Monthly Archives: April 2013

As one of my friends noted, having Facebook replace the word “convention” with a brick to the back of the head makes for a much easier life these days. But as someone who has seen many a convention go by, … Continue reading →

One of the best articles I have ever read on the subject of boys becoming men, and what it means to be a man, especially in today’s unisex world is “A Boy’s Life with Unisex Scouts”, by Anthony Esolen.  Most, … Continue reading →

Notice the new widget on the sidebar for one of my favorite publishers, Emmanuel Press. If you need greeting cards, they have beautiful ones.  You should order from them. Click on the graphic to go to their site. You can … Continue reading →

Every so often I like to prepare a sermon the “Old Fashioned” way. Instead of sitting down in front of a computer and typing, I begin in front of the church, reading the propers and ‘preaching’ to no one. Over … Continue reading →

I was looking on Amazon for recent book on Medical Ethics titled “The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power and the Care of the Dying.” Of course, like a good salesman, Amazon tried to up-sell with the following suggestion. (I screen grabbed … Continue reading →

1 Corinthians 8 speaks about food sacrificed to idols. Paul says not to do it, not because the idol is anything, but because people who see it who do not know better may think that you are acknowledging the idol in some … Continue reading →

Anthony Sacramone over at Strange Herring notes, with a fair amount of mockery, that Atheists are now meeting on Sunday mornings for “Atheist Church.” Because, what else could you do with such news? One point he omits. It wasn’t all that … Continue reading →

You hear a lot about the evolutionary origin of the universe from biologists, physicists, etc. But you almost never hear from statisticians. Why is that? Because the odds of life evolving into its present form are so remote that the … Continue reading →

I’m always on the lookout for movies with strong theological overtones. (A dead giveaway that I’m a pastor.) Now, of course, every story is either an account of the fall, or redemption, so in a sense every movie has theological … Continue reading →

The commentary is OK, but the real meat of this article on Gay Marriage is the quote by homosexual activist Marsha Gessen. A sample: It’s a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but I also think … Continue reading →