Aug 14
If God did wink-wink, nod-nod, hint-hint, it would look like this. From all accounts the Maui wildfire can only be described in hellish terms. Nearly every news story can’t help but use the word apocalyptic. Testimony of the enormity, ferocity, suddenness, and extent of the inferno cannot be exaggerated. Warning sirens never sounded; there was …
Sep 06
Josiah Seth Hirsh August 11, 2022 “He cannot come to me but I will go to him.” II Samuel 12:23
Mar 13
Divine Intervention. Andy Stanley (a/k/a Joel Osteen of the East), pastor of the Northpoint Church franchise announced today that parishioners should no longer come to any of their campuses for services. Due to concerns over the spread of the CoronaVirus, Stanley who is the lead pastor of the second largest church in the country sent …
Feb 25
I’m fortunate enough to have the opportunity to break bread with some fine young men. One of these chaps, for whom I have great affection, knows of my previous sojourn in American Evangelicalism (including the Southern Baptist Convention) and my later – and longer – respite as a Presbyterian. The latter filled about 30 years …
Oct 04
Answering the oft asked rhetorical question: Is the Pope Catholic? Finally! Faithful Catholics and others who hold to the Truth of the Catholic Church got some surprising good news from a completely unexpected source today: Pope Francis I. Pope Francis has been subjected to criticism from the laity and from his brother bishops since the …
Aug 23
Billy Graham Rules. The late Billy Graham was a global icon for most of his adult life. He lived – and died – in North Carolina. But, my, the times they are a changing. A North Carolina police officer is suing for religious discrimination after he said he was fired for refusing to spend extended …
Feb 17
The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, …
Jan 06
What the heck’s with Francis Beckwith? Ah, the importance of presuppositions. With that I should first disclose my own. While I have this restraint that I am supposed to conduct myself with charity, it is a restraint for me most of the time. My internal tension comes from my deep seated belief that the ridiculous …
Dec 27
Pope Andy has spoken. So glad we have him to tell us what we have to and don’t have to believe. Meet the author of Selective Scripture: My life on the theological cafeteria plan. December has apparently proven to be an interesting month for the Rev. Andy Stanley, son of a former president of the …
