The Anti-Manichaeist

Christianity Today has an interview with James Dobson on the Gay-Marriage Battle, where he promises that Nov 2 will be the first step in a long fight for traditional marriage. He has also announced that he intends to strong arm several Democratic senators out of office if they block the appointment of supreme court […]

I went to visit and read to my grandmother today as part of my Christmas present to her and a way I could serve another at a time when I am unable to serve many who are in desperate need. I read to her from, “God@GroundZero” by Chaplain Ray Giunta who was a chaplain […]

I’m piggy-backing off of Jesus Politics once again. Carlos clued me into a new book by Russell Moore, dean of the school of theology at Southern Baptist Theology Seminary, that provides an in-depth look at a consensus that has developed about the nature of the Kingdom of Christ through the prism of evangelical political […]

Carlos, over at Jesus Politics, posts a link to a memoriam of a Canadian Baptist, Tommy Douglas, who was heavily influenced by the Social Gospel and pushed for Universal Health-Care in Canada.
It seems unfortunate that the article says Douglas was transformed from a clergyman to a social activist. I would hope […]

We live in an exciting and disturbing world.
Tragedy In the aftermath of the Tsunami in Asia, I found the writings of one of the more articulate atheists at TWeb to be apropos.
I have no problem with… abstract theological or philosophical argument about the nature, randomness or “purpose” of natural disasters, or perhaps where our sense […]

Rob Moll writes a somewhat self-laudatory post about an article by Nicholas Kristof about when the Right is Right. Yet the point is not that we got it right(I mean Adolf Hitler got somethings right, right?), but rather that Kristof’s article points to how we publicly act is part of public witness to the […]

My friend Solly posts a wonderful article from the Nation by Katrina vanden Heuvel. The article chronicles how the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN are all developing many reports that poverty, disease and climate change are endangering global stability and the future of the United States.
There’s little doubt that extreme poverty […]

I received the Ultimate Matrix DVD set for Xmas. I look forward to sharing my reflections on the commentaries made in the days ahead.
I would like to post my own commentary prior to watching and reading what others have to say. This is a modified version of an interpretation of the […]

is the more fundamental question that should be posed by the ChristianCentury’s “Can We Talk?”
I’m not encouraged by their take on the issue. They do agree that the topic is vast and should be ideally approached on several levels, drawing on insights from biblical, historical, sociological and biological studies, as well as […]

Taken from the fall 2003 issue of In Communion, the journal of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, there is an over-view of legends associated with St. Nicholas of Myra, whom Coca-Cola abducted to help sell its soda.
The real “Santa” was not an anagram of “Satan” ;). He was born around 280 AD to […]