Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
If you’re not up on what’s happening in the Ukraine right now, get up to speed fast. History is being made, and blogger Discoshaman is on the front lines in Kiev. He even has photos. We should all pray that justice succeeds and the true winner of the election is vindicated. The reaction of the … Read more
As I’ve written here before, the term “fundamentalist” is as tricky a moniker as they come. Paul Marshall, a senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, has written an excellent piece (subs. req.) in last week’s Weekly Standard that should help all of us forge new ground regarding the use/abuse of the term. Citing … Read more
In recent days, the mail that reaches our household has been full of one genre of snail mail: the credit card offer. The above stack consists solely of credit card offers collected in our box since the week of July 20. They’re all unopened, and in mint condition. There are about 45 pieces (at $.37 … Read more
I happened to find myself today in a furniture store. After all, aren’t furniture stores where the lost go to be found? Well, philosphical musings aside, I noticed something rather peculiar among the bookshelf section of the store. One particular shelf held about 20-30 beautiful leatherbound volumes. I noticed a sign saying “old world books—$24.” … Read more
Consider the following two statements. The first is from Sarah, 91 years old, after delivering her firstborn son: And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.†And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son … Read more
As the Europeans still shake their heads at the blind stupidity of us backward redneck Americans who voted for Bush, Mark Steyn righty observes: And, if Americans do “hate abortion”, is [Mirror columnist Brian Reade] saying he loves it? It’s at least partially responsible for the collapsed birthrates of post-Christian Europe. However superior the EU … Read more
Japus Gassalascus, the pseudonym for the author of The New Pantagruel’s blog The Japery, points to a startling article in Christianity Today entitled, “Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood.” The article is by a woman who though she kept her child, disdained her pregnancy so much that she felt the need to apologize to Planned … Read more
Just on the heels of discovering that there are Christians in the White House, The New York Times Magazine has now discovered that there are Christians in America’s workforce as well—and some of them actually own businesses. Apparently this bizzare religion is cropping up everywhere—Russell Shorto writes of the Christians-in-the-workplace phenomenon: One of the movement’s … Read more
In 2 Timothy 3, the Apostle Paul warns young Timothy of certain type of person who has the “appearance of godliness,” but denies its power. The appearance of these swindlers did not correspond to reality. Paul’s advice on how to deal with them? “Avoid such people,” he wrote. Much to the chagrin of evolutionary progressivists, … Read more
One thing that has always perplexed me about baseball is the “short reliever,” or “closer.” These are amazing pitchers who can step in during the final inning of the game and mow down the remaining offense. If his team is ahead by 3 runs or less, he can earn a “save.” Now I realize that … Read more