Christianity makes it claim upon the resurrection of Jesus. Paul argues the centrality of the resurrection of Jesus to our faith. If Jesus did not raise from the dead, then our faith is useless and vain. But if Jesus did raise from the dead, then the other claims of Jesus are true. Jesus is the […]

Line of Cards Makes Light of Adultery
Put this one in your “You’ve got to be kidding” file. Cathy Gallagher, after working in advertising and marketing for 20 years, has launched a new line of greeting cards aimed at expressing the heartfelt feelings of adulterers, reported the Los Angeles Times. Gallagher said she noticed that many […]

Jihad is Knocking
The slaughter in London is another grisly wake-up call that likely will go as unheeded as earlier ones. Already the standard narrative is being trotted out: evildoers created by what the New York Times predictably called the “root causes of terrorism”: autocracy, or economic stagnation, or Palestinian suffering, or globalization’s dislocations, or Western […]

I had taken a hiatus from this series for some period of time as other issues were pressing. Also, as this had become an exhaustive survey it was then clear that soon it would require additional work. The most interesting and comprehensive studies on what constitutes a church are just now before us as we […]

Allstate manager fired for writing columns critical of homosexuality
Allstate has fired a manager because he expressed his Christian beliefs concerning homosexuality. Matt Barber was a manager in Allstates Corporate Security Division. On his own time, and without identifying himself as an employee of Allstate, he wrote a column posted on several websites which was critical […]