I have already said that the position I am arguing for here is not food egalitarianism, or worse, food relativism. There is no neutrality anywhere, including in the kitchen and dining room, and this means that in principle we can say that “this food” is better than “that food.” But when we do, we are …
What We Need Around Here Is a Good Steak Knife
A friend sent me some links that I would like to pass on to you. James Dobson recently took issue with Obama’s foray into scriptural hermeneutics and cultural applications. You can read about that here. The passage in Obama’s speech that Dobson no like is here. And the full Obama speech is here. The problem …
Seeing the Light of Hard Copy
This is the much referenced CT debate in book form, with two new introductions — one by Christopher Hitchens and one by me. I am really grateful the online exchange is seeing the light of hard copy, to mix a metaphor. Now, for the very first time, atheists and Christians can buy a really suitable …
An Axe at the Root of the Tree
I would like to recommend some really heartening thoughts from the UK, here and here. Having said this, I should probably explain why such blunt, discouraging analysis should be registered in the “heartening thoughts” column. The answer is that in times of crisis, the truth is your first and best friend. If you have a …
If My Luck Holds . . .
Rodney Clapp’s next chapter is on the tension between holiness and hedonism. Music with Southern roots exalts and celebrates two times in the week that are worlds apart and are very close to each other — Saturday night and Sunday morning. A recent example of this is the song Boondocks by Little Big Town — …
When God Paints
Sacraments are immediately instituted by God. This means that man does not have the power to multiply sacraments. Those who want to live sacramentally, seeing a sacramental significance in everything, must be careful here. The only way to see the world sacramentally is to jealously guard the two sacraments that God has given to us, …
Christopher and Peter
Okay. Got home from work, and caught the second part of the Hitchens/Hitchens debate. Christopher posed a set of questions which he claims to have asked a lot, and also to which he claims to have heard nothing in response but the sound of crickets in the distance. His central question here was: can anyone …
Hitchens and Hitchens
Peter Hitchens, a conservative Anglican, will be debating his atheistic brother Christopher Hitchens on matters of faith, the war, and culture. This will happen on youtube at 7:30 this evening (Eastern time). Nancy and I have been really blessed by Peter and Eve’s gracious hospitality in the past, and I have also tangled with Christopher …
Godless
Our word atheist refers to a person who either denies that there is a God, or denies that we can know if there is or not. The word atheos is used once in Scripture, in Ephesians 2:12. There it refers to those who are “without God,” that is, godless. But certain things go with being …
Charles Darwin, Call Your Office
I am delighted to be able to report that my reply to Sam Harris is going like gangbusters, and is now out in paperback. This means that you can get a copy now for the low, low price of nine clams. Take a look at it here. While we are talking about atheism on the …