For those who have followed the discussions around Debbie Maken’s book, my wife has just posted on the same subject here.
Time for the Next Step
The Supreme Court (5-4) upheld the constitutionality of legislation outlawing partial birth abotions. We still have a long way to go, but this is a genuine first step. Glory to God.
On the Buzzfront
We have been very grateful for some of the initial buzz on Letter from a Christian Citizen. The Conservative Book Club has now picked it up, which is fun, calling it the “definitive Christian response” to Sam Harris’ book. In addition, Dr. Larry Schweikart visited Moscow and spoke for New Saint Andrews College last Friday …
My Mistake
Yesterday I posted an Amazon link to Letter from a Christian Citizen, which I took down this morning. The reason is that it wasn’t an Amazon link from the publisher (which is in the works), but rather from an individual bookseller. To avoid confusing things, I need to wait until the next link comes up …
Sam Harris Events
Gary DeMar will be interviewing me a couple times today concerned the release of my book Letter from a Christian Citizen. I am responding to Sam Harris’ book (Letter to a Christian Nation) promoting a militant form of atheism. You can listen to one or the other or both interviews on the Internet. For the …
Yuppie Belt-Tightening
The third chapter of Crunchy Cons is on food. In it Dreher describes his move away from his old way of thinking, where food was simply “ballast, and nothing more” (p. 57). Even while he is describing how food became more and more important to him and his wife, he is able to disarm objections …
Maybe They Can’t See for the Same Reasons We Couldn’t
“The temptation associated with this is forgetting what it was like not to be able to see. Everything is now so clear to us that anyone who does not immediately assent to what we see in the Word seems either theologically perverse or a chucklehead . . . (2 Tim. 2:24-25). . . [But] to …
Manifold Blessings
Our Father and gracious God, You have given manifold blessings to us, and we in gladness return them all to You. Prepare us for worship in the morning, and equip us now for that great privilege. We ask that this time of Sabbath resting and feasting would teach and instruct us rightly about the graciousness …
A Wide Something or Other
Once there was a high school boy who was taunted mercilessly at school by another boy who was several years older. This younger boy was too big and too strong to be physically bullied, but the older boy would harass him constantly, and would always predict his own dominance in any future settings where there …
Worshiping in the Will of God
As faithful worshiping Christians, we all want to live our lives in the will of God. Unfortunately, this has led many Christians into the unbiblical practice of trying to find the will of God beforehand, in order to be able to go do it. This practice seems very pious, but it actually little more than …