In two recent posts (here, here), I noted the unhidden bias of cable news coverage of the Democrat National Convention. I don’t think any of the major cable news networks were innocent in this regard, but MSNBC in particular was particularly overt last week. Peggy Noonan went on MSNBC yesterday morning and light-heartedly chided MSNBC’s coverage. She called their coverage “fatuous suck-upping.” By the end of it, she had the two anchors (Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski) doubled over in laughter. FYI. (HT: Mark Finkelstein)
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Russell Moore’s Two-fer
Two items in the news today are related to Russell Moore and are worthy of note. First, The Wall Street Journal features an interview with Moore on adoption and his forthcoming book Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches. It’s a great article, and you should take a look. Second, Senator John McCain announced that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin would be his vice-presidential running mate. Moore predicted Palin as McCain’s pick exactly one month ago. Prescient indeed. Moore out pundited the professional pundits on this one.
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My Take on Obama’s Speech
On Thursday night, Barack Obama accepted the Presidential nomination from the Democrat Party. The speech that he delivered was powerful and sounded positively Aaron Sorkin-esque (I’ve seen “The American President” many times and heard the echoes). I have to believe that the average American watching this speech was deeply moved, and that’s what saddens me. Here’s why. Obama warned against making “a big election about small things.” And no doubt the genuflecting media will agree with Obama that issues like “abortion” and “gay marriage” are small things about which citizens should no longer trouble their political consciences. Sadly, there are many “evangelicals” who are helping Obama make that case. As…
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Roe v. Wade Must Be Destroyed
Amen to James Kushiner‘s recent post on the Touchstone blog. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Read below. I’ve been watching this phenomenon now for several years: Christians reassessing their engagement with politics and their views of candidates and the parties, nuancing their pro-life and pro-family views so that their no longer “just” about abortion and “gay marriage.” Similiar nuancing seems to be at play when it comes to some basic Christian doctrines. . .
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Media Bias and the Mess at MSNBC
If the Fox News Channel has the reputation as the “conservative” wing of the cable news outlets, then MSNBC has certainly become the known as the “liberal” one. No other personality on MSNBC personifies this reputation more than Keith Olbermann, one of MSNBC’s lead anchors covering the Democratic Convention.
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Radio Debate with the Pastor of IBC
On Monday I wrote about Irving Bible Church (IBC) and their elders’ recent decision to allow a woman to fill their pulpit. On Monday evening, I debated IBC’s pastor Andy McQuitty on the topic. The discussion occurred on my good friend Barry Creamer’s radio program “Live from Criswell.” If you are interested in hearing the discussion, you can listen to it below or download it here. [audio:http://barrycreamer.com/audio/broadcasts/LFC-2008_08_25.mp3] I think you’ll find that this discussion leaves much to be desired in one very important sense. There just wasn’t enough time to talk about everything that needed to be talked about. But that’s just the nature of the beast in a one-hour…
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Response to Donald Miller on Abortion
Christianity Today recently interviewed Blue Like Jazz author Don Miller about his invitation to pray at the Democrat National Convention. CT pressed Miller on his political views vis a vis abortion. In his response, Miller reflects on how he thinks a Republican President and Congress have fallen short on the issue of abortion: “As we elect a Republican House and Senate, and as we elect Republican leadership in the executive branch, we see very little changes on that issue. We’re electing someone who agrees with us on abortion, being sort of a tragedy in our country, and yet can’t get anything done. . . The executive branch doesn’t have that…
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First Female Preacher at Irving Bible Church
Last May, I wrote about the egalitarian shift at Irving Bible Church (IBC). The elders had just completed an 18-month long study and had concluded that they would allow women to preach in their church. Yesterday, IBC had a female preacher fill the pulpit for the first time since the elders’ findings were published. The preacher’s name was Jackie Roese. Sam Hodges of the Dallas Morning News wrote Saturday about the changes at IBC, and he quoted from my forthcoming JBMW editorial on this topic. But the best lines from the entire news article come from Tommy Nelson, pastor of Denton Bible Church: The Rev. Tom Nelson of Denton Bible…
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Nastia Liukin Returns to Dallas
This one is for all the die-hard Olympic fans. My wife took our two daughters to see Nastia Liukin’s return to Dallas from Beijing on Thursday. There was a big crowd at the DFW airport, but my wife was nevertheless able to snap a pretty decent shot (see below). The Dallas Morning News has a story on Liukin’s reception. There is also a video of her remarks.
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McLaren Endorses Obama
(HT: Tim Challies)