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Atheism: A very dangerous absurdity

Atheism is one of the most absurd belief systems every devised. A worldview based on denial of a belief in God will inevitably manifest itself in bitterness, anger, and hatred. Atheists are a miserable lot who seek to inflict their...

A choice between two heretics?

Marvin Olasky writes in today's World Magazine commentary about the dilemma many sincere Christians have with the candidates in this year's presidential election. Evangelicals have long been reticent about supporting Mitt Romney because of his...

Angry Frank Schaeffer's salvation by imitation

Frank Schaeffer is a very angry man. He is angry with his father (the late Christian apologist Francis Schaeffer), angry with the "Religious Right," and angry with God. Since abandoning the faith of his father, Schaeffer has parlayed...

John Edwards' unlikely defenders

In a previous piece, I wrote about the repugnant behavior and subsequent legal troubles of former Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina). The sheer obscenity of his extramarital daliance has left the one-time presidential aspirant virtually friendless. He is...

Christian and secular critics underwhelmed by Blue Like Jazz

A few years ago, I joined with a group of local ministers to read and discuss Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. I found the book entertaining, if not a bit theologically fuzzy, and that was the general consensus...

Night shift: New service begins at Church of the Apostles, Columbia

I am able to be writing this shortly after noon on Sunday because, as of today, I am working night shift at church. Beginning tonight, Church of the Apostles in Columbia, South Carolina will be offering a third Sunday eucharist...

John Edwards accused of being a politician

Fifty years from now, John Edwards will be little more than a footnote in most history books, but the melodrama that is his rise and fall is a cautionary tale for the present time. In case you have already forgotten...

Jimmy Carter and the ironic legacy of William Jennings Bryan

George Weigel, the distinguished Catholic scholar and ethicist, takes aim at an easy target in his column today at On the Square. Jimmy Carter, who has failed in everything from the presidency to poetry, has a new avocation. Wiegel, however...

John Derbyshire and the danger of conservatism divorced from Christianity

Since the firestorm ignited by its publication yesterday, I have been trying to find an appropriate faith and culture angle by which to critique John Derbyshire's vile racist screed. Patience has proven a virtue in this case, as...

Americans United: The name may change but the agenda remains the same

Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State was founded in 1947 and was chiefly concerned during its formative years with quashing the political influence of the Catholic Church. Its first general counsel, Paul Blanshard, was a...

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