This video is sure to offend someone, but if the right to free speech doesn’t encompass offensive speech, how is it free? Apropos of this topic: “Cartoonist to be Tried for Insulting Islam.” Continue reading Mark Steyn on Free Speech at the IPA
L’Shanah tovah, dear readers! _____ PRAY FOR YOUCEF NADARKHANI: “Troubling News: Death Sentence Still Imminent for Christian Pastor in Iran.” Early this morning, the ACLJ received this troubling news from Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Mr. Dadkhah firmly denies that the court has agreed to overturn Pastor Youcef’s death sentence. He believes this is a lie spread by the Iranian secret service, even to members of his own family, to stop the media from reporting on this case. _____ IN RELATED NEWS: “Turkey’s Elephant in the Room: Religious Freedom.” _____ THE KERNEL AND THE HUSK: … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Thursday, September 29, 2011
In this video, Dr. George O. Wood continues his weekly devotional series, On Your Mark. He is working his way verse by verse through the Gospel according to Mark. Check out @GeorgeOWood’s latest devotional vide…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Lifted Up (Mark 9:25-27)
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH: The American Center for Law and Justice seems to have the most up-to-date information on the status of Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Christian pastor who could be executed as early today for apostasy from Islam. Please keep Pastor Nadarkhani and his family in your prayers. _____ POPE BENEDICT XVI ON LUTHER AND PENTECOSTALISM: “Meeting with the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany.” On Luther: “How do I receive the grace of God?” The fact that this question was the driving force of his whole life never ceases to make a deep impression on me. For who … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I’m in the mood for new glasses, and Tony Hunt alerted me to Warby Parker. You can order frames and lenses online for $95 from this company. And when you buy a pair of glasses, Warby Parker sends a free pair to a poor individual. It’s a social enterprise that I think is worth supporting. Plus, the frames are vintage, which I like (though my wife doesn’t). How do you know whether the frames will look good on your head? Warby Parker will send you five frames to try for free. All you have to do is return the frames … Continue reading Help Me Choose My New Warby Parker Glasses
THE POSTMODERN CHRISTIAN AMERICAN: “Why Young Adults Are Walking Away from Church.” Two quotes from Harris’ book stood out to me as definitive of the postmodern Christian American. Both suggest a custom-tailored identity that older generations label as opportunistic, but which younger ones understand as our only option for survival. She describes her college friend as “cool in the ‘Evangelical ex-homeschooler who quotes the Aneid in Latin while drinking whiskey and smoking a pipe’ type of way.” Such a combination of attributes betrays both a longing for grounding, while also seeking liberation from old expectations. A second description of a … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Tuesday, September 27, 2011
OUR INCREDIBLY SHRINKING PUBLIC SQUARE: “Conscience, Coercion, and Healthcare.” …throughout American history, religious institutions have been the leading private providers of charitable, educational, and medical services to the poor, always serving those they felt were the most marginalized populations of their day—whether slaves or freed slaves, new immigrants, Native Americans, prisoners, or persons with AIDS. The quality and efficiency of their care, and the compassion with which it has been delivered, are often noted. Regularly, the populations served did not share the faith of the religious institutions who took up their cause Given their solidarity with the dispossessed, religious leaders … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Monday, September 26, 2011
In this video, I interview Steve Gladen, small groups pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and author of “Small Groups with Purpose” (Baker). Our topic is … small groups. Interview with Steve Gladen, Author of “Small G…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Interview with Steve Gladen, Author of “Small Groups with Purpose”
In this video, I interview Jonathan Kvanvig about atheism, Rob Bell, hell, Calvinism, open theism, and other topics. Kvanvig is distinguished professor of philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and author of the forthcoming book, “Destiny and Deliberation: Essays in Philosophical Theology” (Oxford). Interview with Jonathan Kvanvig, Author of “Des…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Interview with Jonathan Kvanvig, Author of “Destiny and Deliberation”
AMEN, SISTER! “The separation of politics and pew.” It’s not even the calendar year in which the next presidential election will be held and I’m already annoyed. There are many reasons, but I’m largely annoyed that Christian voters are getting so much attention from election hopefuls. Do they really think we’re not on to their strategy? Oh yeah, they really do. For candidates, targeting Christian voters is a good strategy, a sound campaign approach. If politicians can convince Christians there’s a special way God wants them to vote, they’ve got it in the bag. After all, who doesn’t want to … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Friday, September 23, 2011
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