• Christianity,  News

    Russell Moore on Russian Adoption Crisis

    Russell Moore has posted his thoughts on the Russian adoption crisis. He writes: “I nervously switched off the television early Sunday morning as I heard my children bounding toward the door. I didn’t want them to hear the news. I didn’t want to hear it myself. Every time I see what is going on in Russia, with the government calling for an immediate halt on American adoptions, I think about the orphanage where I first met my two oldest sons. “And I want to cry. “The news reports are appalling, to be sure. A grandmother in Tennessee reportedly placed a child adopted from a Russian orphanage on a plane bound…

  • Theology/Bible

    Goodbye Texas Stadium

    I know it’s corny, but I confess getting a little misty watching this one. We knew this day was coming, and I already waxed nostalgic about it a while back. Nevertheless, it sure was sad to see the house that Landry and Staubach built finally come down. It was a field of dreams for me.

  • Politics

    Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire

    “Stevens said Friday he will step down when the court finishes its work for the summer in late June or early July… “Stevens’ departure will not change the court’s conservative-liberal split because Obama is certain to name a liberal-leaning replacement. But the new justice is not likely to be able to match Stevens’ ability to marshal narrow majorities in big cases.” –Washington Post

  • Christianity

    McLaren Doesn’t Want To Hurt Anybody?

    Brian McLaren has written an article for the Huffington Post answering the question “Why Do Evangelicals Dislike Me So Much?” The article is a response in part to the forum on his book that was held at SBTS. He basically accuses some evangelical leaders of being mean-spirited purveyors of dead tradition, and he says that these evangelical leaders have manipulated their followers into hating him. He justifies his own dissent from orthodoxy in this way: “When my conscience tells me that I’m hurting people by complying with religious conventions,… I start asking questions. That’s why I wrote my book, and that’s why I’m willing to get into trouble for it.”…

  • Christianity,  Politics

    Who said that?

    You get 100 points in the big book in the sky if you can name the source of this quote: “Even after the passage of 2,000 years, we can still picture the moment in our mind’s eye. The young man from Nazareth marched through Jerusalem; object of scorn and derision and abuse and torture by an empire. The agony of crucifixion amid the cries of thieves. The discovery, just three days later, that would forever alter our world — that the Son of Man was not to be found in His tomb and that Jesus Christ had risen. “We are awed by the grace He showed even to those who…

  • Christianity,  Culture

    Get Serious about Pornography

    Last week, National Review Online published an anonymous article titled “Getting Serious about Pornography.” The testimonial of the author is heart-rending. She writes: “By his own account, my husband of 13 years and high-school sweetheart, was first exposed to pornography around age ten. He viewed it regularly during high school and college — and, although he tried hard to stop, continued to do so throughout the course of our marriage…

  • Christianity,  Politics,  Theology/Bible

    Obamacare and Civil Disobedience

    I’ve already been asked about the morality of paying taxes to the U. S. government in light of the new healthcare law which provides federal subsidies for abortion. Albert Mohler answers that question today in an extended essay on his website, and I commend it to you. “Render Unto Caesar? On Paying Taxes After Obamacare” – by Albert Mohler Mohler builds on two New Testament texts in particular that I think are important: Romans 13:1-7 and 1 Peter 2:13-17. Mohler rightly identifies the governing authority during Paul’s and Peter’s time as the Roman Empire. Both texts command Christians to subject themselves to governing authorities, and Romans 13:7 specifically commands Christians…

  • Humor,  Sports

    At the Lakers Parade

    This video definitely would have made my 2009 Top 10 YouTube list if I had known about it. The video captures a “reporter” interviewing fans at the victory parade for the 2009 NBA Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s Napoleon Dynamite meets “Boom Goes the Dynamite.” This guy is hilarious.