Sex and the City

Carolyn McCulley has some good thoughts about the movie “Sex and the City” especially in light of knowing that some of my Christian friends have seen the movie.

The Church Engaging Culture

Tullian Tchividjian writes about the necessary strategy that the church must employ if we are ever going to faithfully engage our culture.  

“The world”, says Richard John Neuhaus, “desperately needs the Church to be the Church”, not to do church differently.  The difference that people are longing for, in other words, is a difference in being, [...]

Modern Moral Education

I thought this quote over at the Imago Dei blog was interesting in light of how so many young people today are getting their moral education through the media and government schools:   

“I am reminded of A Brave New World, in which the concept of hypnopaedia is introduced.  Hypnopaedia was a method that was devised in [...]

The Naked Truth about Chastity

Lauren Winner’s book, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity defends purity and chastity, that is, the Christian view of sexuality.  You can also go HERE to read an interview with her. 

Robert George on The Law and Moral Purpose

This essay by Robert George is an important and excellent introduction to help Christians guide their thinking about the function of government, and in particular how the law and morality relate to abortion and marriage.  

Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at [...]

Mike Huckabee’s “Controversial” Christmas Ad

Watch for yourself the ad where Mike Huckabee talks about what really matters at Christmas. 

There is no “cross” in the ad.  It really is just part of a shelf, as Huckabee said it was.  That this ad is in any way “controversial” is more of an indictment on our culture rather than a bad reflection on [...]

unchristian: What A New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity

David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons wrote what looks like a new book titled, unchristian: What A New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity … And Why It Matters. 

Using research from the Barna Group the authors attempt to find out why non-Christians have negative perceptions of believers and talk about how Christians can reverse that trend.    

Here is [...]

What’s So Troubling About Sex Parties?

You may have heard about the controversy between a resident of the city of Duncanville, Texas who wants to continue having group sex parties which have drawn up to 100 people to his home and the city, which in response to neighbor’s complaints, has passed a law forbidding sex clubs in residential areas.    

I find this [...]

Systematic Dismembering of Culture

In his article “No Other Gods” Robert Wilken talks about how secularism has undermined our culture:   

Practical atheism, that is to say, secularism, has undermined beliefs, attitudes, and conventions that have nurtured our civilization for centuries. The changes we are witnessing are not the inevitable alterations by which older ways adapt to new circumstances. They are [...]

Comparisons Between Speeches of Mitt Romney and President Kennedy

In his latest newsletter, Newt Gingrich tells us why he thinks “comparisons being made between presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s speech last week and President John Kennedy’s speech in 1960 are wrong in a fundamental way.”  

December 11, 2007 - Vol. 2, No. 50 

…“It occurred to me that all the historical comparisons being made between presidential candidate Mitt [...]