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March 2014

March 28, 2014

Lent: the Annual Catechumenate

Back in the day, Lent was about what you didn’t do: eat candy, smoke, drink,...

March 28, 2014

An argument for objective beauty

Conservatives who reject modern architecture have reasons to do so. Traditional architecture is predicated on...

March 27, 2014

Obama’s “Right to Worship” Ushers in New State Religion

Much of the controversy today is not precisely about religious freedom but is instead over...

March 27, 2014

Young Baptists want sacraments and liturgy

Sunday mornings at All Souls Charlottesville are fairly common for an Anglican congregation. The Book...

March 24, 2014

Robert George: Religious Exemptions Are Vital for Religious Liberty

The reason that government is likely to lose in the Hobby Lobby case, however, is...

March 24, 2014

Brave New World, Plato’s Republic, and Today’s Scientific Regime

Matthew J. Franck The project of perfect justice in which each of us is a...

March 19, 2014

Is the university supposed to keep students safe? Jennifer Bryson on Stanford and abortion

Trying to silence others because one fears what they might say is no way to...

March 18, 2014

Ross Douthat: The Age of Individualism

IN the future, it seems, there will be only one “ism” — Individualism — and...

March 18, 2014

Church and State Seminar: Religion and Liberty in the American Founding Era

Excellent opportunity for untenured professors and advanced grad students. April 15 application deadline. http://winst.org/centers/corac/seminars/church-and-state/?AID=11508282&PID=5827583&SID=CW191_20140215_380af28884e246608d12c38068253cab&pn=cj

March 14, 2014

Half-day seminar on Edwards as pastor and mentor in Salem on Saturday

WHERE: Salem Baptist Church, 103 N Broad St, Salem, VA WHEN: 1-6 PM Saturday WHAT:...

March 14, 2014

After a year . . . who is this new pope?

Now, a full year into his pontificate, Pope Francis continues to be a kind of...

March 13, 2014

Why liberty is not enough

Samuel Gregg It’s important to talk about liberty, but not in isolation. Our language should...

March 12, 2014

Why we accept dishonesty–Obamacare, abortion, and divorce

History shows that the public has gotten more tolerant of political deception, but it does...

March 11, 2014

Progressivism’s war on kids and the poor

Had enough of the never-ending “war on women” — which, in reality, never began? Same...

March 10, 2014

Evangelical women rethinking contraception

Birth control is a touchy subject that Evangelicals find extremely difficult to discuss. But as...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

The Muslim Martin Luther?

Whereas Erdogan may frequently indulge in Islamist political rhetoric, it is Gulen that has tried...

February 21, 2014

Was Pompeii God’s punishment of Rome for destroying Jerusalem?

Nine years, almost to the day, after Roman legionaries destroyed God’s house in Jerusalem, God...

February 21, 2014

Why cherubim on top of the ark of the covenant?

What is the deeper message behind the keruvim—are they simply decorative sculptures, purely for aesthetic...

February 20, 2014

Why Kerry Is Flat Wrong on Climate Change

It was the scientific skeptics who bucked the 'consensus' and said the Earth was round....

February 19, 2014

Gay marriage and the advance of eugenics

Beneath the surface of this rising tide of ‘freedom and equality’ lies something very close...

February 19, 2014

‘Homosexual Jim Crow Laws’? Get Real

The bill in question is a religious-liberty protection being debated in the Kansas legislature. The...

February 18, 2014

I just recently had an abortion and it was great

Anonymous asked: i just recently had an abortion over the weekend and it was great...

February 18, 2014

I was a lesbian activist

I just returned from a well-known (and well-heeled) Christian college, where roughly 100 demonstrators...

February 18, 2014

How to understand the most important religious freedom case to face the Court in years

Can the federal government require a private employer to provide a service or product to...

February 17, 2014

Hoover’s Crusade Against Collectivism

He saw himself in his later years as a crusader-prophet battling against the “philosophic error”...

February 17, 2014

Are the camels in Genesis anachronistic?

The author of the piece in question, Andrew Brown, has set upon a recent story...

February 16, 2014

When the Government Does Theology

By Matthew J. Franck In the ongoing struggle between religious freedom and the Health and...

February 11, 2014

NYT interview with Plantinga: Is atheism irrational?

A.P.: Some atheists seem to think that a sufficient reason for atheism is the fact...

February 06, 2014

Donald Miller and the Myth of Isolated Worship

[This critique misses the fact that worship in a historic, orthodox church is our principal...

February 04, 2014

Some Honesty from Richard Dawkins

A reaction to “Tell us what you really think, Dr. Dawkins” in response to his...

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