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So the World's Most Selfish Quarterback is Retiring…
Yawn. Who knows? He loves pulling this nonsense, dragging along people silly enough to give a rip. Notable points from the ESPN piece: “Favre has waffled on retiring every summer since 2002.” Here’s a man who seriously needs to get over himself. More importantly, “The…
The Rise of Interfaith Marriage
So Chelsea Clinton, ostensibly a Methodist, wed Mark Mezvinsky, described as a Conservative Jew, over the weekend. I wish ’em all the best; goodness knows Chelsea’s been through a lot in her short life. The wedding gave rise to this article in USA Today on…
How to Talk to a Liberal (And You Must!)
Ann Coulter, with whom I often agree philosophically and disagree tactically (it’s not hard to catalogue her plethora of over-the-top, even ugly, comments), wrote a book (which I haven’t read) entitled, “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must). I write today to suggest…
Osteen on Pork
This is…well…I guess it’s to be expected: One wonders if this man who “preaches” to millions a week has any sort of coherent theological stance other than whatever he happens to ascertain when he plops open the Bible and sticks his pointer finger into the…
Is America a “Christian Nation”?
Awhile back, the President made headlines—and made a lot of people irate, it would seem—when he said words to the effect that America is not a “Christian nation”. This really cheesed a lot of people, not all of whom are evenly particularly devout. I ask,…
The Evangelical Obsession with Bigness
Recently, I was encouraged to listen to a message given by one of America’s “leading pastors” (whatever that means), a man who pastors one of the largest churches in the country, a fine pastor whose heart does beat, it seems, for the need of people…