Why I didn't watch the new 'Joker' movie
Several people, knowing that I am a DC Comics fan, asked if I had seen the new film, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The answer is no, for lots of reasons.
Several people, knowing that I am a DC Comics fan, asked if I had seen the new film, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The answer is no, for lots of reasons.
White nationalism is not just another ideology, in a world filled with competing opinions. White nationalism is a manifestation of an ancient evil that we as Christians, of all people, ought to recognize immediately.
Many were alarmed and dispirited by footage this week of raucous cheering in the New York state Senate chamber. The applause and laughter was for a bill to remove any protections as persons from unborn children at any stage of pregnancy.
Lord knows we need lots of things changed in American Christian culture, but the unspoken prayer request isn't one of them.
What does a family Christmas look like after a divisive election?
Simeon the prophet never wished anyone a "holly-jolly Christmas" or envisioned anything about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. But what about our songs, the songs of the church?
On the question of civil rights in the American Christian context, there is little question that, with few exceptions, the "progressives" were right, often heroically right, and the "conservatives" were wrong, often satanically wrong.
My views on the issue are informed, I hope, by my conscience as a Christian, which is to be shaped by Scripture and the church. But it is not a "Thus saith the Lord" command with the authority of Scripture.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The stirrings of holiday cheer are all around us, from the Bing Crosby music loop at the Home Depot to the inflatable glowing Santas that every neighborhood seems to have.
Donald Trump is at it again. This time, the Republican presidential frontrunner suggests that the United States should close the border to all Muslims — including Muslim-Americans traveling abroad