Here's the gist of John Ensor's recent article in honor of Black History month: "There are people alive today, within the Black Christian community, that are pioneers and prophets. I expect history to show them forerunners in arousing the Black Church to provide the impetus for victory in the greatest moral challenge of this current age; making abortion as unthinkable as slavery." A few quotes: "Our own unconfessed blood-guilt over abortion produces silent pulpits and a church so weak that it can only dream and endlessly talk about the church achieving a muscular faith that produces personal … [Read more...] about Black History Month and Abortion
Archives for February 2008
Byron York on Senator Obama’s Farrakhan Comments
Minister Louis Farrakhan backed Obama for President at the recent Nation of Islam convention in Chicago. Byron York of the National Review thinks Obama fell into a trap at this week's debate when Tim Russert pressed the Senator on whether he accepts Farrakhan's support. I think York is on to something:What if, the blogger Andrew Sullivan asked, it had been a question to John McCain about David Duke? And what if McCain had answered, “You know, I have been very clear in my denunciation of Dr. Duke’s racist comments. I think that they are unacceptable and reprehensible. I did not solicit this … [Read more...] about Byron York on Senator Obama’s Farrakhan Comments
William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008)
William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of the National Review Magazine in 1955, is widely credited for his pioneering role in reviving conservatism from the sidelines of public discourse. He died this morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Buckley handed over the reigns at National Review in 1990 and retired from his TV talk show "Firing Line" in 1999. The latter elicited this observation from William Kristol, editor of Weekly Standard: "For people of my generation, Bill Buckley was pretty much the first intelligent, witty, well-educated conservative one saw on television. He legitimized … [Read more...] about William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008)
Live-Blogging the Ligonier National Conference
It is an honor to be joining the esteemed Tim Challies to live-blog the Ligonier National Conference (March 13-15 in Orlando, FL). It will be my third live-blogging experience, and I must admit, it will be good to work in tandem so to speak. Live-blogging is a fairly exhausting enterprise, particularly with having to balance reporting and editorializing, and all the while getting the posts up quickly so as to keep pace with the conference speakers. We'll see how Challies and I divide the load. Perhaps we'll divvy up the work like sports broadcasters, with one of us giving the play-by-play, … [Read more...] about Live-Blogging the Ligonier National Conference
John Mark Reynolds on Barack Obama
John Mark Reynolds (a former Romney advocate who now appears to be solidly in McCain's corner) offers some insightful thoughts on Senator Obama and a suggested strategy to beat him. I completely agree with Reynolds' assessment that Hillary is finished: "Against a weak field, cleared out for her, she failed. She is a phenomenally weak campaigner who is exhausted by crowds and people. She is smart, perhaps having the most book smarts in the race, but she has no “people intelligence.” She is MS-DOS in a suddenly Windows world."Read the whole thing. Elsewhere, Reynolds speculates that if the … [Read more...] about John Mark Reynolds on Barack Obama
First Things Interview with Tim Keller
Anthony Sacramone, managing editor of First Things, posts a lengthy, detailed interview with Tim Keller about his book The Reason For God (#18 on the NYT best-seller list) and his ministry in New York City. Here's a question and response that I found particularly interesting: Sancramone: "You say early on in The Reason for God that a little doubt is necessary to test the integrity of your faith. Does this mean that Christians need to become amateur apologists to some extent, to be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within them?" Keller: "Yeah . . . Would you like me to be more … [Read more...] about First Things Interview with Tim Keller