hitch Gets Waterboarded and Lives to Tell About It
Christopher Hitchens had himself waterboarded.
Public Ownership of the Means of (Oil) Production?
Yikes!
Fish: No Politics in the Classroom
I wonder if Stanley Fish is defining “politics” very narrowly as “party politics”? For a fellow who wrote, There is No Text in This Class he seems pretty naive about what happens to cultural conservatives in contemporary academia. Does ISI exist for nothing? . . . Continue reading →
The Rejection of Errors (2): The Antithesis and Eschatology
In the first post in this series I connected the Rejection of Errors adopted at the Synod of Dort (1619) with the Reformed doctrine of “antithesis” between belief and unbelief. To put that doctrine in some context I offered a brief overview . . . Continue reading →
Medal of Honor Winner: Michael Mansoor
In today’s SD Union-Tribune. As with all medal of honor stories, this one is amazing. Two words come to mind: courage and selflessness.
The Courage of the Folks Serving Us
This is a remarkable and sometimes graphic video illustrating the quality of the men and women serving this country (HT: Hot Air). When you see someone wearing the uniform, remember to say “thanks for your service.”