Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Religion on Jun 8th, 2008
Below the fold, you’ll find the text of my address for Mt. Sophia Academy’s commencement ceremonies.
If you were there, you may notice that some of the jokes are missing. Sorry. One sometimes does a little ad lib-ing (libbing) when one actually delivers a speech. . . . (And then, sometimes, one has things one wants [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Politics, Religion on Jun 5th, 2008
For context, here are the four articles I’ve written so far that have something to do with gay marriage.
1. Why heterosexual marriage should not be legal (or, how to relieve John Edward’s “personal conflict”)
2. Three Reasons Everyone Wants Marriage De-Legalized
3. Supreme Court of California’s Decision to Legalise Gay Marriage Leaves Many Questions Unanswered (not my [...]
Posted in Life, Philosophy, Religion, Scripture (Religion) on Jun 3rd, 2008
Darren at Precipice Magazine was kind enough to ask if they could reprint my article, “Jesus Isn’t Crazy: How to Bless Those Who Curse.” So I sent him the original version (Catapult’s editors had made some changes to the version they posted).
You can read it here.
On Friday, Michael Gerson, a former Bush administration person, wrote an article entitled, “The Libertarian Jesus” for the Washington Post. It is, strangely, a defense of compassionate conservatism.
I say “strangely,” because no one believes in compassionate conservatism anymore. (I love making general statements like that.) Except Mike Huckabee, and you know what I think about [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on May 30th, 2008
The final installment, complete with the strange typo “Moman” (instead of “Woman”; how did I not catch that?), has been posted.
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Religion on May 29th, 2008
Nothing is or ever has been the way it should be. There’s no way to “get back” to “how things were supposed to be.” Our only hope is redemption, not return.
That’s what Fr. Michael Pfleger, Barack Obama’s (reported) other pastor-confidant (h/t Geraghty) doesn’t get. Here’s what he said, as quoted by Jim Geraghty:
I must now [...]
Posted in Religion, Scripture (Religion) on May 25th, 2008
Here’s article 3 in my four-part series on St. Paul, Corinthians, and male chauvinism (Sight Magazine).
[Article 1 | Article 2]
Also, see my posts below on the Drudge Report, and volume 5 of the WEeding Awards.
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion) on May 18th, 2008
I’ve got two new articles up at Sight Magazine. You can read them here.
They are the first two in a four-part series on 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 (one of the passages where Paul seems especially anti-woman).
This series is a follow-up to my article on what Genesis 2 has to say about women.
Yesterday was both Mothers’ Day and Pentecost. It was a strange combination; but The Wife informs me that “Spirit” in both Hebrew and Greek is a female noun. So there was some connection, I suppose.
Our associate pastor, Adam, gave the sermon. Though inspired by Pentecost, it wasn’t a “usual” Pentecost-type sermon. It had to do [...]
Recently, it was announced that Mike Huckabee is going to be getting a new book published. I found the following sentence from the announcement striking:*
Governor Huckabee offers straight talk on how we can renew America through limited government and a sense of national community.
I never liked Huckabee. Part of it had to do with the [...]
WEeding Awards
