WHAT MOTIVATES CULTURAL WARRIORS

One of the basic premises of this blog and of my radio show is that the culture war is not primarily political or even ethical in nature but rather theological. That is to say, the basic dividing line is over questions such as "Is there a God?" and "If...

THE MEANING OF LIFE

The Wall Street Journal’s Brendan Miniter provides some excellent context for the Terry Schiavo case: From stem cells to abortion, Americans are confronting questions about life–when it begins and when it ceases to be valuable–more than at any time...

WATCH AND LEARN

George Weigel offers us some compelling lessons from Pope John Paul about how to approach life and suffering in today’s Washington Post:During the weeks of his illness, all sorts of seemingly pressing questions have been raised: Would the pope ever consider...

SACRED OR MEANINGLESS

Here is an excellent column by Mark Alexader making similar points to the one I made in yesterday’s post. He concludes with this quote"The measure of a society is how they treat the least of us," says Kate Adamson, a former "vegetative state"...

THE RIGHT TO KILL

There is plenty of good stuff being written about Terri Schiavo (Hugh Hewitt offers a summary of good coverage and you can check out Evangelical Outpost for some interesting discussion) so I haven’t weighed in. That said, let’s make one thing clear: this...

PERFECT STORM

In keeping with our theme of the past few days, Gene Edward Veith argues persuasively that recent events have come together to create a perfect storm for euthanasia advancement in America.
Don Johnson Evangelistic Ministries