Thankful in all things

Siran Stacy was a great running back at the University of Alabama between the years 1989-1991 and later played for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a great football player, but more importantly, Siran was (and is) a faithful Christian. A little over a year ago (on November 19, 2007) Siran and his wife and five [...]

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Suffer with them

This from the Times online:
“Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern state of Orissa. . . . Orissa has suffered a series of murders and arson attacks in recent months, with at least 67 Christians killed, according [...]

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Camille defends

ok, so the problem today is how to commend Camille Paglia to readers without coming across as one who is indifferent to the fact that she is a feminist atheist lesbian? Solution?
I’m waiting. . . .
so, you don’t know either, eh?
Well, in that case, I’ll simply commend her to you. Paglia is one of [...]

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The politics of skin

Alan Wolfe (of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life) recently wrote a remarkably bigoted comment in The New Republic celebrating the demise of the politics of bigotry. But he ain’t getting away with this, Peter Leithart has written a response in First Things.
Addendum: I thought Alan Wolfe’s comments were bad, but [...]

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Uninformed is not the word

So a reporter goes to Harlem and asks why some Obama supporters are supporting him. “Is it because he is pro-life and wants our troops to continue the war in Iraq?” he asks (attributing McCain’s positions to Obama). “Yes, absolutely,” they answer. “If he wins, will you have any problem having Sarah Palin as Vice-President?” [...]

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10 things

Doug Wilson offers some very helpful counsel to all of us on this election day. Read it here.

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