christianity

I’m not foolish enough to believe anybody reading this can keep up with the modern deluge of media.  I’m immersed in news because I’m a paid critic and even I can’t follow the entire flow of information in the electronic age, still...

Are Christians being singled out by the gay mafia?  It's a question raised by my friend and former co-worker, Doug Beatty, who is soliciting opinions for his own show.  My reply follows: Barry Goldwater caught hell in 1964 for citing Thomas Jefferson in opposing the Civil Rights Act...

This Holy Week I’ve been thinking about my favorite Christian film.  It’s also my favorite Clint Eastwood picture.  It’s called Gran Torino.  If you watch the trailer I’m linking to here you’ll start to get my point.  There is a scene in the picture where Eastwood’s character, Walt, spots a neighbor girl about to be assaulted by a gang of thugs...

When I think of the early Christian martyrs they no longer appear through a distant lens.  Events of the last few years and especially last two weeks are hammering the final nails into what may well be the next great wave of martyrdom.  My, Lord, they’re threatening to kill pizza makers...

My niece is 24 years old and I suspect she doesn’t like me telling people about her long past fondness for a purple dinosaur.  When I would go visit family when she was just a little girl she would be filled with life and as rambunctious as any typical 3-year old, which is to say she was a blur of energy...

Top Story Podcast 3/28/11: First hour: Obama's speech tonight and his confusion over Libya, Randy Stapilus. Second hour: Intolerance toward Christianity in America. The move to "tolerance" in American seems to mean tolerance for everything EXCEPT Christianity ...