>The abortion issue has been on the nations mind more recently as a result of the Health Care Bill. I'm glad it's something we are talking about again (doesn't seem we have much since the election). Here's a couple of recent posts on it (followed by some thought from Olasky's Abortion Rites).I will be the … Continue reading >abortion: bizarre logic and a long history
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>Jesus Made in America, part 3
>I'll wrap up this summary/review of Stephen Nichols Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ in this post, covering briefly four whole chapter. You could call this section "Jesus in Nashville, Hollywood, Branson, and Washington"Chapter Five traces the developments of the Christian music industry from a … Continue reading >Jesus Made in America, part 3
>Jesus Made in America, part 2
>In chapter three of Nichol's book, Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ, he explores the Jesus of the nineteenth century, focusing our attentions on the different portraits of Jesus that emerged on the frontier, in the parlors of Victorian culture, on the battlefields of Civil … Continue reading >Jesus Made in America, part 2
>Jesus Made in America, by Stephen Nichols, pt. 1
>Stephen Nichols book,Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ, is one that I'll call a 'must read', and I haven't read a 'must read' in quite some time. The books easy style, wit, insight and obvious desire for reform make it well worth the investment of … Continue reading >Jesus Made in America, by Stephen Nichols, pt. 1
>Satan, Demons and False Religions
>Sometimes the language of the Bible strikes our modern ears as very impolite, insensitive, rude, intolerant, etc. In particular, the way the Bible speaks of false religions sounds very offensive to those of us raised in a pluralistic culture in which we're taught to value other perspectives and the value of other people's religious views. … Continue reading >Satan, Demons and False Religions
