Church, Politics, and Culture
Why it is not in Government We Trust and More
The Don Johnson Show, 9-14-09 Don clarifies some points from last week about Christian political theory and explains why we don't want government running our lives. He illustrates his points with several examples from the news, including stories about Big Brother in...
On Free Speech, the Theology of the Health Care Debate, Harvesting Organs from Babies, and Biblical Interpretation
The Don Johnson Show, 8-31-09 Don and Brandon start by attempting to answer a listener email about what he should do to prepare for his year at a secular university. The resulting conversation is wide ranging, touching on everything from politics to bioethics to...
The Foundationless Church
Cal Thomas makes many good points this column on the state of many American churches, including this astute observation about the recent move by the Episcopal church to allow gay clergy and weddings: Denominational leaders explained they are attempting to stem the...
Living in an Idiocracy and Being Ready for the End of the World
The Don Johnson, 3-23-09 In response to some listener comments, Don and Brandon try to clarify how they use the moral argument. Citing Thomas Bertonneau, Janie B. Cheaney and the crew at whywontgodhealamputees.com, Don suggests that we are descending into an age of...
Developing Evolutionary Morality, Keeping the Letter of the Law and Playing Language Games
The Don Johnson Show, 3-16-09 A listener asks about how morality might have developed in a world without God. The state of Minnesota is selling special "interest-free" loans to Muslims in order to meet the requirements of Sharia law. Playing language games with...
Why the Financial Crisis Could Be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to You (Booklet Version)
Here is a free PDF download expanding on my radio show talk from a few weeks ago.
What Now?
It seems like the Onion may be cutting a little close to home with this hilarious video. Trying to find meaning in life through politics can have dangerous side effects:
Theology and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Don Johnson Show, 1-19-09 Don and Brandon discuss whether it is possible to separate theology from social action, as Leora Tananbaum seems to desire. The conversation also includes references to an article about Martin Luther King Jr. by Diane Cameron, a survey of...
Bigots, Pro-Christian Atheists and More
The Don Johnson Show, 1-8-09 Christopher Hitchens thinks Christians are bigots for believing some people go to hell. Heather Mac Donald doesn't think they are, because they must not really believe that whole hell thing. ABC News doesn't know the difference between a...
More Fascist Tendencies and Irrational Atheist Bus Advertising
The Don Johnson Show, 11-13-08 The intolerant, hateful bigots who opposed Proposition 8. Pondering the rights of plants in Switzerland. Atheist advertising in London and Washington D.C. is supposed to cause people to think. Brandon and Don take a shot at it. We...
On the Way to the New Dark Ages
The Don Johnson Show, 10-31-08 How Alan Greenspan's worldview helped lead to the economic crisis. Is the Bible Illuminated another signpost on the way to a new dark ages?
Gay Marriage, Money and Politics
The Don Johnson Show, 10-23-08 Don and Brandon discuss California's Proposition 8, the world financial crisis, and why it is unwise to put your faith in money or politics.
How the West is Embracing Fascism. Does the Bible Say You Should Be True to Yourself? Can the Bible Be Reconciled with Evolution?
The Don Johnson Show, 9-26-08 Sarah Palin's rise to fame has highlighted the fact that over 90% of preborn babies with Down's Syndrome are killed. Camille Paglia thinks we should call abortion what it is, murder, and embrace it. In the Netherlands, infanticide is...
Are Americans Really Losing their Religion? Or Just Becoming Less Rational About It?
The Don Johnson Show, 2-28-08 The American populace is turning away from organized religion, but staying religious nonetheless. Don and Brandon talk about this phenomenon and use Geraldine Brooks' testimony, and the religious fervor surrounding Barack Obama as...
On Deepak Chopra’s New Book, Sex Education, and Outlawing Piglet, Among Other Things
The Don Johnson Show, 2-21-08 Why Deepak Chopra's call for a "new" Jesus is unsupportable. The faulty presuppositions of the researchers who are investigating why people believe in religion. How the irrationality of the Anti-Defamation League and the British...
Fred Phelps, Will Smith, the New Math, and a Jonathan Swift Award Winner
The Don Johnson Show, 1-24-08 Fred Phelps' ridiculous theology. Will Smith's defense of Tom Cruise's beliefs. The relationship between philosophy, morality, and America's poor math scores. Alison Piepmeier wins our Jonathan Swift Award for Ridiculous Pro-abortion...
Confusion Abounds
David Limbaugh assesses the weak theological and moral musings of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Whoopi Golberg in this good article.
Proper Discrimination, Conception Day, Madonna, Sarah Silverman and More
The Don Johnson Show, 9-20-07 Topics include: Caller Daniel talks about atheist arguments for morality. Some priests in Britain are facing charges of discrimination for saying Hinduism is false. Madonna, the "ambassador for Judaism." Conception day in Russia Sarah...
What is Wrong with Saying “Hinduism is False?”
Interesting story from Britain: A Hindu organization in Britain is planning to challenge the ban on yoga classes by two churches on the grounds that it breaches the country's Equality Act 2006. Last week, priests at the Silver Street Baptist Church and St James'...
The Priest and Paris Hilton
The Don Johnson Show, 6-22-07 Don and Brandon offer their take on the Paris Hilton story, including: Why is it that Paris thinks that a trip to jail has been good for her? What was wrong with her life before? Paris took three books with her: The Bible, The Secret and...
THE FLAW IN CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS’ ARGUMENT
Atheist Christopher Hitchens has been getting a lot of press lately, so I watched a couple of his appearances on YouTube. Amazingly, I actually found myself agreeing with some of his arguments! As I’ll explain below, I think he is right to oppose hate-speech laws,...
HALF-CHRISTIANS
Here are some interesting observations on Christianity and culture from Robert Lynn.
“YOU MUST HAVE SEX”
As Chuck Colson writes at the bottom of this column about bedroom police in Florida, "Reality has a way of reinforcing the Christian worldview, whether we like it or not. And it makes all our wonderful utopian schemes look really silly." Exactly.
WELCOME TO 1984
A year ago I complained that nobody was saying anything about the perils of RFID chip implanation. I stand corrected. Read this book. And check out the authors' website here.
THE CHURCH, THE CULTURE AND JOHNNY CASH
Check out Touchstone Magazine for this brilliant piece on Johnny Cash. The whole article is tremendous, but the last few paragraphs are so accurate and profound that I have to reprint them here in their entirety. (By the way, you can listen to my recent sermon on...