The Don Johnson Show, 6-4-05 Howard Dean claims to be a “Christian” but then denies that that label means anything that can be objectively characterized (judged). We show how ridiculous this approach to religion is. Judith Christ and the “Make up...
James L. Evans makes some excellent points in this article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. There is a long registration process to view it so I’ve pasted the whole thing here: In his new book, "So Help Me God," former Alabama Supreme Court Chief...
The Don Johnson Show, 5-28-05 From Tom Cruise’s Scientology to T.D. Jakes’ Mega-church Evangelicalism, people are turning spiritual for no good reasons.
The Don Johnson Show, 5-21-05 Our in-studio guest this week is Audrey Carr, co-author of “The Gospel According to Zen” and editor of “The Zen Game” website and newsletter. We debate her New Age views, including her beliefs about Jesus,...
OK, so she might not call herself a zen-master – I’ll have to ask – but Audrey Carr, editor of The Zen Game website and newsletter and co-author of The Gospel According to Zen will be on today’s radio program. Audrey and I have been having a...
The Don Johnson Show, 5-14-05 According to this article, beliefs about Heaven are changing. In the name of tolerance, people now accept that there are many as many paths to Heaven as there are beliefs. We examine this trend.
According to this article, beliefs about Heaven are changing. In the name of tolerance, people now accept that there are many as many paths to Heaven as there are beliefs. We examine this trend on today’s radio show.
As reported by the LA Times, a recent UCLA study of "College Students Search for Meaning and Purpose" found that students showed a generous level of religious tolerance and acceptance for those outside their own beliefs. More than 80% of students agreed that...
The Don Johnson Show, 5-7-05 According to this survey, college students overwhelmingly believe that you can be good without God. We address this question.
The Air Force is requiring their staff to go through an RSVP (Respecting the Spiritual Values of Others) program to make that branch of the armed services more "sensitive." On yesterday’s radio show we explain why this approach to religion is...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-30-05 The Air Force is requiring their staff to go through an RSVP (Respecting the Spiritual Values of Others) program to make that branch of the armed services more “sensitive.” We explain why this approach to religion is...
It’s the classic story: you get everything you desire and everything the world has told you is going to make you happy and you find you are not happy and that you still desire something more. Your life is meaningless. That is how Ilya Shapiro explains his (and...
As I read Jack Hitt’s LA Times op-ed this morning I found myself first nodding my head in agreement then rolling my eyes in frustration. Hitt accurately points out a major problem in today’s politicized view of Christianity: Jesus was not a lobbyist. Hitt...
Pope Benedict started his tenure with a strong sermon in which he nailed the source of the world’s major problems: the great void in people’s spirit:"There are so many kinds of desert," he said, taking up the main theme of his powerful homily....
Thomas Bray with some good insight:…the new pope is clearly on to something when he worries that the pendulum in the West — and not just in Western Europe — may have swung too far in the direction of moral relativism and its offshoots. On university...
For a good example of the thinking behind Pope Benedict’s "dictatorship of relativism" (that "which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one’s own ego and one’s own desires"), listen to...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-23-05 The reaction to the election of Pope Benedict has exposed the “dictatorship of relativism” that he disdains for what it is. Most people judge his positions based on their personal preferences rather than whether or not what he...
Peggy Noonan on why so many people ran to St. Peter’s Square (and to their television sets) when the new pope was announced: The faith is dead in Europe, everyone knows that. So why did they come? You say, "They just wanted to be there. It’s history....
Michael Novak has an excellent column about the new Pope and his battle against "The Culture of Meaninglessness."
The Don Johnson Show, 4-16-05 Last week we talked about Christians who aren’t concerned with following the rules of their faith. This week we talk about the other extreme – those who are overly focused on the rules. We discuss the goal of many Christians...
As we discussed on Saturday’s show, the trend in American Christianity is to produce "followers" who simply don’t follow. A large percentage of Christians openly disregard the plain moral teachings of their church. Catholic Pat Buchanan and...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-9-05 One of the major stories surrounding the Pope’s death was the fact that a large percentage of American Catholics don’t follow the churches teachings. This trend isn’t confined to Catholics, as a large percentage of...
Today on the radio show: What is wrong with American Christianity that large percentages of those in both the Catholic and Protestant wings openly disregard the plain moral teachings of the church? Tune in – I’ll post our conclusions here later.
You must read this column by Terrence Jeffrey. He reflects on June 12, 1987, when President Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and told Gorbachev to tear it down and the Pope said Mass in Gdansk, Poland, hometown of the anti-communist solidarity trade union. Both men...
Much of the press coverage of the Pope’s death has centered on two areas: his hatred of communism and his ultra conservative Catholicism. Most reporters hail the former but seem mystified by the latter, seeing it as the Pope’s main weaknesses and...
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