“Next to this genius of Pascal’s words I would draw your attention to the beautiful lucidity of his mind, the wonderful clarity of his thought. Like all true believers, he was deeply skeptical” (Malcolm Muggeridge, The End of Christendom, p. 4).
Slavery and Atheism
In Letter From A Christian Citizen, I argue two basic points concerning slavery. The first is that atheism does not provide us with any solid ground for condemning slavery. This does not keep atheists from condemning slavery. It just keeps them from having a good reason for doing so. “From an atheistic perspective, how can …
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Virginia Tech
Let’s tie two timely issues together. This is sometimes dangerous, because when issues are timely, they are also frequently raw, and this means that it is easy to be misunderstood. But I will try to state this basic argument against atheism as briefly and as clearly as I can. The first timely issue is the …
Lots of Things We Could Do
Letter from a Christian Citizen has drawn the attention of Richard Dawkins, and there was quite a discussion over at his blog. If you want to take a look, you can see it all here. I am not asking you to go over there to pile into the discussion — in fact I would recommend …
Don’t Pretend to be Happy
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.
Greeting Cards and the Atonement
Afflicted with pretty much everything, the modern church is certainly looking around for remedies. But where and how we look for these remedies remains a function of what ails us, and we are not yet desparate enough to ask for directions to the divine pharmacy. How are we to explain our general cultural irrelevance? On …
A Cornucopia of Bushwah
The evangelical world is still sitting under modernity’s table, eager for any crumbs that may fall our way. The big news down here is when some rock star or other intimates that it is possible that, under certain conditions, he might believe in a divine being other than himself. We snatch it up eagerly and …
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 …
Approaching Democratic Realities
“When a European jihadist blows something up, that’s not in defiance of a democratic reality but merely a portent of democratic reality to come. He’s jumping the gun, but in every respect things are moving his way. You may vaguely remember seeing some flaming cars on the evening news toward the end of 2005. Something …