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January 2016

January 13, 2016

‘None can be called deformed but the unkind’

Marco Rubio's campaign calls on a leading white evangelical "complementarian" in an attempt to recover...

January 12, 2016

The perpetually unsettled identity of evangelicalism

They're reasonable people, after all. They don't want to wind up, a year from now,...

January 12, 2016

Be patient, it’s still only the 61st round of the draft

You may or may not believe what I believe about the God revealed in Jesus...

January 12, 2016

I did not get the job: A fundraising post

I had a job interview on Thursday and it seemed to go well. I think...

January 10, 2016

Smart people saying smart things (1.10)

Tim Cunningham on the people who kept you from getting Ebola. Larry R. Morrison on...

January 10, 2016

Sunday favorites

"But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is...

January 08, 2016

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 63: ‘Executive Intelligence Review’

The authors behave as they imagine God behaves. They have a plot that must move...

January 06, 2016

Epiphany: Jesus wept

But also — and here’s a wonderful part of the story we too often forget...

January 05, 2016

Stonehenge, Yucca Mountain, and the Bible

How long can history and memory be preserved without any written record? And, even if...

January 05, 2016

Outside there’s a boxcar waiting

Akinobu Kimura just did something that probably no human being has ever done before. Plus:...

January 03, 2016

Sunday favorites

"O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart,...

January 02, 2016

Maybe this year will be better than the last

We're turning the page after a sad New Year's Eve for our family. Plus: Shouldn't...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

Such things will happen in time

I don't think Warren Buffett's philanthropy can atone for the exploitation of poor and minority...

December 28, 2015

Brother Paul and the Ship of Miracles: Good stories

"The Meredith was designed to haul cargo and only had accommodations for 12 passengers and...

December 27, 2015

Sunday favorites

"When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is...

December 24, 2015

It’s Christmas Eve, babe

Some Christmas traditions that shouldn't be forgotten, including Anne Lamott, the Pogues, David Sedaris, and...

December 23, 2015

We’re not the shopple who peeped in time

Mandy Patinkin wishes that Sen. Ted Cruz better understood Inigo Montoya. (I just wish he...

December 21, 2015

Halfway out of the dark

This is a few hours early, but let me wish a happy and blessed winter...

December 21, 2015

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows … and so can you, actually, based on evidence and reason

Lamont Cranston, these pedants insist, was an uncharitable and uncivil fellow. He failed in his...

December 18, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 62: ‘Regarding Hattie’

Mark down the page number. Page 147. Rayford Steele acquires his first faint glimmer of...

December 17, 2015

Sometimes so strange, sometimes so sweet

The resignation of Wheaton College president Philip Ryken wouldn't completely unsoil the sheets there, but...

December 17, 2015

Advent Calendar, Day Whatever

What should you do when some offense-addicted hegemon sneers a weaponized "Merry Christmas" at you,...

December 16, 2015

Republican primary debate discussion thread

"ISIS is winning the propaganda war," Sen Tex Cruz said at the Republican debate last...

December 14, 2015

We just wanna be heard

Why use a "Why ..." headline for an article that doesn't say why? Plus: Biblical...

December 14, 2015

That time when five women sued God and won

Everybody is familiar with the story of Noah in the Bible, but many people don't...

December 13, 2015

Sunday WTF?

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, "What...

December 12, 2015

Why laying off copy editors makes us all dumber and less free

Copy editors help keep readers safe from garbled, meaningless, passive-voice abominations like this form of...

December 11, 2015

Roll Thunder: Well done, Wheaton students

It seems the spirit of Jonathan Blanchard hasn't been entirely quenched at Wheaton College. Wheaton...

December 11, 2015

Franklin H.P. Graham: ‘The glory has departed’

A brief refresher on the biblical story that explains why I refer to Billy Graham's...

December 11, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 61: ‘Narcissus reflects’

I'm not sure that women such as Irene Steele really exist, but if they did,...