This past Sunday, as he often does, a leading presidential candidate appeared at a local church, speaking to the congregation,…
The lady who became the poster child for the lawsuit against Indiana’s voter ID, which is now before the Supreme…
My wife and I were watching the most recent Republican and Democratic presidential debates, and when we got to the…
I spent a summer doing missions work in Iowa. I grew to love and respect the state and, even more…
In a nice article in First Things, Michael Fragoso responds to a NYT article which attacked the idea of public…
During the 2004 election, I wrote (here and here) that a candidate’s character should be a key factor in deciding…
On my way in today, I listened to Adrian Rogers on the radio, and he preached a great sermon on…
This post is part of a series In previous essays, I discussed Brian McLaren’s claims that the religious right has…
This post is part of a series In Part I, I discussed Brian McLaren’s point that the Christian right has…
This post is part of a series Brian McLaren, noted leader of the Emergent Church movement, has started an interesting…
Though I am pro death penalty, I would like it very judiciously applied, basically only to first degree murderers. But…
As a prime example of why I don’t like politicizing tragedies enter Joe Biden who gives the real reason for…
Very funny.
The Rosenkranz Foundation, in partnership with The Times Online (UK), has sponsored a new debate series on serious and contentious…
Gordon McDonald, one of my favorite authors, has written a nice piece on what he thinks evangelicals should be looking…
In honor of the day after President’s Day, here is the top five presidents according to a Gallup poll:
Chris Hedges’ book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America also takes moderates to task. Taking a…
Ben Stein has written an interesting article in the NYT called In Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning. In…
One of my favorite podcasts is the University Channel Podcast from Princeton Univ. Here are some of the interesting speeches…
There are plenty of books out there declaring the US to be a "Christian nation," and rebuttals. But for fun,…
Many of my liberal friends expected me to be depressed about the election results, but aside from the awful fact…
D. James Kennedy had a good sermon on The New Tolerance this past week, and I really like his take…
Some of the best and most popular urban myths are those that encapsulate truth, but are somehow fictitious in origin…
After some research it appears that blue laws may benefit the areas where they are enacted. Or at least the…