- Mormon Potpourri.
- Return of Distributism.
- What holds us together?
- Are Architects blind?!
- An aging poem.
- David Pogue belatedly discovers Dropbox.
- Cutting God down to size.
Category: Evangelicalism
With doctrine and church attendance.
Tasty Tidbits 10/17/11
- Dragon Mom.
- Mark Cuban talks sense to OWS.
- The Two Millennial Commandments.
- Private vice and the public interest.
- Harold the Heretic is at it again.
- Idols of our day.
¿Que est lo mas auténtico?
The Pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Dr. Robert Jeffress, effusively introduced Rick Perry to the “Values Voter Summit” Friday, departing from his prepared script to add the adjective “genuine” to “follower of Jesus Christ” to describe Perry. Asked afterward if “genuine” was a swipe at Mormon Mitt, Pastor Jeffress, in a a burst of candor, called Mormonism “a cult.”
Let the dialog begin! Continue reading “¿Que est lo mas auténtico?”
Tasty Tidbits 9/29/11
- We’re homeless. What a relief!
- What, Mead worry?
- The only good (newsworthy) Christian is a bad Christian.
- J.K. Rowlings breadth and depth.
- WKB, RIP
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Writing one of the best personal “localist” essays I’ve ever read, Rod Dreher recounts how he was at his sister Ruthie’s long wake back home in Louisiana when he and his wife got an epiphany: Continue reading “Tasty Tidbits 9/29/11”
Sunday Thoughts 9/25/11
I spent much time Saturday writing a blog that says some things I really believe. Unfortunately, I also really believe that many who read it might find it offensive, and it would hurt, rather than help, the objective for which I wrote it. So I’m going to distill it, and see if it works better.
I’m writing for Evangelicals, so don’t be shocked if you “don’t get it” coming from somewhere other than Evangelicalism.
Tasty Tidbits 9/24/11
- “Like watching Donny Osmond dominate John Wayne.”
- When Crony Capitalism Collapses.
- The whole Constitution.
- ConLaw wonkery.
- Varieties of Irreligious Experience.
- When you vote for John McCain.
- A sad birthday celebration.
Adam & ho anthropos
NPR’s Talk of the Nation Thursday had a 30-minute segment on “Christians Divided Over Science of Human Origins. Apart from a few callers and e-mailers, the discussion was basically between Daniel Harlow of Calvin College and Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
I will not even try to sort out their debate overall, but Mohler said something I believe to be demonstrably false. Continue reading “Adam & ho anthropos”
Christianity in a radically different key
I have cited and quoted Fr. Stephen Freeman a great deal in this blog. His quiet learning and wisdom (not the same thing) have made him one of my very favorite Orthodox bloggers.
With Friday as an exception (which I nevertheless cited and quoted yesterday), he tries to “write within the known bounds of the Eastern Orthodox faith.” So when he uses his distinctive trope – “Christ didn’t come to make bad men good, but to make dead men live” or simply “morality is not Christian” – that is a bit shocking.
His expression is not any part of standard Orthodox “insider lingo,” but I’m convinced that it truthfully teases out something that’s deeply Orthodox, and helps makes sense of it.
Continue reading “Christianity in a radically different key”
Tasty Tidbits 9/16/11
- Pat Robertson, clownish heretic.
- Abolish the Department of Education, British edition.
- The Loathsome Party.
- So: Do You Believe in Evolution?
- Imam Ali.
- A More Nuanced Political Survey.
Pat Robertson Creeps Me Out – Again
Pat Robertson, who regularly gets mis-identified as a “Rev.” or “Evangelist” (it’s so hard to tell the difference between Evangelical “Rev. Celebrities,” “Evangelist Celebrities,” and “Batshit Crazy Celebrities”), gives a big ole Bronx Cheer to Christian tradition on marriage by saying that it’s okay to dump a spouse with Alzheimers. Continue reading “Pat Robertson Creeps Me Out – Again”
Tipsy Teetotaler ن 