That is the question raised in an op-ed over at the NYT (hat tip to The Gospel Coalition), covering the recent video sting of planned parenthood operatives calmly (while eating lunch!) discussing how they make sure to crush the unborn child in a manner that allows them to still harvest the vital organs to sell. […]

My Berean colleague Mark Smith wrote a very astute piece for this blog on the recent announcement by Ohio Governor Jon Kasich as a candidate for the presidency in 2016.  He received an interesting and stimulating comment, to which I wish to reply as a separate blog.  If you want the entire comment, go to […]

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) made it official. He is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Throwing his hat into an ever-expanding ring on Tuesday, Kasich, like everyone else, is a jumble of strengths and weaknesses, though for […]

The relationship between virtue and institutions has been debated for many years, even centuries, by political thinkers, not to mention even clergy.  For Christians this is a particularly important issue.  To what extent can we rely on the arrangement of political and legal institutions to “check ambition” and prevent mischievous abuse of power?  Do we […]

Until recently, Rachel Dolezal served as the head of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  Recent information has revealed that Dolezal is not African-American as the public had assumed.  Her parents, both Caucasian, note that she is not African-American and produced a picture of her as a […]

Yepper…well worth a watch, from his presentation at the Family Research Council last week.  As the world tells us to be quiet, Mr. Grudem calls pastors to speak towards issues that Christians should be a positive influence on.   I think it strikes a nice balance.  What do you think?  Add your comments below.

And its true; we may never know.  But this is not hard, and we can be reasonably confident what the motive was–at least what the most likely motive was.  It’s the same motive that drives many people, on many different issues.  This includes most young people that currently support same-sex marriage, as well as Christian […]

The great American economic historian Charles A. Beard, in his presidential address to the American Historical Society, offered this grim outlook for his discipline: “History is chaos and every attempt to interpret it otherwise is an illusion.  History moves around in a kind of cycle.  History moves in a line, straight or spiral, and in […]

I have a few questions for thought today.  I am not answering them, though the reader may well have some idea where I am on them.  So just read and ponder.  Please feel free to comment too. I have not read the Iran nuclear deal yet, but I understand it will aid Iran in developing […]

Cedarville University has not starved for attention in recent years. That trend continued yesterday when The Atlantic published David R. Wheeler’s “Gay Marriage and the Future of Evangelical Colleges.” Though Wheeler references a variety of colleges, Cedarville was the  most prominently featured. As I noted in a recent post on the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, […]