Category: Christianity

Matt Wretchard over at Belmont Club, in an article discussing Kim Jong Il lying to Carter and Clinton about Korea’s nuclear weapon program, cut to the quick when explaining why most of the world would rather have the illusion that…

If you are Christian, even from a non-liturgical perspective, you know today is Ash Wednesday. Even secularists have a vague inkling, what with all of the coverage of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday) in the…

Rebecca, at Rebecca Writes, has a posting on “Why I Love the Doctrine of Total Depravity“. She says that this much maligned doctrine is “the great equalizer.” I agree. I commented: I have to remind myself (frequently it seems) that…

One of the many things that I do in my life is try to manage our family’s investments, including my wife’s, mine, and my daughter’s ROTH accounts. Since these investments are weighted towards stocks, I tend to do a fair…

Archimedes, a Greek mathematical genius, made the following seminal statement: “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I’ll move the world.” I was thinking the other day about the crucifixion and how Archimedes’ statement applied to the…

Generally considered the branch of theology that is concerned with defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines. The late Catholic apologist, the Bishop Fulton Sheen, argued eloquently for the practice with the following rationale: “The Church discourages bad thinking,…

I went out very early this morning to get a few things at Giant, the local supermarket and then to Walmart. The shopping center parking lot was already filled when I got there at 6:30. Fortunately Giant had everything I…

Solus Christus – that is Christ alone for you non Latin speakers, one of the four solas of the Reformation. David Wayne of Jollyblogger is hosting the Second Carnival of the Reformation, featuring the aforementioned Solus Christus as the focus…

This is my favorite painting of the Annunciation. Mary appears young enough and a bit overwhelmed by what is happening, as I imagined her to be. It is by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

I am currently working on a series dealing with the death penalty. (part I, part II) This series was precipitated by the Scott Peterson case and my response to a posting on LaShawn Barber’s site and some thought about capital…