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2011-06-28T05:00:59-04:00

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Digging up Shakespeare

Last updated on: June 28, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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An effort is afoot to dig up the body of William Shakespeare: Paleontologists are looking to examine the remains of William Shakespeare, hoping to unlock the mysteries of the life and death of the world’s most famous playwright — and to prove that the poet once puffed. The bard is buried under a local church in Stratford-upon-Avon. And a team of scientists, led by Francis Thackeray — an anthropologist and director of the Institute for Human Evolution at the University... Read more

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2011-06-27T06:00:59-04:00

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Where are the Lutherans?

Last updated on: June 27, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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So asks Reformed blogger Kevin DeYoung: What up with Lutherans? More to the point: where are they? I’m looking for help from those of you out there who know the Lutheran world better than I do. I look around at what seems vibrant in evangelicalism and see lots of Baptists and Presbyterians. I see a lot of Free Church folks and a growing number of Anglicans. I see non-denominational guys aplenty. The Pentecostal world is a little outside my circles, but... Read more

2011-06-27T05:30:33-04:00

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But marriage might restrict gays’ freedom

Last updated on: June 27, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Though New York state has now legalized gay marriage, Katherine Francke, a gay law professor at Columbia, has qualms, worrying that marriage might restrict the freedom gays now enjoy. She also fears that the parceling out of benefits will now go only to marriage couples, thereby forcing gays to get married: While many in our community have worked hard to secure the right of same-sex couples to marry, others of us have been working equally hard to develop alternatives to... Read more

2011-06-27T05:00:27-04:00

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The great comic book bubble

Last updated on: June 27, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Jonathan V. Last offers a fascinating mashup of two of my favorite topics: comic books and economics. Not only that, he draws lessons that apply to the recent popping of the housing bubble: In 1974 you could buy an average copy of Action Comics #1—the first appearance of Superman—for about $400. By 1984, that comic cost about $5,000. This was real money, and by the end of the decade, comics sales at auction houses such as Christie’s or Sotheby’s were... Read more

2011-06-24T06:00:13-04:00

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Thoughts on the conversation with my critic

Last updated on: June 24, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Thanks to Trevin Wax for arranging that discussion between Ben Witherington and me. (See the posts over the last three days.) It’s a good use of technology to have that kind of forum. Some thoughts: (1) An effective argument–that is, one whose purpose is persuasion rather than just hitting the other person over the head with your position–tends to start by finding common ground. I did that. (I hope I didn’t concede too much. Perhaps I should have defended Luther... Read more

2011-06-24T05:50:36-04:00

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Me on marriage

Last updated on: June 24, 2011 at 5:50 am By Gene Veith

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The latest issue of the Lutheran Witness includes an article that I wrote on marriage, addressing the question of whether or not it will become obsolete and what it means to understand marriage as vocation. You can read it here: The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod – The Lutheran Witness. Read more

2011-06-24T05:35:50-04:00

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The War in Afghanistan

Last updated on: June 24, 2011 at 5:35 am By Gene Veith

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President Obama announced a time table for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. The Washington Post, no less, which usually supports the president and all things liberal and Democratic raised some questions in an editorial: The president may be sabotaging his own Afghanistan strategy – The Washington Post. So is the president declaring victory and going home? Are we leaving just as we are making progress? Is announcing when we’ll be leaving just an incentive for the Taliban to hunker downuntil after we’re gone? Is... Read more

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2011-06-24T05:00:00-04:00

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World Swastika Rehabilitation Day

Last updated on: June 24, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Sunday is World Swastika Rehabilitation Day, celebrated by the New Age religious cult known as the Raelians: World Swastika Rehabilitation Day (WOSRED) will be celebrated on June 26 through marches and informative events worldwide, according to a statement released this morning by the International Raelian Movement (IRM). WOSRED was launched last year by Rael, spiritual leader of the IRM. “The goal is to return the swastika’s true meaning of peace and harmony to this ancient symbol regretfully hijacked by the... Read more

2011-06-23T10:39:26-04:00

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A conversation with one of my critics #3

Last updated on: June 23, 2011 at 10:39 am By Gene Veith

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In which we conclude the “battle of the books” between my God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life (Focal Point) and Ben Witherington’s Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor and also get into some other issues: WITHERINGTON: Why do both Jesus and Paul talk about rewards in heaven or in the Kingdom, and the lack thereof for those who are less profitable servants, shall we say? Do you think virtue is its own reward, and how does virtue relate to your... Read more

2011-06-23T05:43:11-04:00

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Taizé

Last updated on: June 23, 2011 at 5:43 am By Gene Veith

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Steve Schwolert asked me, “What do you know about Taizé?” Not much, I said. I know that it is a religious monastic-kind of community in Europe. I know that they have liturgical music that is kind of modern and folky, but quite reverent and liturgical-sounding. The Lutheran Service Book includes a couple Taizé songs (pp. 638 and 780). Lots of “pilgrims” go there, including, as Steve noted, a lot of evangelicals. I had assumed that the community is Roman Catholic. ... Read more

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