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Albert Mohler’s “Christian world view” was on full display in his ugly piece on the legacy of Ronald Sider
Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, likes to talk about how he discerns current events through his “Christian world view.” Well, Mohler’s “Christian world view” was on full display yesterday in his reflection on […]
“So many guns…people are reeling.” Thoughts on Highland Park
The shootings are getting closer to “home.” I live nearly 700 miles from Highland Park, Illinois, but I resided in this Chicago suburb for two important years of my life. From 1992-1994 I lived at a now defunct synagogue in […]
It looks like Philadelphia’s Atwater Kent Collection is going to Drexel University
Students of early America are familiar with the Atwater Kent Collection, some of which was on display in the now-closed Philadelphia History Museum. It now looks like the entire collection will be moving to Drexel University. Here is a taste […]
Alone in the U.S.A.
In the midst of our loneliness, deep is calling to deep
Olympics in Wartime
Which soaring ideals survive?
Mission Possible?
Anyone wondering about the state of the tottering edifice we just a few decades back deemed “the new world order” need only ingest the title of Mariana Mazzucato’s recent New Republic article: “Saving the Climate in a Triple Crisis: A […]
Casting Out Demons
In today’s public square, just how far away is “the other side”?
What is going on at Cairn University?
This one hits close to home. As I recently discussed in a few episodes of the A History of Evangelicals and Politics podcast, I am a Cairn University graduate. Here is Claudia Lauer of the Associated Press: A small Christian […]
Ronald Reagan in 1975: “Why don’t we try reverse psychology and make it harder to vote?”
I am reading Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland and was struck by this passage (p.93-94): Look what happened after President Carter, on March 22, sent a letter to Congress recommending a package of electoral reforms. The president was concerned that America ranked […]
Viewing Upstream
Streaming services have helped us through the pandemic. But when it comes to film, the way forward may be the way back.
A Second Glance
A hidden history lurks in the images featured in PBS’s The Black Church. Why didn’t its creators tell it?