They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man’s position. Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in …
Legalising Legislative Deception: Judge Sutton and the Individual Mandate
Orin Kerr is proud of himself that Judge Jeffrey Sutton agrees with him on the individual mandate rulig: I think Judge Sutton’s separate opinion is excellent, but then it’s easy for me to say: Judge Sutton’s views closely match what I’ve been saying here and elsewhere for a long time, so maybe this just proves …
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Taking Evangelicals on a "Wild Goose Chase"
That's what they're hoping to do at least: The Wild Goose Festival, an ongoing four-day revival camp in North Carolina featuring music, yoga, liberal talk and embracing of gays and lesbians, is facing heat from evangelicals who say it is aimed at selling gnostic beliefs to the youth. “Most Religious Left groups that advocated leftist …
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Book Review: Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide
One of the challenges of New Testament study at any level is simply putting ourselves--and the events and people depicted therein--into the world in which they actually happened and lived. The Greco-Roman and Jewish world at the turn of the first millennium has many features that are on their face unfamiliar to us, yet are …
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Have Pentecostals (and Others) Got the Idea of the Calling to Ministry Backwards?
In his interesting study as to why Church of England women ministers tend to be older than their male counterparts, the Ugley Vicar makes a very profound observation: But this then raises a question in my mind, which has actually been there for some time, as to whether we have really got it right when …
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Month of Sundays: Servanthood
No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave; Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:27-28) The disciples were …
New York Owes the Cohabiters an Apology
Now that New York, financially struggling and seeing its people bail to avoid its high taxes, has legalised same sex civil marriage, they need to do one more thing to complete the act. When Governor Cuomo signs this bill, he should issue an apology to everyone--heterosexual and homosexual alike--who are cohabiting without civil marriage, especially …
When the Pathfinder Gets Lost
Most people are familiar with the America's Cup, the sailboat race which has attracted prominent competitors such as Sir Thomas Lipton and Ted Turner. What most people don't know is that there is a fresh water counterpart to that race, the Canada's Cup, sailed on the Great Lakes. The genesis of that race, how the …
FPL’s Port of Palm Beach Smokestacks: Another South Florida Landmark Bites the Dust
Literally, in this case: Dozens came to the Lake Trail on the north end of Palm Beach begin their Father’s Day with a bang. The 8:30 a.m. Sunday demolition of the 300 foot smokestacks and the boilers at the Florida Power and Light power plant across the Intercoastal Waterway in Riviera Beach drew curious families …
Month of Sundays: Provision
And my God, out of the greatness of his wealth, will, in glory, fully satisfy your every need, through your union with Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) It was time to go home. We had experienced another good cruise in the Bahamas, but it was time to get back to the good old U.S.A. So we …
Positive Infinity 