I received another article clipped from the Wall Street Journal; again found in the column, “Houses of Worship.” “The New Promised Land” appeared in the October 8, 2004 issue of the Journal. Naomi Schaefer Riley chronicles the growing acceptance of Mormonism expecially in the New England states. I find … Continue reading

Interesting thought …

Conservatives entered the twentieth century largely focused on teh struggle with theological liberalism. For many, this battle centered on the defense of certain central doctrines, considered to comprise the “fundamentals” of the faith. Richard Lints comments perceptively that the net result of this broad coalition ws … Continue reading

Sometimes we engage something we are all too unfamiliar with as an adversary. Rather than take the time to learn, we skim authors who purportedly represesnt this other side. We draw some conclusions. We rally our base. We offer some lectures. We attach our famed reputation. We write … Continue reading

Growing up reading Aesop’s Fables, led me to analytically read stories for the “moral.” The story was easy to dispense with once I knew the moral of the story. Years of college and seminary helped solidify this approach to the Scriptures. While there is little doubt a person could … Continue reading

For some time I have heard people refer to our time as “post-Christian.” In this sense the prefix “post” carriees the idea of “anti”. This use of the prefix “post” is accepted when decrying the demise of a “Judeo-Christian” ethic in the USA. Apply this prefix to the word … Continue reading