A feature article in a May 2017 issue of The Economist opens its discussion of the Six Day War with a clever play on the Genesis narrative: In the beginning they destroyed Egypt’s air force on the ground and knocked out the planes of Jordan, Iraq and Syria. That was Monday. Then they broke Egypt’s massive defences […]
Really it should come as no surprise that the scientist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins is the latest public figure to have fallen victim to a disinviting mania. After all, if a darling of the left feminist like Germaine Greer can face a campaign to silence her over her views on transgenderism or a woman of color […]
For Reformed Catholics, appreciation extends well beyond our Reformed heritage. It has to. For our appreciation of the Christian tradition to cease to move beyond our Reformed borders is in fact to cease to be Reformed. 1 But just how far can appreciation extend? Even to pagan sources? Yes, indeed. After Calvin, in the time of Protestant […]
The birthplace of the men Christians believe were some of the first followers of Jesus have been found in Israel, a team of archaeologists has claimed. Researchers say they may have discovered what they say is the home town of Peter, Philip and Peter’s brother Andrew, near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. Experts have […]
Source: Fors Clavigera: On “orthodox Christianity”: some observations, and a couple of questions
Lawrence Mykytiuk looks for ancient personalities who have made an impression — be it on a signet ring or a monument Source: Researcher gives seal of approval to 53 biblical characters’ existence | The Times of Israel
Nothing is simple about navigating our overlapping identities in contemporary life. In any given situation, we find ourselves torn between our public and private selves, our roles at home or at work, the different sides of our personalities. To be a responsible parent, we have to put our laissez-faire self to death. To be a […]
Scientists have finally been able to read the oldest biblical text ever found. The 2,000-year-old scroll has been in the hands of archaeologists for decades. But it hasn’t been possible to read it, since it was too dangerous to open the charred and brittle scroll. Scientists have now been able to read it, using special […]
The owners of a Pennsylvania bridal store say they’ve received threats after refusing to sell a wedding gown to a lesbian couple. Source: Bridal Shop in Pennsylvania That Refused Lesbians Says It’s Getting Threats | Pennsylvania News | US News
That’s the question Joe Carter, at his Acton Institute blog, asks about Andrew Strain’s recent article at First Things. In his piece, Strain claims that free markets are “as mythical as unicorns,” and concludes that government intervention in the market, on behalf of “the common good,” is the ideal toward which we should strive. But Strain isn’t the only one […]
