-
A number of insightful responses to the controversy over Louie Giglio and the presidential inauguration. For example, Joe Carter writes, “as the Giglio incident reveals, no amount of good works can atone for committing the secular sin of subscribing to the biblical view of sexuality. . . . Anyone who has ever spoken about the issue—or at least has not recanted from believing what God says about homosexuality—is to be treated as a bigot.”
-
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands in Paris protest gay marriage.
-
Jonathan Morrow writes on “The God Gene, Neuroscience, And the Soul.” As Francis Collins wisely observes, “Yes, we have all been dealt a particular set of genetic cards, and the cards will eventually be revealed. But how we play the hand is up to us.”
-
The Christian Apologetics Alliance is in the midst of a helpful blog series on becoming a community apologist.
-
Bob Prokop on the extreme measures many skeptics demand as evidence for Christianity. “Some, like Loftus, have quite specifically demanded to see stars arrange themselves to spell out Bible verses, or some such nonsense like that.”
-
Tragically, slavery has made a global comeback.
-
Read Tolkien’s famous essay “On Fairy Stories” online, or download as a PDF. Listen to Tolkien read a lengthy excerpt from The Hobbit.
-
Philosopher Jim Spiegel’s book The Making of an Atheist is still available on Amazon for .99 cents.
Cloud of Witnesses 