Christ Without the Church?
Anne Rice has been much in the news because of her announcement that she is leaving Christianity. No more church for her, she says. Not that she is abandoning Christ—just the institutional church. “I refuse to be anti-gay,” she says. “I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to […]
Cultural “Engagement”
I have been hearing quite a bit these days in evangelical circles about the need to “engage culture.” Someone even introduced me recently to...
“Knowing Mormons”
A friend told me about the time a time when, back in the 1960s, he was asked, as a recent college graduate bound for...
The Politics of Nurture
A couple of decades ago, as a previous national election year approached, a magazine asked several of us to describe the kind...
Atheism and Liberal Theology
Early on in my theological pilgrimage I was influenced by J. Gresham Machen, particularly his book Christianity and Liberalism. That book was...
Economic Decisions
There is an interesting piece posted today on the Acton Institute Website: “Self Interest, Rightly Understood,” by Samuel Gregg (http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/comment/article.php?article=360)
The...
Computers, Chess and “the Heart”
In an interesting piece in the February 11 New York Review of Books, Gary Kasparov—who reigned over the world of chess for...
Dealing with “Alterations”
A few years ago the travel section of one of the newspapers did a lighthearted feature on some of the funniest English-language...
What to Look for in the Super Bowl
This is the time of year for theological reflections about the Super Bowl. One of the most stimulating discussions that I can remember on...
Asking Good Questions
I hope Rebekah got an “A” on her paper. She is a student at a Christian college, taking a course on Christ-and-culture...
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