If you like me actually doing these things, thank Newfoundland weather. :-)
Homeschooling: An LA Times editorial sees Homeschooling as elitist and illiberal (avoid snickering here). Al Mohler responds.
Martyrdom: The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Iraq is found dead.
Separated at Birth: Irish Calvinist finds out that Ray Comfort (Way of the Master) bears an uncanny resemblance to Pink Panther star Peter Sellers.
Humor:Beware Peer Pressure.
Manners: A brilliant article by Mark Steyn on rudeness and the what it says about society.
Environment: An Australian professor believes that there should be a tax on having excess children, to better help the planet.
Canada: A young Muslim woman in Canada is murdered, and her father is in custody. There seems to have been a disagreement about her not wearing hijab to school.
Epistemology: A thumping good article on Christian worldview is posted at The Gospel Coalition.
Anger: Okay, I know that stories in the paper aren’t to be believed at face value. But if you read this story without getting angry, you are a far more gentle person than I.
Education: The University of Delaware takes the lead in “moral education”……to seemingly Orwellian extremes.
Wiccan School: A small town deals with a school for witches.
Love as Property?: A man in Miss. is suing over “alienation of affection” (or accusing a man of stealing his wife’s love).
Humbug: A British think tank (the favorite of Labour) calls on the government to “downgrade Christmas“, because it would be too hard to expunge entirely.
Debate: Al Mohler (president, Southern Baptist Seminary), and Orson Scott Card (author of several Hugo and Nebula award winning novels and a devout Mormon) conclude their debate “Are Mormons Christian”
Liberalism and Christianity: Gary Shavey, a pastor at Mars Hill Church, explores Liberalism in Christianity, the notes and MP3 are here.
South Korean Aid Workers: The Christian aid workers are still being held by the Teleban in Afghanistan, after one of them is apparently executed. Please pray.
Depression: How are we to think Biblically about depression? Dr. Russell Moore has a conversation with David Powilson.
Catholicism: Albert Mohler is not offended by the Pope’s recent comments.
Calvinists: Mark Dever opines why there are so many Calvinists about these days (he’s on reason 4 of 10)
Environmentalism: Tim Challies (who also does an awesome a la carte post each day like this one) explains how he thinks of environmentalism
Coffee: In a blow to it’s presence almost everywhere, Starbucks now seems to be forbidden in the Forbidden City
(considering) 8:28 