Category: Culture

  • Law: Courts in Pakistan say that two kidnapped Christian girls “converted” to Islam and so cannot be returned to their families. Environment: A theological thinking about ecology when we believe the world is going to end. Morality: Albert Mohler comments on Rational Choice Theory as a basis of morality. Campus Ministry: John Stackhouse provides some…

  • Culture: A comedian (Guy Earle) is having a benefit in Toronto to pay for his legal costs since the BC Human Rights Tribunal decided it had jurisdiction to censor his stand up show. Politics: George Bush promises to keep pressuring China on religious freedom…. but he’s still going to the Olympics. Theology: A New Book…

  • Culture: I always thought listening to the Bee Gees was torture, now I have proof. Politics: Apparently the Iranians felt the need to photoshop in an extra missile to the photos they sent to foreign media outlets. I guess the extra missile makes it extra menacing. Technology: Disgust at Roger’s rates for the new iphone…

  • Food: Apparently some think Tofu may be dangerous. Culture: A woman who went through the surgery to become a man gives birth to a daughter. Polls: The Pew Forum Poll gains more questioners Demography: The New York Times magazine has a sobering piece on the demographic trends in Europe.

  • This is a Review of Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, by Rob Bell, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan publishing, 2005) Introduction Sorry this post has taken so long to get to you, my dear readers. I hope and pray that this will be useful to you, and ultimately glorifying to Jesus Christ. I do not think…