Palm Sunday: Jesus Rides into the Perfect Storm

Jesus believed that, as he rode into Jerusalem, he was embodying the divine hurricane, meeting head on the cruel western wind of pagan empire and the high-pressure system of national aspiration. Source: Palm Sunday: Jesus Rides into the Perfect Storm – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Iron-Fisted Tyranny of Political Correctness

In the span of a few years, the dictatorship of relativism has given way to the tyranny of political correctness. Under the first regime, universal truth was supplanted by personal truth; under the current one, it is exchanged for outright falsehood. Consider the rise of statements such as, Sexual orientation is inborn and fixed. Gender […]

Liberals Quoting Scripture: Political Reasons Outweigh Spiritual Ones 

Leftists, it seems, have discovered the Bible.This week, the Washington Post ran a story by Caitlin Dewey with this shocking headline: “GOP lawmaker: The Bible says the unemployed ‘shall not eat.’” The lawmaker at issue was Representative Jodey Arrington (R., Texas), who spoke at length about means-tested welfare programs such as food stamps. He said:The […]