God’s “Preferential Option for the Poor”
Occasionally I come across fellow evangelicals distancing themselves from the notion of a “preferential option for the poor.” This has been happening recently in the debates over the proposed adoption of the Belhar Confession by Reformed and Presbyterian denominations in North America. Belhar, the argument goes, espouses the “preferential option,” particularly in its affirmation “that […]
What Constantine Had Right
Shortly after the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity early in the fourth century A.D., he issued the Edict of Milan (in 313),...
Thoughts about the Lord’s Table
There is a very strange ad in the current issue of Crisis, a conservative Catholic magazine. Billed as “An Appeal from Faithful...
What is Rapamycin Used For – Anti Aging Effects
What is a rapamycin used for? What are side effects and what anti aging effect rapamycin effect has? Researchers simply according promising rapamycin check...
God’s Two “Books”
Phyllis and I have been talking lately about what we sometimes hear as a reason why people do not attend church. It’s not that...
Thoughts from New Orleans
We went to the main New Orleans post office today, and the signs in the lobby said that there is only one daily pickup,...
Celebrating Newman
Pope Benedict is getting ready to visit England. He will officiate at a beatification ceremony—the step that precedes the elevation of the beatified person...
Praying in the Classroom
Read a recent posting of mine on this topic here, on Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership blog.
Praying–and Talking–about a “Calling”
Michelle Cottle has a problem with the idea that God “calls” people to run for high political office. Specifically, she is convinced that Texas...
A Time for Singing “Kumbaya”?
In his latest Newsweek column, Fareed Zakaria discusses the views of people who think that President Obama’s call for a new global...
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