Highs and lows from entertainment news: Korn’s Brian Welch finds Truth, while the producers of NBC’s Committed couldn’t be father from it.
The Don Johnson Show, 3-5-05 Thoughts about the demise of atheism around the world and the “spirituality” that has taken its place. The Supreme Court and the Ten Commandments: What are the real issues?
Eugene Peterson gives a great interview in the latest Christianity Today. The whole article is good, but I found this section particularly applicable to some of our recent discussion:Q: This corruption of the word spirituality even in Christian circles—does it have...
Here is an interesting look at Britain’s attempt to crack down on "religious hatred."
Some very interesting thoughts about the Ten Commandments case from Cal Thomas today:What puzzles me is the extent to which those who want government to endorse their faith seem ready to compromise their true beliefs in order to receive an honorable mention from the...
The Washington Times today offers this analysis on why atheism is in decline:Two developments are plaguing atheism these days. One is that it appears to be losing its scientific underpinnings. The other is the historical experience of hundreds of millions of people...
As Jeff Jacoby notes, there could not be two more different approaches to life, and death, than that of Hunter Thompson and the Pope. On one hand, Thompson shows us what life looks like if there is no God: pointless and without any inherent value. The only thing left...
A lot of issues surround the Ten Commandments case in front of the Supreme Court today and, regardless of what the ACLU would have us believe, government promotion of religion is not one of the major ones. For example, a more important issue in the case is the...
Alister McGrath has some excellent insight into why atheism is on the way off the world stage. He also offers a good explanation as to why it ever came about in the first place: not because people are rationally convinced that God doesn’t exist, but because they...
Million Dollar Baby cleaned up at the Academy Awards last night in the wake of a cultural debate over it’s euthanasia advocating plot. However, as Thomas Hibbs writes in an outstanding piece for NRO, the real focus of Eastwood’s movie is not how and...
Chuck Colson applauds Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney today for speaking out against cloning embryos, but wishes Romney would go farther. I agree with Romney — and I applaud his courage. At the same time, I’m sorry that he doesn’t entirely support...
Two interesting free speech articles over at Town Hall today: "Rolling back the tide of tyranny" and "Government by propaganda."
The Don Johnson Show, 2-26-05 Is the current increased interest in spirituality a good thing? Is it a an “awakening” in the traditional sense? This topic includes a conversation with a self-professed pantheist who objected to our handling of the topic from...
Today’s radio show will be about the state of American religion. Reports indicate that we may be in the midst of a some type of spiritual awakening, but what type of Awakening is it? Is the current trend towards "spirituality" a good development or...
This month’s New Oxford Review has a nice summary of the pantheistic views that have infiltrated the culture (and the church) and which I have been trying to refute in this space. Heavily referencing the Vatican’s take on the subject, the author points out...
Here is a brilliant article by Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias. His thesis is that “Western civilization is on the verge of spiritual bankruptcy as it moves steadily towards cultural suicide.” Some of my favorite parts include: …a venomous and...
The radio show has been generating some interesting discussion, so make sure you check that out, either by visiting the show archives page and clicking on the discussion links, or by scrolling down this page to the post that describes each week’s show topics. I...
I see Tom Cruise has set up a Scientology tent on the set of his new movie War of the Worlds. It makes me wonder which story is more far fetched: War’s tale of Martians invading Earth, or the fiction L. Ron Hubbard made up to start Scientology?
Here is an interesting article on the role of God in European affairs and how that compares to America.
Devil fighting has been getting a lot of press lately. Not only did Keanu Reaves’ Constantine open last weekend, but we learned that the Vatican is making a concerted effort to train exorcists. According to the LA Times,The Catholic church is facing a shortage...
A congressman pleads for sanity from the courts on Roe vs. Wade.
Fans of the riveting Fox series 24 may have noticed last week that Keifer Sutherland gave a public service announcement about Muslims. Here is an excellent column explaining the strange forces behind that spot.
The Don Johnson Show, 2-19-05 Listener email: a response to pantheism from last weeks comments section. What acceptance of euthanasia says about our culture’s view of the meaning of life.
Today on the Radio Show… – What acceptance of euthanasia says about the meaningless of people’s lives. – From our listener email file, a response to Pantheism – Do we live in the midst of a cosmic battle between angels and demons? UPDATE:...
As a parent of a 6 month old and a "almost 4" year old, I found this column from John Podhoretz a welcome relief from all the "parenting is the worst thing in the world" crap being fed to us by the media these days. (For example, Desperate...
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