Boundless has published a new essay I wrote called The Altar: Not the Finish Line. The opening: I am convinced that for most men, a godly wife will bring blessings that nothing else can. But those blessings are not secured without hard work. I'm talking about the inevitable adjustments which all successful marriages require. Marriage is not about two single people moving into one house but otherwise continuing to live their lives as before. Marriage is about the complete unification of two very different individuals — two sinners who, no matter how strong their attraction to one another, no … [Read more...] about The Altar: Not the Finish Line
The Snake Oil of Obama’s Health Care Plan
The editors of the National Review write a helpful essay, dissecting President Obama's Wednesday night press conference (which seems to have mercifully misfired): But in the end, the president does not in fact seem capable of persuading the public that he and congressional Democrats have found the magic cure-all for our health-care ills. Increasingly, the American people aren’t buying what Obama is selling. Support for his approach to health care has begun to fall below 50 percent in recent polls, as worries about cost, harming the quality and availability of health care, displacing millions … [Read more...] about The Snake Oil of Obama’s Health Care Plan
Obama, Professor Gates, and Sergeant Crowley
Interesting perspective from John Hinderaker at The Power Line. Upshot: "The conversation that Obama intends to have with Gates and Crowley over a beer could get a little tense if Gates (and Obama?) think they are working on the issue of racial profiling, while Crowley thinks they are working on the issue of privileged people with connections in high places acting abusively toward police officers who are trying to do their jobs." … [Read more...] about Obama, Professor Gates, and Sergeant Crowley
Is The Gay Marriage Debate Over?
Mark Gali, writing for Christianity Today, explores how an individualistic worldview compromises the Christian witness on the issue of heterosexual marriage. He makes many of the points that I've raised here (see my posts citing Maggie Gallagher) and in With One Voice, citing folks like David Blankenhorn (particularly on the societal implications of marriage). The article is also a good, brief overview of the history of the legal battles in the USA on this matter. Excerpts of Gali's article: "While stopping short of abortion, we have not given much thought to our easy acceptance of … [Read more...] about Is The Gay Marriage Debate Over?
Charles Spurgeon on Idolatry
A prayer of Charles Spurgeon: Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer remove, we pray You. Any memory of either sorrow or care that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God, take it away now. What have we to do with idols any more? You have seen and observed us. You know where the difficulty lies. Help us against it, and may we now come boldly, not in the Holy place alone, but in the Holiest of all, where we should not dare to come if our great Lord had not torn the veil, … [Read more...] about Charles Spurgeon on Idolatry
Obama Overexposure
Peter Baker has an illuminating NY Times article (yes--the NY Times): It has become his common lament. Challenged about difficulties with his economic or legislative programs, President Obama complains about the tyranny of “the news cycle,” pronouncing the words with an air of above-it-all disdain for the impatience and fecklessness of today’s media culture. Yet after six months in office, perhaps no other president has been more attuned to, or done more to dominate, the news cycle he disparages. Mr. Obama has given roughly three times as many interviews as George W. Bush and held four times … [Read more...] about Obama Overexposure