The recent decision that corporations and unions are free to make independent expenditures and public commentary on elections frightened a lot of people. It did not empower these organizations to contribute directly to campaigns in unlimited qualities, only to engage […]
Religion
Great Commission Utilitarianism
Darrow Miller of Disciple Nations Alliance (disciplenations.org) writes about Great Commission Utilitarianism. I frankly claim credit for coining the term, and the issue is certainly one of my passions, but he writes about it more effectively than I could. Document: […]
I Saw This Poster at a Jewish Temple
I was amused when I saw this poster at a Jewish temple nearby. I have seen the rise of so-called Christian Contemporary Music, the counterattack by Gen Xers such as Mark Joseph who charged that Christian Contemporary Music was a […]
New Years Resolutions, Neuroscience, and What We Calvinists Knew All Along
Greetings, beloved fans, and welcome to the decade of the teens, and farewell to the decade of the “aughts.” Some of you are no doubt thinking about New Years’ resolutions. For some of you your resolutions, no doubt, have to […]
Happy Holidays and What They Really Are
The so-called Christmas holidays are really a rather complex thing – they are three different holidays happening simultaneously. WINTER SOLSTICE. This is certainly the first and oldest of the reasons to celebrate at this time of the year. Of course, […]
Creeping Lutheranism?
I have no interest in making my non-believing readers feel uncomfortable, but I did reserve a Theology category in this blog. And you may not understand everything I write about theology, but I hope you find it entertaining. My wife, […]
The Real Danger to the Faith
Last weekend the Wall Street Journal had a weekend feature on “Man vs. God” in which neither side defended the Biblical Christian faith. Back in the ‘70s there was a book called the Peter Principle that declared that people rose […]
The Heart vs. The Gut
One of the common errors in modern Western thinking is to confuse the “heart” with the “gut,” the home of the emotions and moods. My emotions and moods change over time. The attitudes that trigger my moods and feelings are […]
Is There Something Wrong with Me? Or am I Just Protestant?
I have just had the privilege of attending the preview opening of The Sacred Made Real, an exhibition of Spanish polychrome sculpture and painting from the 17th century, at the National Gallery in London. Some of the artworks are paintings, […]
The Surprising Fruit of 9/11
Today is the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City. In the U.S., the event seemed to me to have an effect on the results of the 2004 election, but by the time of the 2008 election […]