Professor Paula Fredriksen’s review of The Aryan Jesus in Tablet should hit rather close to home for any whose church (or synagogue, for that matter) displays symbols of the secular power. The comparison between an American flag in a church today, and the swastika of Nazi Germany, is invidious. But there is a point [...]
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Acts 5:29
Posted in America, Churches on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Christian nation?
Posted in America, Christian living on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The question is as old as our Republic. And still has no satisfactory answer that will go unchallenged. Today’s multicultural crowd will shudder at the notion that we might be a Christian nation; they will, at the mere hint of Scripture being sent their way holler “Theocracy!”
On the other hand, there are (usually) [...]
Eternal Father, Strong to save
Posted in America on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For anyone who has ever worn Navy Blue, this hymn’s for you. The Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, Strong to Save, was written in England and has become the standard hymn sung at Protestant services in our Navy. And, at a goodly number of funerals of Navy veterans.
Here’s one version via YouTube; here are [...]
Heave those stones, Father
Posted in America, Jesuits on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We know that some priests must be without sin, because they remind us of ours, over and over. Case in point: the Washington Post’s On Faith feature, which is just chuck full of clerics and others who remind us of how sinful we truly are.
This time it’s a Jesuit, Thomas Reese, formerly of [...]
Wretched excess?
Posted in America, Churches on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Romanesque bread and circuses gala shown in the picture is the Fourth of July celebration at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. One wishes two things: first, that a church of our Lord was not used to celebrate a worldly power, the United States. Second, that if it were done, it [...]
Thanks for the Puritans
Posted in America, Faith on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a nation we celebrate Thanksgiving as a time of family gatherings, overeating, and football. Oh, and as the official kickoff of the Christmas shopping season. Although the Christmas decorations have been up for some time at my local malls. Since just after Halloween, it seems…
Thanksgiving is, of course, about thanking the [...]
Shop now and (be) save(d)!
Posted in America, Churches on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a book review up at the Wall Street Journal that captures some of what we should love, and despise, in the “megachurch” phenomenon. The book in question is “Shopping for God” by James Twitchell.
The book deals with the shop-’till-you-drop approach of some evangelical churches of no particular denomination. And it deals [...]
“pelican in her piety”
Posted in America on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Louisiana, Louisiana, they’re trying to wash you away…or so goes the Lyrics from Randy Newman’s Louisiana 1927.
The Corner’s David Freddoso points out that this is an outrage, a lawsuit waiting to happen. The flag is a blatantly Christian work of art. Got that right, David. From this useful website, some words [...]
A Christian nation
Posted in America, Priests on October 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
John McCain may not be your favorite candidate for president; he’s not mine (Rudy’s my man). But none can deny he is a man of decency, honor, and strong moral values. Some of those values are on display in an interview at Beliefnet. It is well worth your time, and it helps [...]
Trouble for her soul?
Posted in America, Culture on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I tend to not follow the dealings of celebrities, but it was hard to avoid it when real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley died August 20, at the age of 87. What I know of her isn’t very flattering, but, as they say, there’s always two sides to every story. Perhaps she had a [...]
