Society & Culture

A lawsuit filed recently in Oklahoma claims negligence by a Southern Baptist state convention in the violent rape last summer of a 13-year girl attending a church camp.

The Shack: A Journey of Discovery

Within the Catholic world, sadly divided into warring political camps, he is seen as a hero by progressive Catholics and a scourge of conservatives.

“We are arriving at a purely emotional stage of thinking. In order to begin reacting intellectually, we need the stimulus of an image. Bare information or an article or book no longer have any effect on us.”

“The past week has seen several notable statements of support for Dr. Moore’s continued leadership at the ERLC.”

“The series doesn’t seem intended to prove or disprove the existence of Jesus or the major events of His life. But it does highlight academic skepticism of Biblical inerrancy.” WORLD

“The leading social conservative advocacy group Family Research Council has joined conservative lawmakers in voicing opposition to certain elements of the Obamacare replacement bill being advanced by House leadership, which some are calling ‘Obamacare Lite.’” CPost

… from the standpoint of individual liberty, a mammoth corporation, such as Woolworth’s, is different from a mom-and-pop business. The regulatory machinery has been hesitant to tell individuals how to behave on their own premises, no matter how repugnant their behavior may seem.

“[W]hile The Shack may raise good questions, its answers (and its heresies) will make it just another downhill push for those on the slippery slopes of creating a free-form God out of loose-gripped truths and personal experiences.” WORLD

Ideology disdains argument; people with principled positions embrace it warmly and engage in it gladly.